Bottom terminal with drive and tensioning.Bottom terminal and lift line.Riding up the line.View back down line.Yan tower 15.Fixed top bullwheel.Another view of the top station.
I noticed a lot of the tower foundations are reinforced now. Two steel beams running across the top (one behind the tower and one in front) with rods anchored into the ground. I wish I had taken a picture when I was there. I noticed Aurora had them as well on some foundations. Hopefully nothing to be worried about :-)
The chairs on this lift especially (and more broadly on all the Borvigs here) are super uncomfortable. Boyne could do a great deal towards upgrading lift infrastructure simply by replacing them with something more modern.
I know this is predominantly an expert lift with no replacement on the 2030 plan, but while Boyne emphasized wind at Jordan as a factor in its replacement, the wind here can be worse from my experience. Constructing a building at the top to enclose the unload and bullwheel would go a long way for a low cost.
Definitely one of my most vertical fix-grip quads left. The trail is so intimating. Wouldn’t recommend this lift unless you are an expert. Great views off this lift
Bring your ice skates for this iconic run. If you like a challenge, and by that I mean a sheet of ice, this is for you. Not for those of dull edges. Funny how steep this feels when it’s covered in ice at 32 degrees or so (35 ish by the top headwall) whereas any run of this slope would be an absolute snooze on the sticky Sierra Cement or Cascade Concrete heavy stuff they get way out west.
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I noticed a lot of the tower foundations are reinforced now. Two steel beams running across the top (one behind the tower and one in front) with rods anchored into the ground. I wish I had taken a picture when I was there. I noticed Aurora had them as well on some foundations. Hopefully nothing to be worried about :-)
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The chairs on this lift especially (and more broadly on all the Borvigs here) are super uncomfortable. Boyne could do a great deal towards upgrading lift infrastructure simply by replacing them with something more modern.
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There is only one Borvig remaining: Locke. This and most of the fixed grip lifts are made by Yan aka Lift Engineering.
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I know this is predominantly an expert lift with no replacement on the 2030 plan, but while Boyne emphasized wind at Jordan as a factor in its replacement, the wind here can be worse from my experience. Constructing a building at the top to enclose the unload and bullwheel would go a long way for a low cost.
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I honestly didn’t know Yan made lifts on the east coast I thought they were a west coast thing?
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well they were definitely an American Skiing Company thing lol
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Definitely one of my most vertical fix-grip quads left. The trail is so intimating. Wouldn’t recommend this lift unless you are an expert. Great views off this lift
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Bring your ice skates for this iconic run. If you like a challenge, and by that I mean a sheet of ice, this is for you. Not for those of dull edges. Funny how steep this feels when it’s covered in ice at 32 degrees or so (35 ish by the top headwall) whereas any run of this slope would be an absolute snooze on the sticky Sierra Cement or Cascade Concrete heavy stuff they get way out west.
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