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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Where does Charlie draw the lift, to redeploy from?
Doesn’t have RCR assets anymore, of course. California again, seems unlikely.
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I dunno; they don't look particularly rickety in this image, so probably new.
And it looks like it will be a quad (probably makes the most sense from a wind perspective anyways):
https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resor...lifts/l108632/
Increasing capacity from 900/hr to 2400 and reducing the effort required for Boomerang side. Backside laps will be a bit faster, but at least west bowl will be a slow loop. Will be interesting to see how it plays out. I'm kind of sad that I've ridden my last platter without even knowing it.
(summit platter details:
https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resor...-lifts/l87900/)
The long term plan also calls for a hut between TOW and this new lift...that would be really nice as my main gripe w/ Louise is how long/far it is from any warmth to the best skiing. I think their higher priority is building a lodge at the top of the gondola, though.
Interestingly, the summit lift was listed as phase 3 of the LRP (of 8 proposed phases, some of which are pipe dreams). Since it's essentially a replacement and all above tree-line, it makes sense that it was easiest to get approval for. Nice for marketing, too.
Flipping through the LRP I see that the Juniper Warming Hut I mentioned above is in phase 7, along with the Upper Juniper Lift (that would expedite west bowl laps). They do mention that the hut would be useful for the world cup events, so maybe it gets bumped up the priority list now, too.