It will also enable access to the peak without ever having to click into your bindings.
The other public lift is replacing the timberline chair with a fixed grip quad.
The new Raintree lift will go up Cobabe Canyon and will be private.
It will have a midstation and will replace the old challenger and greyhawk chairs.
This year is shaping up to be a big year for Sun Valley.
They would also have 37 lifts and 238 trails!
In addition, for better or worse both lifts will also include RFID gates.
Chair 2 is currently a triple and will remain as such.
Fun Fact, the quad came from Taos NM.
In addition, the beginner triple will be shortened significantly to become the new Beginner Lift.
Theyre also installing new chairs on two other lifts as well.
Mammoth: Chair 1
A nostalgic one from Mammoth Mountain.
This will be Mammoth’s third high speed 6 and its sixth high capacity lift.
Copper Mountain: Timberline Express
Another six pack is arriving at Copper Mountain, Colorado.
It is on the far west side mostly serving intermediate cruisers.
It is replacing the timberline high speed quad and significantly increasing rider capacity to 3,000 skiers per hour.
Construction begins this summer.
This will be coppers fourth high speed sixth.
Coneygame will terminate where the Coney Express Quad ended and will begin where the old Burlingame learning double started.
They say that theyre coming along well and it will be set to open for the 2024-25 season.
This lift will service green beginner terrain.
However in addition to this the Arizona Snowbowl unveiled their forest service approved master development plan.
It includes three new lifts and maxing out their permit with 700+ acres.
This will be necessary to continue their growth of 10% annually since 2012.
It will retain the same name as the double.
This new lift will have improved safety features as well.
In addition, it is a big step in their eastern expansion that the double first served.
Ashland: Lithia Triple Chair
A new addition to the Mount.
Ashlands fleet is the Lithia Triple chair.
A brand new Skytrac triple is replacing a poma lift.
It will serve beginner and intermediate terrain.
To make this lift possible they received a two million dollar gift from the Sid & Karen Deboer Foundation.
The lift is part of an effort to make beginner terrain more accessible on the mountain.
(East Coast will probably come out in 2 days)
