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I think the S5 will be a great lift for mid morning because you can likely look straight behind you once you leave the station and get a perfect view of the PASR row to see how many beers are being consumed and if there is any smoke coming off of a grill.

Has anyone done the Warren Miller movie this year? Looks like the next one nearby is in Collegeville. $15 a ticket and comes with a free lift ticket for Elk. I think it's worth a trip up there next Friday the 18th.

Maybe Spring will use that thing for rail jams. Serious question, are rail jams still a thing? RIP halfpipes while we're at it.

Looks like we've got the start of a lower station going on!

I hope the inside of the bubble is painted so it looks like you're at an actual mountain

I'm glad Blue has all the brand new snow guns they ordered set up and ready to take advantage of cold temps when they become consistent! in boxes next to the chairlift shaped hole in the ground.

Besides beer (of course) what can I bring to this pre season event?

If they can't finish the lift they should at least let us go uphill on Burma

44 calendar days until they should open and the terminals aren't even on site. Glad there are a few guys working on that little building though.

Is this an offer to carpool? Haha

Well this throws a wrench in things

https://www.skibluemt.com/winter-sports/skiing-snowboarding/name-our-new-trail/ Why do they still have a page about naming the new trail?

Noon games should only be for FCS games, or maybe Rutgers.

I'll volunteer to take you to Vegas and offer "supervision".

The strip can definitely get cheesy quick but there are some great restaurants, shows, bars, pools, etc. I had a blast staying off of the strip, enjoying the big resort pool and desert sun and then also going way outside of town to drive quads in the desert.

I also don't really get why there's such negativity towards Vegas. It can be really fun for a few days.

I love a good conspiracy but maybe Leitner Poma did one of the other lifts and this is the way they distinguish it from the other one? I'm surprised it's not labeled as the lift name. Or a lift number

My take: It would never take that many towers that close together to run the rope up. Also we all know that if you try to put 7 people on a 6 pack you'll be stopped above a pond, which seems to have been dug already. As a result I'm guessing that the one long footer on the left of the picture is what the station will sit on, you'll ride over the cut out area until you get to the first tower. No idea what the other footers are for.

As of Saturday when @Benm took those pics it looks like there is still concrete to be poured.

There are only 41 working days until Root Friday. They should start filming the daily push to the finish for a new A&E reality show.

I think the thing that is really going to hold up this project is the fact that @AtomicSkier hasn't gotten certified on helicopters yet.

Maybe, and this is pure speculation, since Blue and Camelback are the same company now they are using the same construction resources on both projects. I mean there can't be that many people on the East Coast that know how to install chair lifts right? Maybe the crew over in Tannersville will come over to Blue once they are done there and put in the more technical and higher visibility things.

Original six pack for the first two runs to maybe snag some Razors then head over to the Summit Safari Six Pack Supreme for some fast main street laps.

What PSI concrete do you think you need for a chairlift?

It's been 3 weeks since they poured the concrete. Depending on how long they plan to let it cure before the towers are on it we could potentially see choppers as early as next week but worst case scenario they will bolt down the towers the week of the 26th.