New Lift for Blue?

[JFskiDan]

20 hours ago, toast21602 said:

Really sad that they can't keep those going or even give an update on the construction. Piss poor marketing. 

i guess i have just grown to expect the least from Blue in this department.  less disappointment this way.  

[enjoralas]

On 9/6/2022 at 2:54 PM, AtomicSkier said:

It's already September ... I was hoping to see a little more action by now ...

It's a good thing they are so far ahead, they can afford to shut it down with so much daylight left . . .

[enjoralas]

Looks like concrete truck on site pouring for the lower house:

[indiggio]

Looks like Main Street cam is back operational as Slopeside and vice versa.

[enjoralas]

1 minute ago, indiggio said:

Looks like Main Street cam is back operational as Slopeside and vice versa.

Nice. They were both still down when I checked about 30 minutes ago

 

[enjoralas]

I really can't figure out where they are at with progress on this. 

On one hand, they don't have a lower house or any towers erected (huhhuh) that we can see.

But on the other hand, they already have the traditional Six Pack Lake in place.

[toast21602]

Still disappointed by the lack of updates. You would think that would generate excitement and free marketing, but here we are sitting in the dark again. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

13 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

Still disappointed by the lack of updates. You would think that would generate excitement and free marketing, but here we are sitting in the dark again. 

Blue has the absolute worst marketing department and social media.  

[toast21602]

3 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Blue has the absolute worst marketing department and social media.  

They should hire you but also hire somebody to filter you.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

17 minutes ago, toast21602 said:

They should hire you but also hire somebody to filter you.

I’ll be like the Andrew Tate of ski resort marketing and it will never rain on sundays and Thursdays 

[JFskiDan]

2 hours ago, enjoralas said:

I really can't figure out where they are at with progress on this. 

On one hand, they don't have a lower house or any towers erected (huhhuh) that we can see.

But on the other hand, they already have the traditional Six Pack Lake in place.

this little picture is kind of odd.  I think we all agree that the footings for the towers are poured.  They probably cant actually erect anything on them until the concrete cures.  But, at the same time, stations are where i would imagine the load being pulled from, like i mean the haul line gets tensioned from those 2, so like they are almost like trying to pull the footers out of the ground.  i would think the load on the tower footers is really pretty much just straight down.  

I would have thought the top and bottom footers would have been poured first, but who knows.  it looks like the pad behind the shed is where the counter weight would go, so, maybe thats the really important piece to that puzzle.  

[Schif]

19 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

this little picture is kind of odd.  I think we all agree that the footings for the towers are poured.  They probably cant actually erect anything on them until the concrete cures.   

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

[AtomicSkier]

46 minutes ago, JFskiDan said:

  it looks like the pad behind the shed is where the counter weight would go, so, maybe thats the really important piece to that puzzle.  

i don't think modern lifts have hanging counterweights anymore.  

[mbike-ski]

32 minutes ago, Schif said:

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

It's only as good as the ground it sits on so I would think normal 3,000 footing  / 4,000 foundation but I don't know shit about building ski lifts

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

7 minutes ago, mbike-ski said:

It's only as good as the ground it sits on so I would think normal 3,000 footing  / 4,000 foundation but I don't know shit about building ski lifts

Is a foundation different than a footing?  Some of my customers call foundations footings.  

[AtomicSkier]

22 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Is a foundation different than a footing?  Some of my customers call foundations footings.  

Does your old ass iPhone have google?

https://civiltoday.com/geotechnical-engineering/foundation-engineering/219-difference-between-footing-and-foundation

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

10 minutes ago, AtomicSkier said:

Does your old ass iPhone have google?

https://civiltoday.com/geotechnical-engineering/foundation-engineering/219-difference-between-footing-and-foundation

I have a new iPhone. 

[JFskiDan]

1 hour ago, AtomicSkier said:

i don't think modern lifts have hanging counterweights anymore.  

no, you are correct.  i dont know what im thinking.  for some reason i keep seeing a concrete block swinging around behind the station in my mind.  good thing im not helping build it, huh?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Wow just wow Jackson hole even updates their lift construction status on Facebook. I’ll check Blues page to see if there are any updates. 

[JFskiDan]

Even JFBB has a vid on FB about their new lifts.  FYI, all of the chairs at JFBB sold.  They dont have any left that are "going quickly".  

[RidgeRacer]

Did JFBB put the towers in yet?

I've resigned myself to the fact that the summit safari extreme deluxe whatever won't be ready for the start of ski season.

Edited September 14, 2022 by RidgeRacer

[JFskiDan]

8 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

Did JFBB put the towers in yet?

I've resigned myself to the fact that the summit safari extreme deluxe whatever won't be ready for ski season.

dunno, the video they posted is kind off all over the place.  

I think as long as all the concrete gets in the ground here in the next week or two, it will be good to go.  Its not like we are gonna be skiing next month.  

[pcklein31]

2 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

Did JFBB put the towers in yet?

I've resigned myself to the fact that the summit safari extreme deluxe whatever won't be ready for the start of ski season.

.. and they still probably won't run the quad and 6-pack at the same time at opening bell.  (Assuming terrain is open for both lifts)

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

10 minutes ago, pcklein31 said:

.. and they still probably won't run the quad and 6-pack at the same time at opening bell.  (Assuming terrain is open for both lifts)

I’m sure it will be on a day by day basis.  It will be interesting to decide between the old six pack and new six pack for opening ding dong 

[Schif]

34 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

I’m sure it will be on a day by day basis.  It will be interesting to decide between the old six pack and new six pack for opening ding dong 

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.