bc new improvements

[rgrwilco]

that would be sick!!

but we all know bear will pull the we don't have enough vertical so that won't work

 

we can all hope bear will put some extra dirt up there so the can have more vertical

 

 

they are plenty of highspeed lifts in the world that have less vert than bear fyi.

[snowboarddude]

i have heard that before that is why when mark says it in get confused

[Saurus]

Bear will not open up a highspeed lift! If bear had a highspeed lift the runs would be too crowded. Bear keeps there quad slow and has it on the most popular run because they want to keep the people on the mountain at one given time low. Imagine if they have a highspeed quad. Hitting a jump withoutgetting cut off is like driving on the skuchyll.

[A_B]

it will be a quad next season

Edited November 21, 2007 by A_B

[petter369]

Does anybody know where all of the new automated snowguns have been placed? Also, is the Tubing Run Terrain Park going to be permanent or only for a couple seasons?

[mollyskeez]

they put some in between tubing and the jump terrain park idk if that was all of them or if they put others elsewhere

[snowboarddude]

i heard they got 20 new guns and they only have 3 or 4 in the jump line so i think they are probly somewhere else on the mt

 

 

 

the jump line will probly be perminate because tubers are gay

[Rowsdower]

Yeah it's definitely a permanent thing.

[GNU_rider]

Tubers are gay nothing but the truth, but I don't for see them making the changes they did for a jump line that won't be permanent they moved a good amount of soil and did more with the ground for it so I'd guess permanent.

 

Also I'd love to see at least a quad there I mean think about it, you'd cut the wait time in half for the park and you wouldn't have to worry about kids falling and shit like that.

[snowboarddude]

i think a season pass lift would be a good idea

 

i also think that season pass parking would be a good idea

[rgrwilco]

season pass lift would never work...theres no profit on passholders.

 

parking would be a good idea though

[lumilautailija]

earlier in this thread Mark said that the tubing park was going to be permanent

[snowboarddude]

anyone know how they are gunna be setting it up?? will it be a hit line like last year or will it be a jib garden?

[Rowsdower]

It'll be jumps. The rest of the terrain parks are pretty much jib-gardens with the exception of the jump line on the left side of Black Bear.

[snowboarddude]

it could be different now that they have new tp enterances

[snowboarddude]

i just called bc and the people at the front desk said they wern't blowing snow

 

 

 

they still seem to be doing alot of work for not atleast testing the system

 

i guess we will have to wait and see

[Rowsdower]

There is still construction equipment all over the base area.

[BC-Mark]

Here are a few updates to answer some of the questions:

1) Lighting has been improved on the tubing park jump line. It is permanent and we did add 6 new guns in that area.

2) The new lift will be a fixed grip quad. The issue is not vertical, it is the line length of the lift. The shorter the length, the more often chairs come off and reattach to the cable leading to chair spacing issues and increased down time. Last year was the first year Doppelmayr/CTEC installed a high speed with a line length as short as ours. Until that, they did not recommend installations with a line length less than 3000'. For reference, the line length on A lift is roughly 2400'.

3) The new guns went in the tubing area, bottom of Kodiak, Cub Run, Broadway and a few fill in spots on upper Kodiak, Drifter and Timberline.

 

I hope that helps. Check out the webcams, the snow looks great!

[snowboarddude]

ty for the update bc mark

 

nice snowmaking will it continue tonight?

and are there any posible opening dates

[GNU_rider]

I doubt we'll hear an opening date until this coming or next weekend with all this crap snow making weather, but it would be really nice to hear something at the rail jam this weekend if it happens.

[snowboarddude]

they need to get done with this construction so bear can focus more on opening

Edited November 26, 2007 by Mini Zep

[snowboarddude]

i did some research and i found that they have a fixed grip 6 seater!! anychances bear might get one?

[k2rider2690]

no dont you listen to the millions of people that have said that it would put out to many people at the top and the trails would be a mob

[mollyskeez]

bear does not need a lift like that yes it would put to many ppl. at the top and the lift now is not THAT bad so i think they dont really need it

[A_B]

noobs and kids have a hard enough time getting off of the quad...and getting on the quad