GMX can be bypassed by Inverness to North Ridge. You lose FIS , Rim Run and Black Diamond, but the rest is reachable. It does make for a long trip, though, and if GMX is down, it is likely due to wind, so NR is also iffy.

sunapee express

have you guys saying the single at MRG even skied off the double? the thread isn't "what lift would be the worst to permanently loose" but rather "which would most effect a ski experience negatively if unavailable, broken, etc." i could ski the double all day at MRG without riding the single and have an awesome day and not feel cheated. if i ever hit MRG up on a busy weekend, that would actually be my plan of attack, to avoid the single maybe except for very early in the morning or late in the day. if the single didn't run for a day, the day ticket price would still be worth every penny at MRG.

[quote]have you guys saying the single at MRG even skied off the double? the thread isn't "what lift would be the worst to permanently loose" but rather "which would most effect a ski experience negatively if unavailable, broken, etc." i could ski the double all day at MRG without riding the single and have an awesome day and not feel cheated. if i ever hit MRG up on a busy weekend, that would actually be my plan of attack, to avoid the single maybe except for very early in the morning or late in the day. if the single didn't run for a day, the day ticket price would still be worth every penny at MRG.

The Red Chair at Magic Mountain in Londonderry, VT.

Why not sabotage this thread. No pun intended.

The Red Chair at Magic Mountain in Londonderry, VT.

Nothing else is even close.

It has been to hell, and back for more.

I remember a few years ago (maybe the 04/05 season?) when Cranmore's HS Quad went down for a week or so. Although no trails were deemed inaccessable becasue of the Summit Triple that was still operating, it sure did slow things down quite a bit.

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...as the Sugar Bravo Express or whatever it's called at Lincoln peak is the only easy access to the Heaven's Gate chair to the summit. Close that lift and it's a real pain to get to anything on the main mountain. As noted abouve, you CAN still get to Heaven's Gate from the Valley House lift on the "Reverse Traverse" but that will include a few significant stretches of shuss/poling/x-country skiing to get over to it. In addition, Valley House is an ancient double, and an enormous circa 1969 line would build on that thing in no time if the Sugar Bravo was down. Sugar Bravo going down is a legitimate nightmare, I'm afraid...

By contrast Inverness is a quad, and the run over to Northridge is a basic run-out without any need to pole or skate, and it dumps you out onto the nice hill that ends North Star. You can still access every trail on the lower mountain once you get up to the top of Northridge.