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Mt. Snow Summit Express breakdown

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elcamino57 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 09, 2003 Posts: 670 Location:Wilmington VT	Posted: Jan 31, 2010 - 10:30 PM GMT We where skiing Mt. Snow Sat. and the summit express had to be evacuated at around 3:30 pm. they did a great job doing it only took about a 1/2 hour to get everyone off by ropes. Really scary site though would not want to be on the lift when that happens. Also the sun was dropping and it was really cold. I heard that the bearing in the bullwheel went bad, still not working today either. So anyone coming up to ski be aware that the Summit Express is closed.

k3000 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 31, 2010 Posts: 7 Location:VT	Posted: Jan 31, 2010 - 11:37 PM GMT Yan return bull wheel bearings aren't too easy to find these days; L.E. strikes again.

elcamino57 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 09, 2003 Posts: 670 Location:Wilmington VT	Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 12:02 AM GMT Hi, K3000 and welcome to SJ, I am not sure that is the original Yan bullwheel, pretty sure all that was replaced years ago when they changed it over. But not really sure, maybe you know more than me.

skierpilot Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 01, 2006 Posts: 396 Location:	Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 12:29 AM GMT The good news here is that Mt. Snow has another sumit lift -The Sumit Local - a fixed grip tripple. It's paid for, easy to maintain,easy on electric and warmer than the Sumit Express. With the other two high speen lifts operating, one will still get lots of verticle in a day.I don't think many other ski areas could get through having one of their major sumit lifts going offline better then Mt. Snow can.I hope they can repair it before this weekend!

nelsap Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 21, 2001 Posts: 2742 Location:Saratoga Springs, NY	Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 12:33 AM GMT And 3 other lifts can reach just about the summit too, Sunbrook and the 2 North Face triples. Time for that high speed sixpack we're all predicting! JD __________ Jeremy Davis

skisox34 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 12, 2007 Posts: 382 Location:Rutland, VT	Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 5:58 AM GMT The bullwheel is the original L.E. bullwheel. The only thing replaced were grips and the attach/ detach equiptment in the terminals. If it was anything like a lot of the other Yan high speed the bullwheel was warped. I'll be at sneaux on friday, hopefully they have it fixed by then!

joshua segal Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 4271 Location:NH	Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 11:24 AM GMT I'm going today - so I'll report when I get home. __________ Joshua Segal

tedede Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 15, 2004 Posts: 420 Location:Amherst, NH	Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 11:33 AM GMT I'm planning on going on Thursday, so status updates from those in the know would be appreciated.

shpride Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 10, 2006 Posts: 246 Location:Flatlands, MA	Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 2:23 PM GMT Was there yesterday. Was able to still get a lot of runs in using lifts that I actually rarely use. The summit triple wasn't bad and used the ego alley chair a lot until they shut it down sometime in the afternoon. Also did laps on the North Face. Trail of the day was Falling Timbers. On a side note, the snow up there was great. They did an amazing job recovering from the rain.

photogf128 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 2238 Location:MRV Vermont	Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 3:41 PM GMT Latest update from the horse's mouth. "Grand Summit Express, lift #11, will remain closed as we are still experiencing some mechanical difficulty carried over from the weekend. We are hoping to have it up and running to help you access the summit by mid week as we are waiting for the proper part. Please keep checking back to the snow report for further updates. " __________ Skiing is the only sport where you spend an arm and a leg to break an arm and a leg.

joshua segal Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 4271 Location:NH	Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 2:00 AM GMT Quote: Was there yesterday. Was able to still get a lot of runs in using lifts that I actually rarely use. The summit triple wasn't bad and used the ego alley chair a lot until they shut it down sometime in the afternoon. Also did laps on the North Face. Trail of the day was Falling Timbers. On a side note, the snow up there was great. They did an amazing job recovering from the rain. Ditto on my experience today. Virtually no ice on Fallen Timbers and nice rhythmic bumps most of the way. The other spectacular run of the day was the glade (no longer on trail maps) that used to be called "Claim Jumper" next to the Carinthia Express. It was soft, well covered, and nice easy bumps. It was just plane fun - not to mention: beautiful. __________ Joshua Segal

elcamino57 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 09, 2003 Posts: 670 Location:Wilmington VT	Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 2:12 AM GMT The other spectacular run of the day was the glade (no longer on trail maps) that used to be called "Claim Jumper" next to the Carinthia Express. It was soft, well covered, and nice easy bumps. It was just plane fun - not to mention: beautiful.[/quote] the reason for so much snow on that glade is because of snowmaking on mineshaft and nitro, did you check out the smaller 1/2 pipe on mineshaft?

joshua segal Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 4271 Location:NH	Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 2:52 AM GMT Quote: ..., did you check out the smaller 1/2 pipe on mineshaft? I think I took about 10 runs on Claim Jumper, 10 on Fallen Timbers and 10 or so on various other things that didn't bring me back for seconds. I wasn't on Mineshaft all day. __________ Joshua Segal

shpride Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 10, 2006 Posts: 246 Location:Flatlands, MA	Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 2:25 PM GMT Missed claim jumper glades. I never even thought about going into the trees, but thinking about it now with all the snowmaking a bunch of snow would have blown in. The amounts of snow made on Carintia is incredible. Some of those mounds were enormous.

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