abasin expansion

**MakersTeleMark** · 11-21-2016, 06:13 PM

Que Archie and Edith:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=41664

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**hatchgreenchile** · 11-21-2016, 06:48 PM

Zuma access lift

Beaters can't walk 40 yards? Geezus.
Interested to see how often they actually open the gullies.

**The SnowShow** · 11-21-2016, 08:16 PM

Seriously, that's lame.

It will be interesting to see about the gullies. I'm assuming as much as the East Wall is open?

**adrenalated** · 11-21-2016, 08:26 PM

I don't see a stop on the Loveland - Breckenridge interconnect gondola?

**Benny Profane** · 11-21-2016, 10:40 PM

So, is this ever going to happen, whatever it is?

**WTF is dat** · 11-21-2016, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

So, is this ever going to happen, whatever it is?

Yes should happen within a couple years - this thread was about the Zuma bowl expansion back in 2008

**Benny Profane** · 11-21-2016, 10:58 PM

A couple years? They started planning it, what, five years ago?

**raisingarizona13** · 11-21-2016, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

A couple years? They started planning it, what, five years ago?

Have yo ever worked with the USFS? 5 years is nuthin. I've been in meetings for seven years now for our trail system proposal/forest revision plan and we still can't get the NEPA studies finished.

Government Benny. Government.

**Benny Profane** · 11-21-2016, 11:16 PM

Drain the Swamp!

**This End Up** · 11-22-2016, 02:51 PM

Where are the ski in/out condos gonna be?

**The SnowShow** · 11-22-2016, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by This End Up

Where are the ski in/out condos gonna be?

Thankfully down the road in Keystoner

**digitaldeath** · 11-22-2016, 03:38 PM

how bout some bigger motors on the chairlifts

zoom zoom

**The SnowShow** · 11-22-2016, 06:07 PM

Kinda bummed about the Pali replacement. Love the old school lift.

**Benny Profane** · 11-22-2016, 06:36 PM

I'd be a little more bummed about the Norway lift going away. Takes a lot of pressure of the Lanawee on busy days. Hello, lines out of the corral.

**Benny Profane** · 11-22-2016, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by This End Up

Where are the ski in/out condos gonna be?

Right across from the parking lot at the bottom of that avi path.

**The SnowShow** · 11-22-2016, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

I'd be a little more bummed about the Norway lift going away. Takes a lot of pressure of the Lanawee on busy days. Hello, lines out of the corral.

That's true too. That's a good backup lift on weekends.

**WTF is dat** · 11-23-2016, 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

I'd be a little more bummed about the Norway lift going away. Takes a lot of pressure of the Lanawee on busy days. Hello, lines out of the corral.

Yeah it makes no sense to me that they want to remove Norway. I even commented on als blog a few times about this but never got a response.

**From_the_NEK** · 11-23-2016, 07:59 AM

Good to see they got the picnic table locations sorted out as well.

**Jong Lafitte** · 11-23-2016, 08:51 AM

I was hoping for a faster Lenawee.

**hatchgreenchile** · 11-23-2016, 08:55 AM

I'm sure they are counting on the Beavers lift to take pressure of Lenawee.
6 pack with bubble shields on Pali!

**Garth Bimble** · 11-23-2016, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by WTF is dat

Yeah it makes no sense to me that they want to remove Norway. I even commented on als blog a few times about this but never got a response.

Old Yan probably too expensive to maintain at this point.

**skiracer88_00** · 11-23-2016, 01:22 PM

This is a good thing. It will be fun to ski that stuff with avy mitigation. Too many people have died in the beavers/steep gullies over the years....the access is too easy and many do not appreciate the danger of those areas.

**adrenalated** · 11-23-2016, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by skiracer88_00

This is a good thing. It will be fun to ski that stuff with avy mitigation. Too many people have died in the beavers/steep gullies over the years....the access is too easy and many do not appreciate the danger of those areas.

FWIW, I can only find two accidents where someone was killed in an avalanche in the Beavers or Steep Gullies, dating back to the 96/97 season.
http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/ac...=118&accfm=inv
http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/ac...20000125_basin

I will agree that is "too many" but it's not like people are dying in mass over there.

**hatchgreenchile** · 11-23-2016, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by adrenalated

FWIW, I can only find two accidents where someone was killed in an avalanche in the Beavers or Steep Gullies, dating back to the 96/97 season.
http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/ac...=118&accfm=inv
http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/ac...20000125_basin

I will agree that is "too many" but it's not like people are dying in mass over there.

From Denver Post:

The 2012 master plan at Arapahoe Basin asked to grow inside its special-use boundary, which zones both the Beavers and Steep Gullies for lift-served skiing. The ski area wants to mitigate avalanche danger in the region, where six skiers have died in avalanches since 1982.

Expansion for the sake of mitigation, if that was their intention, not sure how I feel about that. Maybe Vail & Steamboat can make the FS bite on East Vail & Fish Creek