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02-05-2013, 03:27 PM #26
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02-05-2013, 03:38 PM #27
When ever I imagined a Euro style resort with a Silver Lake base, I imagined a gondi or tram up and over the south facing chute and buttress to the to of Thunder Bowl. That terrain down to the lake would still be hard to access (it is hard from the top of V-tree) and require lots of snow. But that would provide access. And I imagine a chair going to the top of Thimble with a base down that drainage. A second lift would terminate at the Sentinel saddle, with a base down that drainage. And a T-bar to the top of Glove Rock. Lake front castles with a village climbing up the low angle at the bottom. A a few chairs down low just to get around.
Besides the Pali lift to Martin's, you would also want to put in a lift from Emigrant to the top of Cali, as well as one from Fourth of July Lake to Stovepipe. Of course, a surface tow to bring you back to Sunrise bowl, and chair 3 would want to go down toward Caples, where another, more quaint base would be located. Lots of great beginner terrain back there, and few more lifts to be built, with one to the top of the false peak on your way from the bottom of Life on the Edge. A connection to CP and Deadwood Cirque will need to wait. Some fun, low angle sunshine stuff behind Radio Tower should be developed as well.
Hughy, I'm not suggesting the viability, or good sense of such a plan, but just playing. But I disagree that it is just more of the same. There is a lot of variety out there, especially when you consider aspect.
BTW, I thought the Pali lift was not in the approved plan, and just a pipe dream added after the review. If that is the case, OP, do you know if Vail has found a way around this?
I've heard "good things" have been in the talking and are in line with Dick's plans.
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02-05-2013, 03:41 PM #28glocal
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That would be the most impressive ski area transportation system the Sierra has had since the trains went from Oak and Sak to Sugar Bowl and Truckee. It would also answer the density population base Hugh talks about.
North Shore is getting a roller coaster, though....
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02-05-2013, 03:41 PM #29Hugh Conway Guest
when I imagine a "euro style lifts there" I stack two Kirkwoods on top of each other, and tie in a bunch of adjacent ridges that funnel back to a couple of areas reasonably well connected by transportation. As is more lifts = tracked out quicker, more dead infrastructure mouldering on weekdays.
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02-05-2013, 03:44 PM #30
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02-05-2013, 03:46 PM #31Hugh Conway Guest
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02-05-2013, 03:48 PM #32Registered User
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From a business standpoint, Vail wants to open up more intermediate terrain. That's where the money is.
And they need to tackle the highway situation or make Kwood a destination resort.
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02-05-2013, 04:01 PM #33
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02-05-2013, 04:06 PM #34Hugh Conway Guest
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02-05-2013, 04:13 PM #35
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02-05-2013, 04:18 PM #36Hugh Conway Guest
I'd settle for some Lockeford sausage at the overpriced concessionaires. Mmmmm brats.
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02-05-2013, 04:27 PM #37
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02-05-2013, 04:33 PM #38
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02-05-2013, 04:34 PM #39Registered User
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Make it possible for tourists to access Kwood when there are storms. I'm no transport enginerd. It might be roadway, it might be mitigating avy danger at the passes, etc.
It would be very surprising if Vail bought Kwood with the idea to keep it a small (in terms of visitor numbers) resort. My money is that they will turn it into a destination resort. Add a hotel or two and several restaurants, more condo/fractional development and spread the skiing out to the backsides - chair 6? The highway situation is probably intractable - both $ and beaurocratic nightmares trying to get the gvmt to do anything.
They may also have bought Kwood as a hedge bet that the winter Olympics will return to Tahoe. If they do return, there will be a lot of public funds spent and our tax monies will make it less risky for Vail to develop Kwood. If the Olympics don't return to Tahoe in the 2020's, Vail can probably dump Kwood for twice what they paid. Maybe Disney will buy Kwood. Then the Sugarwood pass will return!
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02-05-2013, 04:59 PM #40
Remember people...we never thought high speed quads would ever make it to Kirkwood, AND NOW THEY HAVE TWO!!!
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02-05-2013, 05:04 PM #41Hugh Conway Guest
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02-05-2013, 05:13 PM #42Registered User
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I think Pat has all the blow. Used it to make the Kusala in time for Gordy.
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02-05-2013, 05:35 PM #43
regarding the power project, from December 2012:
KMPUD is expecting to go out to bid in early 2013.
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02-05-2013, 05:58 PM #44glocal
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02-05-2013, 08:02 PM #45
Three homewood developments stacked= two kirkwoods stacked??
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02-05-2013, 08:23 PM #46
that would depend on what they did. it could easily triple kirkwood's acreage. more importantly it puts a base 20 minutes closer to west coast money. it prevents spur closures from hurting business. it provides an area outside the valley where they could develop without worrying about how ugly the rest of the mismatched condos are. there is an area of relatively flat land around the northeast side of the lake that is roughly the size of kirkwood valley. personally, i think the area in between silver lake and the spur also makes sense since there is more north facing terrain draining towards it, and huge amounts of flat land there as well.
and before you right off silver lake, consider that they have already installed a Starbucks on the ridge between kirkwood and thunder bowl.
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02-05-2013, 08:25 PM #47powdork.com - new and improved, with 20% more dork.
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02-05-2013, 08:42 PM #48glocal
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You know what I like about the Swiss Alps?
They have fucking trains you drive your car onto to go skiing.
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02-05-2013, 10:34 PM #49
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02-05-2013, 11:10 PM #50Hugh Conway Guest
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