Welcome to Idaho Ski Lifts, on this channel, I focus to provide videos of chairlift rides as well as other aspects of lifts. From starting to make videos at my home mountain Bogus Basin, I've now filmed lifts at 3 other Idaho resorts and I plan on getting to other states. So why not come along for a ride.
Wild story: a property owner sued Sun Valley because of excessive noise and light from this lift, AND the lower station is sitting yards away from her property and wants the terminal moved away from it. Funny thing is all the loud noise is all the way up top, more than a mile away. Also, she bought the house years ago knowing about the chairlift operation nearby and inevitable development in the coming years, so this lady came to the nuisance herself. There are so many other chairlifts at other resorts starting right next to houses, and this lift is no exception.
@TwinSkiingLiftsRides That's ridiculous, I can maybe understand the light, as those uni-g terminals are quite bright when lit up. However the noise complaint makes no sense, since it's the return, not the drive. The grips aren't even noisy as well. Silver Strike Express at Deer Valley is a good example.
@@idahoskilifts4242 It’s one thing to dim the terminal lights at night and turn the music down that’s playing at the bottom, but moving the terminal would be costly and more time consuming. On my Steamboat trip, I stayed at the Edgemont - right next to the Christie Peak Express and its slopes - and absolutely LOVED it. It was really convenient being able to pop my skis on right out back. That particular house serves the same purpose.
The bike setup on Massanutten’s Peak Express is very different: every other chair has bike racks on the back of the chair so that only the front wheel is actually on the rack. The racks hold up to two bikes. I like these bike trays because you can just load the whole bike onto the carrier instead of just the front wheel.
@lol0001 Usually they have their opening day in early November. The construction crews are focusing on Coach more than Bitterroot at the moment, as they want to have Coach ready for opening day.
Most lifts that run in the summer and winter tend to run slower in the summer. The reason being, it's easier for foot traffic to load and unload on foot since they don't have skis or snowboards. The other reason is to make unloading/loading bikes off the bike carriers easier.
@vicioushanzo5740 I'll admit, Skytrac terminals don't look as nice as Doppelmayr fixed-grip terminals, but the chairs on Skytrac lifts are a really cool design.
The biggest benefit Flying Squirrel brings is providing an alternate route out of Warm Springs base if Challenger should go down for any reason. Such an alternate route hasn't existed since the original Flying Squirrel burned down (if Challenger was down, you could use Greyhawk and Flying Squirrel).
This lift was constructed to replace Cold Springs, a Riblet double chairlift with Yan drive terminal that started at the bottom of the Cold Springs Cutoff. Cold Springs was the main egress lift out of Seattle Ridge, although Mayday also serves that purpose. Until the construction of Challenger 6 and Flying Squirrel in 2023, Broadway was the sole high speed lift on the mountain other than the gondola to be a pure Doppelmayr lift since the other high speed quads were Yoppelmayrs (Yan high speed quads refurbished by Doppelmayr).
I have vivid memories riding the old Cold Springs double, rode it for years up to it's removal. Broadway and Flying Squirrel also feature the white lines on the EJ chairs, which is a nice touch. Flying Squirrel is the 1st lift on Bald Mountain that has 90 degree unloading. Stay tuned for my videos of Challenger 6 and Flying Squirrel in early March.
This is a very much dated video, as the teardrop chairs on this lift and Christmas were replaced in 2023 with secondhand EJ chairs from the Challenger and Greyhawk lifts. Now all of the high speed quads on the mountain have EJ chairs, though those on Flying Squirrel and Broadway have puck footrests (as the two to be original Doppelmayr lifts vs. retrofitted Yan lifts).
For the 2023-2024 season, the teardrop chairs on this lift and Frenchman's were replaced with Doppelmayr EJ chairs from the retired Challenger and Greyhawk lifts: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nBCjHDO6V20.html&pp=ygUZY2hyaXN0bWFzIHN1biB2YWxsZXkgbGlmdA%3D%3D
@@idahoskilifts4242I hate these new AC motors. They just have a terrible high pitched sound. Something like the old super bravo or slide Brook is a good high pitch, this is not
The only drive I find quite high pitched is Morning Star's, all the other UNI-G's I've been on have fairly quiet drives. But yeah, I get what you mean.
This was where the “Silverlode” equipment was stored last year before being shipped up to Whistler. In fact, the new Fitzsimmons 8 is just about complete!
