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HPskier
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So they took out three kings and i'm seeing if anyone has any further details on what they're planing on putting in. I'm assuming a high speed which would be sick but just seeing if anyone knows.
Jul 11 2011 12:11AM
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Skittle.
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talking to ski patrol this year it seems like they're putting in a high speed quad
Jul 11 2011 1:28AM
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Troy.
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They have officially called it a high speed quad.

I have one of the chairs of 3 Kings /claim
Jul 12 2011 2:31AM
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eheath
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ive heard high speed quad and a normal speed quad or triple. If its quad, people aren't gonna be able to ski after 3 hrs since you'll do 1000 runs.
Jul 12 2011 5:02AM
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Troy.
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Actually, I think you're right. It is a triple. I think its going to be high speed, but not Deer Valley high speed - more like significantly faster than the old lift.
Jul 12 2011 6:32PM
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GratefulShred
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I'm a lifty at pc, its gonna be a high speed quad starting where cobra dogs was last season. But it has a conveyor belt ramp instead of snow.
Jul 14 2011 4:15PM
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eheath
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It's a chairkid? those things are sick. Where is it suppose to end?
Jul 14 2011 4:26PM
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gr4
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damn its gonna be the fastest park lap ever. stoked! i dare someone to lap it from 9am - whenever night skiing stops
Jul 14 2011 6:30PM
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j.saaaarela
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well, it was 9 pm last year... so
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I also heard that the pipe might be lit up for night riding this year. Hopefully that happens as well
Jul 14 2011 9:24PM
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eheath
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you would do 1 million laps if its a high speed. Mammoth has a similar sized area for main park and that lap takes like 3 minutes its intense.
Jul 14 2011 9:32PM
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InfernoHits
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its too bad that no matter what park city does, a week into the season everyone here will be complaining about something.
Jul 14 2011 10:50PM
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Troy.
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Like a magic carpet?
Jul 15 2011 2:20AM
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eheath
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its just to get onto the lift, it puts you up to speed where when the chair hits your it's just a small bump almost a smooth sit down, its nice.
Jul 15 2011 4:35AM
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hella.sick.skier
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ppl wont bitch if its fun. it doesn't need to be perfect or amazing, just FUN
Jul 15 2011 12:44PM
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meowshred
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my only complaint about moving to utah is gone, i thought it was gonna be harsh coming from the midwest (estimated time to the top 30 seconds) vs the normal long wait of bigger nicer parks, cant wait to hot lap the park all day
Jul 16 2011 8:21PM
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Candy
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Like Supreme!
Jul 17 2011 3:56AM
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krystoff
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well i heard that the lift was going to go up a little bit higher too. so hopefully a bigger park and a faster lift. it's gonna be cool i guess...
Jul 19 2011 12:55PM
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eheath
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Yeah, its suppose to go higher and then they're taking out some trees and making more room for a bigger park.
Jul 19 2011 2:54PM
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Troy.
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Rumor is the pipe is getting lighted too
Jul 19 2011 5:13PM
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Frazelli
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this sounds sick. im stoked for this season
Jul 19 2011 8:35PM
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GratefulShred
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If the pipe gets lit that would be sick!! they might as well because most nights out of the week eagles lit for racers so its like 5 more lights they need. I wouldn't fuck around in that pipe at night though. soooo icy.
Jul 20 2011 3:15AM
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eheath
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I'd almost rather have them beef up their lights now (like double them, they're mad dark) and keep the pipe dark. But, i also dont ride pipe.
Jul 20 2011 3:38AM
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GayWolf420
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12 hour ski-a-thon, james?
Jul 21 2011 11:53AM
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j.saaaarela
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Oh it's going down. I'll have to load my pockets with clif bars and red bull, but it should work. I predict 96 laps with no breaks. I'll bring a counter or something to keep track.
Jul 21 2011 9:16PM
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HPskier
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your only excuse not to get a pc pass is gone as well meow
Jul 23 2011 3:18PM
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GayWolf420
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Yeah dude. I'm gonna bring lots of money for cobra dogs and lots of gatorade. This will rule.
Jul 23 2011 6:56PM
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andrewmeehan
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ya the chair is not gonna be a high speed quad.

just a quad.
but then again if you compare it to 3 kings a modern slow chair is a step up from what we had before.
Jul 24 2011 1:33AM
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j.saaaarela
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Where did you hear this? I've only heard that it will be a high speed. I trust GratefulShred's lifty status in saying that it'll be a high speed, but I guess anything is an improvement.
Jul 25 2011 12:37AM
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andrewmeehan
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my next-door neighbor has worked lift maintenance for over 20 years there. YES, they are putting in a high speed quad, but it will only be running under 50% speed, just like first time. Big waste of money if you ask me. If they are going to put in a high speed, why not make it a high speed.


Jul 25 2011 2:35AM
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eheath
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Because it costs a lot less money than running it at 100%. most high speed quads aren't run at 100% anyway. First time is decently fast, im down for that on 3 kings, i was down with the slow two seater.
Jul 25 2011 2:53AM
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hella.sick.skier
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exactly. and its a short lift so that higher speed wouldn't even make a difference. plus a quad vs. double is gonna help out too
Jul 25 2011 4:00PM
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skiingute
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lol if they ran it at 100% speed there would be such a log jam of people at the top
Jul 28 2011 4:33AM
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andrewmeehan
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im not saying run it at 100%.

3 kings was a legit ass lift, you could just chill between runs.
Jul 29 2011 2:05PM
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Jwenz
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well i am happy that i can now go FASTER at pc than ever before!
Jul 29 2011 2:08PM
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eheath
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meh, it was about 2-3 mins too long. id rather chill a the top or bottom with all the homies.
Jul 29 2011 4:24PM
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TWoods
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Do want PC pass.
Jul 29 2011 5:40PM
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j.saaaarela
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K, that makes sense. First Time speed would be just fine on 3 Kings--it will still take significantly less time to get to the top. Only 109 days left now! Can't wait.
Aug 2 2011 2:49PM
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triebby
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I really hate to burst everyones bubble, including my own, but it sounds like it's just going to be a fixed triple. Unless of course this press release is wrong, but I find that kind of hard to believe. http://www.parkcitymountain.com/winter/blog/authors/park-city-mountain-resort/over-7-million-in-improvements-for

Has anyone here been able to visually confirm that it is in fact a quad?
Sep 7 2011 11:22PM
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andrewmeehan
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only a triple.
Sep 8 2011 2:31AM
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Jwenz
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i can deal with this i think. And you owe me some beers my friend
Sep 8 2011 10:52AM
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eheath
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That should be okay, it will definitely be faster than the old lift.
Sep 9 2011 12:01AM
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mjaahnson
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I'm from PC and i'm pretty sure the press release that Brieb posted was correct. Tyson, who cuts the pipe, was saying that the reason that they didn't go with a high speed chair was because with the number of kids that ride Pick a high speed quad would put too many kids through the park too quickly making it really difficult for park crew to keep up on filling in ruts and keeping the lips smooth.
Sep 18 2011 3:06PM
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mjaahnson
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I'm from PC and i'm pretty sure the press release that Brieb posted was correct. Tyson, who cuts the pipe, was saying that the reason that they didn't go with a high speed chair was because with the number of kids that ride Pick a high speed quad would put too many kids through the park too quickly making it really difficult for park crew to keep up on filling in ruts and keeping the lips smooth.
Sep 18 2011 3:06PM
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YewTard
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Just hiked up through 3 Kings yesterday.. doesnt look like theyve made much progress on the new lift, but I guess they still have a couple months
Sep 18 2011 5:08PM
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Leeyum
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they better .... Pc can't afford to fuck this up
Sep 18 2011 7:51PM
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mistaT
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Sure they can, Park City doesn't make much off park riders....
Sep 18 2011 10:16PM
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Frazelli
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whats the date pc is opening?
Sep 19 2011 1:22PM
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eheath
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yeah they'll bang it out, there is no way they wont have pick n shovel lift.
Sep 19 2011 1:27PM
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hella.sick.skier
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thatd tight if they didn't and brought joneseys back!
Sep 19 2011 5:17PM
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j.saaaarela
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I believe Nov. 19. 61 days left!
Sep 19 2011 9:37PM
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