Willskiforfreeanecdotal but I spoke with a park crew member and they told me it's going down this summer, they also have a big sign at the bottom of first time that says "new lift 2022"
Unless major terrain changes take place (not sure where or how they'd implement) you'll be skiing down the shittiest cat track on the mountain that never has snow just for a "lap" through the park. The traffic will be insane, and what is normally a 10 minute run will be 30 ish+ minutes, not including the massive lift lines the new lift will more than likely have.
Sure, take out some of the redundant lifts like eaglet or whatever the fuck lift on canyons side, but 3 Kings is anything but a redundant lift lol.
Yeah I mean its certainly possible they try to execute the plan as early as possible, which is a bummer because the park having its own lift is awesome.
I doubt eagle will have a huge lift line and the lap could possibly be just as fast as it is now, the mid station will be below gotcha's, you'll only take that run if you ride neffland too. Im guessing they will be making some sort of changes/adding more snowmaking to that run so it will be operational. Lots of stuff has to happen, which is why the people I've been talking to are thinking its a couple years out.
eaglet doesn't run so it not redundant, you could take eagle and get to the top of 3 kings from the current mid station very easily if they moved one fence which is why it will be redundant and 3-5 less employees is a huge deal as well.