Solitude Lift Question

[Upstate Steve]

Will have the pleasure of skiing Solitude and Alta this weekend.

One question about Solitude - is there easy way of getting back to the top of Honeycomb Canyon? I am looking at the trail map and it looks like you have to take the Honeycomb lift up, but then I get a bit confused. (Moreso than usual.)

Additionally, any meeting points? I don't expect a tour and don't want to slow anyone down, but saying hello to a few maggots would be fun.

Thanks in advance.

[LaramieSkiBum]

EDIT:

I am reposting what I had because I think it's valid...initially i thought i was wrong...but now i do not think so

No real way to get back to top of honeycomb canyon without taking 3 lifts.

You can access some of the lower canyon by Honeycomb lift, but you cannot get to the top of the canyon without doing Honeycomb - (Sunrise/Powderhorn) - Summit Laps.

You can also do "Honeycomb Return" to one of the other lifts to get to Summit, but bottom line is you must take Summit to get to the very top of the canyon

[MacDaddy]

No real way to get back to top of honeycomb canyon without taking 3 lifts.

You can access some of the lower canyon by Honeycomb lift, but you cannot get to the top of the canyon without doing Honeycomb - (Sunrise/Powderhorn) - Summit Laps.

You can also do "Honeycomb Return" to one of the other lifts to get to Summit, but bottom line is you must take Summit to get to the very top of the canyon
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WTF?
Please Please, you both get a JONG!!!
JONG THIS!!!

It only take two lifts to get to the top of Honeycomb. if you want to call the Summit lift the top that is.
From Solitude Village you skate your skinny/fat ass to the sunrise lift, then you sit on that for about 7 minutes then you ski down to the Summit lift and you sit on that for about 11 minutes and you are there!!

If you are doing laps in Honeycomb canyon then you can ski down to the powderhorn lift take that up and ski down Parachute or Middle Slope to the Summit lift that is still only two lift rides to the top with "MHS" or the Honeycomb lift being one of them. the top of Powderhorn has some easier routes down the canyon but those are ussually skied out first.

The Honeycomb aka MEXICAN HELI SKI (MHS) lift services what I think is the best access to Honeycomb. (1 lift ride) and
my favorite lift this big mountain lift served run is one for all you egomaniacs that cant afford heliskiing like me


now that I throughly confused every one ski with Bob Mc

[Upstate Steve]

I guess the best thing is to hook up with Bob Mc.

[MacDaddy]

yea yea I'm just givin you two a hard time

the easiest way is to follow Bob Mc and he will show you some sugar

[Red Baron]

How's I know the MHS would pop up in this thread?

[LaramieSkiBum]

whoa now wait a fuckin minute...i just took a look at the online map.

You can skate from Honeycomb Return to Sunrise? I dont fucking think so. Could be wrong. But no way right?

That means 3 lifts to do a lap....

True from base it takes only 2 lifts, but he was talking about laps

is there easy way of getting back to the top of Honeycomb Canyon?

EDIT: Also, how are you getting to PowderHorn from Honeycomb Return? skating? Traversing? Teleporting?

Please explain how this is only 2 lifts:

If you are doing laps in Honeycomb canyon then you can ski down to the powderhorn lift take that up and ski down Parachute or Middle Slope to the Summit lift that is still only two lift rides to the top with "MHS" or the Honeycomb lift being one of them. the top of Powderhorn has some easier routes down the canyon but those are ussually skied out first.

1) Honeycomb
2) Powderhorn
3) Summit

[iceman]

You are correct sir. I think MacDaddy kinda forgot about honeycomb lift because you ski down from there to powderhorn

[MacDaddy]

OK your right sorta
I didnt forget, I just didnt count MHS as a lift ride, its a Mexican Helicoptero
Once off MHS, you ski down to Powderhorn then, ski down to Summit.
So yes, its three lifts rides, if you are starting from Honeycomb Canyon and are trying to get back to Summit. However, its only two lift rides from the Village. Which is what I thought the original question was, my bad.

It doenst really matter because Solitide sucks anyways.

Why all of a sudden is Solitude getting so much play?

What ever happened to Brighton, that place rocks!

[midget]

Why all of a sudden is Solitude getting so much play?

Maybe you could partially blame that on me and Steve Lloyd?


I dunno what all this 3 lift shit talk is about.
1 Lift route: Take powderhorn up and drop into honeycomb.
2 Lift route: Come down honeycomb, take Honeycomb Return, ski down to Powderhorn, drop back into Honeycomb.

[The AD]

It doenst really matter because Solitide sucks anyways.

No shit. I mean just look at the lift layout

But seriously the lift system is pretty antiquated. I'm sure Bob Mc and company don't mind, though.

[BobMc]

The last few weeks I've actually avoided the MHS lift. I've taken a liking to skiing down the cat track to the Eagle. From the top of Eagle I can head to skiers right out into Rhapsody and make more of a run than skiing down Sunshine bowl from the MHS lift.

Anyways, yeah, it does seem Solitude gets a lot of play lately. Of course being a passholder there for the last few years I hate seeing my home resort get busy. But, after going to Snowbird last Saturday I got a feel for just how empty Solitude really is. I waited in 10 minute lines on Little Cloud, Sunday I skied directly on any lift I wanted to at Solitude. As much as I don't want them to change at all, they could use the business.

Steve, PM MacDaddy, I'm doing him a favor this weekend and made him promise to assume the position of "unofficial" Solitude tour guide. Not that he doesn't play the role well enough on his own, . You happened to pick the second Sunday of the season I won't be there, I'll be in Jackson.

BobMc

[freshie247]

Perhaps some think Brighton is more Boarder oriented.

[MacDaddy]

OK I'll play tour guide if its not too late and my post didn’t already disparage you.
I'm really quite harmless and I didn’t mean to be so reproachful
I’ll show you the goods if there are any to be had, and you don’t mind breaking a sweat?