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[Djongo Unchained]

Anyone familiar with this?

[pfluffenmeister]

Anyone familiar with this?

So you could just lap Rendezvous if desired?

[Djongo Unchained]

Yep, but it barely ever worked and when it did, it usually broke again in short order.

[RUBBERDUCK]

It was brand new in 1987 1988. My first trip there. Same as Sublette - aka, The Quad. So instead of $2 tram tickets, you could reach the top. I rode this poma lift, fell off halfway up. It had a dogleg turn. Not many people used it. I was wondering when it was gonna be mentioned here. Shit, I aint that old.

Back then, Thunder was the original double. That mountain was not tracked out quickly. Free refills?

[east or bust]

824’ in 5min…. woof


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[Core Shot]

So you could just lap Rendezvous if desired?

Yep, but it barely ever worked and when it did, it usually broke again in short order.

Hah
The two years the tram was down the chair (now Marmot) was amaze balls. Had some epic days lapping the bowl. Forget who set the Corbetts record but it was a lot. Never to be repeated.

PS. Nice score on the sign.
PPS. The Union pass platter was awesome. Loved seeing the snowboarders tater halfway up.

[plugboots]

So you could just lap Rendezvous if desired?

Yup, and If I remember, you could do that little Couloir that’s just outside the rope and get back on the poma.

[Djongo Unchained]

It was brand new in 1987 1988. My first trip there. Same as Sublette - aka, The Quad. So instead of $2 tram tickets, you could reach the top. I rode this poma lift, fell off halfway up. It had a dogleg turn. Not many people used it. I was wondering when it was gonna be mentioned here. Shit, I aint that old.

Back then, Thunder was the original double. That mountain was not tracked out quickly. Free refills?

10-4 RUBBERDUCK, we're about to put the hammer down.

That platter started at the base of the far drift rope which back then was about 50yards closer in.
Bottom shack was between the avy search area and the lower RS gate locations now. Went up and turned right at what may have been Poma's first attempt at an angle station. It was imperfect.

The ropes would get pulled off the tracks with too many people-rare, or heavy weather-frequent, or major riming-often.
Probably worked a few weeks total a year. By 90-92, it ran about 2 weeks a year and was pulled by 94 methinks.
One of the best jobs on the hill was to be a lifty for this...no one actually expected it to run so if it snowed you were doing back gate tram laps all day.

Thunder as a 2 seater, the towers looked like old oil derricks and the guards were made of that extruded? metal so you'd poke it with yer ski pole and it'd get stuck and snap the tip off or plain pull it from your hand.

824’ in 5min…. woof

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Yeah, like 2 minutes up then 3 across. the top station window faced west so you could party in there with heat any ole time.

Hah
The two years the tram was down the chair (now Marmot) was amaze balls. Had some epic days lapping the bowl. Forget who set the Corbetts record but it was a lot. Never to be repeated.

PS. Nice score on the sign.
PPS. The Union pass platter was awesome. Loved seeing the snowboarders tater halfway up.

Those 2 years were interesting- a 300" and a 600" season. Lapping the bowl on the fat season was super rad and likely never to be done again in our lifetimes. Lapping it on the skinny season was nice as the rest of the hill was hard all season.

Marky Mark Aitken was the guy. And in the skinny season to boot.

Around 120 corbet's laps and maybe 40 in the last few weeks.

Doing it 120 times would not be hard for a nkotb that's committed, but I doubt there's a one who would do it in a 300" season.

Yup, and If I remember, you could do that little Couloir that’s just outside the rope and get back on the poma.

You mean Spacewalk or closer to the rope line? I imagine you could scurry back around but ther'd be a little uphill. which was frowned upon back then.

[plugboots]

10-4 RUBBERDUCK, we're about to put the hammer down.

That platter started at the base of the far drift rope which back then was about 50yards closer in.
Bottom shack was between the avy search area and the lower RS gate locations now. Went up and turned right at what may have been Poma's first attempt at an angle station. It was imperfect.

The ropes would get pulled off the tracks with too many people-rare, or heavy weather-frequent, or major riming-often.
Probably worked a few weeks total a year. By 90-92, it ran about 2 weeks a year and was pulled by 94 methinks.
One of the best jobs on the hill was to be a lifty for this...no one actually expected it to run so if it snowed you were doing back gate tram laps all day.

Thunder as a 2 seater, the towers looked like old oil derricks and the guards were made of that extruded? metal so you'd poke it with yer ski pole and it'd get stuck and snap the tip off or plain pull it from your hand.




Yeah, like 2 minutes up then 3 across. the top station window faced west so you could party in there with heat any ole time.



Those 2 years were interesting- a 300" and a 600" season. Lapping the bowl on the fat season was super rad and likely never to be done again in our lifetimes. Lapping it on the skinny season was nice as the rest of the hill was hard all season.

Marky Mark Aitken was the guy. And in the skinny season to boot.

Around 120 corbet's laps and maybe 40 in the last few weeks.

Doing it 120 times would not be hard for a nkotb that's committed, but I doubt there's a one who would do it in a 300" season.




You mean Spacewalk or closer to the rope line? I imagine you could scurry back around but ther'd be a little uphill. which was frowned upon back then.

Yeah, ho chee min traverse, I think? I can’t remember shit.

[TG]

Yeah, ho chee min traverse, I think? I can’t remember shit.

ho-chi-min was the skid’s climb/traverse that got you to the base of AV and above the Teewinot ticket checkers. It was mostly telemarker skids, who could wax up it. Of course this pre-dates the granite ridge development.

[jsnowut]

ho-chi-min was the skid’s climb/traverse that got you to the base of AV and above the Teewinot ticket checkers. It was mostly telemarker skids, who could wax up it. Of course this pre-dates the granite ridge development.

Skids for sure - not all free heelers though. Used to have friends that lived in a "summer only" house right where the ho-chi started. So much fun "back-in-the-day"

[jsnowut]

ho-chi-min was the skid’s climb/traverse that got you to the base of AV and above the Teewinot ticket checkers. It was mostly telemarker skids, who could wax up it. Of course this pre-dates the granite ridge development.

Skids for sure - not all free heelers though. Used to have friends that lived in a "summer only" house right where the ho-chi started. So much fun "back-in-the-day"

[panchosdad]

Skids for sure - not all free heelers though. Used to have friends that lived in a "summer only" house right where the ho-chi started. So much fun "back-in-the-day"

Same here, Tom and Tom lived there iirc. That was a fun winter, almost daily free skiing.

[Core Shot]

Hah! “Get high stay high”
I can admit the crime “theft of services” now that the statute of limitations is over.

[yeahman]

Interesting interview with the LiftBlog guy.

https://www.skimag.com/culture/peter...north-america/

[Djongo Unchained]

^^^^
Peter is a pretty quiet little guy but he has gained a lot of respect for not only staying in Lift ops for a while now but also making something out of it besides just a job.

We rode up together the day they pulled the towers and topstation of Sublette and talked about its new alignment etc. He told me about the chair sale and was hoping for a cheap locals sale too.

I gotta ask him how he affords all that travel on JHMR pay...

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Damn, I forgot about that old ho chi min trail. Started up above the old boneyard and the 105 mount in the woods iirc.
Getting on the mtn. for free or next to free used to be soooooooooo easy. Just get to know the Ticketchecker. Right Ticketchecker?

What was the name of the bootpack from far moran face up to the air force hut? It's on the tip of my tongue...

[yeahman]

Good question, wondered that myself. Looks like he gets a bit of ad revenue from his online publishing...meaning it's a business venture and he can likely write off any lift-related travel.

[Duffman]

Any of you guys go to see Moe. at Snow King today?

[rideit]

There was a weather hold, so I rode my bike home down Ferrin’s. Not sure what the status is.

[NBABUCKS1]

Bummer on the rain hold. Out in Bondurant I had .04 inches all of July and am now sitting at .23 for the month. Bad timing for that storm coming through but I’m so thankful for it.

[panchosdad]

We hiked down after JGB (which was great) and before the storm hit. Curious if Moe got to play.

[FrankZappa]

Anyone familiar with this?

I 'member that thang... Second turner in a blizzard head down-not 'xpectin notin' but a top shack,... behind the one at Brokenridge in the 70's, I almost got caught off gaurd by dem both.

[rideit]

FRANK ZAPPA?

Welcome back!

[plugboots]

FRANK ZAPPA?

Welcome back!

Frank!
Long time. Hey, is tobacco still your favorite vegetable?

[Core Shot]

Frank!
Long time. Hey, is tobacco still your favorite vegetable?

Call any vegetable
Call It by name