April 2011
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Final two days for Spillway
With the ski season coming closer to the end, we’re down to the final two days of operation for the Spillway lift. Spillway East will run this Saturday and Sunday, and then we’ll say goodbye to it forever and begin the process of dismantling it.
The final riders up the lift on Sunday will be the lucky winners of last weekend’s auction at the Season Passholders’ BBQ. Two...
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Skiing Mag's "12 Biggest Things That Happened This...
Anybody who has skied it knows that Brackett Basin is not your typical ski area expansion. Skiing Magazine thinks it’s so revolutionary that this week they named it one the 12 most important things that happened in the ski industry this season.
In the listing they said that “Skiers are pushing the boundaries of ski areas, spending more time in the sidecountry. Some resorts, like...
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Removing chairs from Spillway B
On Monday of this week our lift crew began the process of dismantling the short side of the Spillway Chairs (Spillway West). This first step involves first removing the chairs pads, followed by the chair bails, and finally, removing the chairs themselves.
Removing each individual chair is a fairly quick process, but with well over 100 chairs on the line, it will take a couple of days for our...
