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On Friday, 12 gondolas made the first journey across the 4.4km span between Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains. Mathias Zudrell, employee of lift manufacturer Doppelmayr, rode the carriage of the first gondola to perform visual checks of the gondola's mechanisms. Whistler Blackcomb’s Peak 2 Peak Gondola will officially open to the public December 12, 2008....See: http://ww1.whistlerblackcomb.com/p2pg/
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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About time. Badly needed.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| About time. Badly needed. |
Badly needed for what?
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stuarth, come on, it's not that hard. Because in Whitegold's opinion and that of many others it was a pain having to go to the base to cross from one mountain to the other.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Given that Google maps makes it a mere 3.8 miles (as crow flies) between Flegere and Lognan, what are the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc waiting for?
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| Nickski wrote: |
| stuarth, come on, it's not that hard. Because in Whitegold's opinion and that of many others it was a pain having to go to the base to cross from one mountain to the other. |
Except that skiing to the bottom and getting back to the top of one mountain to the other really isn't that hard and in several hundred days of skiing there I can think of only 2 days when I have actually skiied on both mountains in the same day (not counting the bottom bit of course  ) therefore I stand by my origianl question badly needed for what?
From a summer perspective on the other hand I suppose it would be quite nice...
Also a shame they didn't make the tin sheds at either end a bit prettier, maybe they will when it's all done?
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stuarth, makes it easier to justify not selling single-mountain passes?
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Arno, Think you might be on to somthing there!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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All sounds like way to much time on lifts and not enough time skiing 
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| stuarth wrote: |
| Nickski wrote: |
| stuarth, come on, it's not that hard. Because in Whitegold's opinion and that of many others it was a pain having to go to the base to cross from one mountain to the other. |
Except that skiing to the bottom and getting back to the top of one mountain to the other really isn't that hard and in several hundred days of skiing there I can think of only 2 days when I have actually skiied on both mountains in the same day (not counting the bottom bit of course ) therefore I stand by my origianl question badly needed for what?
From a summer perspective on the other hand I suppose it would be quite nice...
Also a shame they didn't make the tin sheds at either end a bit prettier, maybe they will when it's all done? |
Absolutely agree with this - completely unnecessary from a pure skiing perspective no matter what Intrawest marketing bollshiite may say. Good for flogging sightseeing "experiences" to non-skiers, bragging rights and inflating ticket prices (despite previous messages tha.t it would be optional) - absolutely.
I've got less time served there than stuarth but have frequently skied both mountains on the same day and it really wasn't a big deal. I suspect around lunchtime on a busy day it may still be possible to win on a point to point race from say Roundhouse to Glacier Lodge by skiing down to the village cf queue times for the peak to peak.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| David Murdoch wrote: |
| Given that Google maps makes it a mere 3.8 miles (as crow flies) between Flegere and Lognan, what are the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc waiting for? |
Bruson - Tete de Balme lift making the Valais-Mont Blanc superski area a reality (you heard it here second )
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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stuarth, it is awesome for me.
I can move gates from whistler to blackcomb so easy now (and back again).
before meant
whistler top of garbo to gandy on blackcomb
- ski to creekside, drive to blackcomb base 2, ski to wizard chair, wizard and then solar.
will be
- ski to whistler gondola mid station OR green OR red- then P2P.
marketing dweebs did get upset me testing out gates fitting in the PR demo gondola at the roundhouse with plasma screens in............
for reference gates don;t fit in creekside gondola, and the balckcomb one is a really tight push that most lifties get upset about.
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You know it makes sense.
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stuarth, yep $58million buys approx 1,000,000 gates, which woudl be an awesome race course..................
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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paulhothersall, I would call it a bobsleigh run - point skis into top and the gate density guides the foolhardy all the way 
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