Neues in Heavenly (USA)

[Jojo]

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/apps/p ... /103110006
Habe rausgefunden, dass in den nächsten Jahren die PB "Aerial Tram" ersetzt werden soll.
Außerdem soll in den nächsten Jahren eine einzige 4KSB die Lifte "Boulder", "North Bowl" und "Olympic" ersetzen.

Somit wären außer "Olympic", "Mott Canyon" und die beiden kurzen SBen auf der California Seite alle Lifte KSB!

[Jojo]

The season is far from over but already the resorts are talking about next season.

Heavenly, for instance, has confirmed that a new four-seat high speed chair will replace the old North Bowl and Olympic lifts, going from the top of the old North Bowl chair to the top of the old Olympic chair. The old fixed three-seater North Bowl chair was slow riding with a blast of wind near the top, and the Olympic two-seater was a drag. But the runs from the top of Olympic can be dandy, particularly off in the woods along the boundary on a powder day. Lots of trees on both sides of the run there, and the run to the base of Boulder can be a nice thigh-burner.

Heavenly is also investing in more snow making (global warming fears?), six new groomers and an 18-foot pipe cutter. Also, millions in maintenance that the snowsporters won't be aware of but make life on the slopes more fun.

That should whet some appetites for a $299 ($219 for those of the senior persuasion) season pass at Heavenly.

Vail Resorts have definitely upgraded Heavenly in its short ownership and has even decided to extend operations at Stagecoach through this weekend. Get there early and stay long enough to help close the bar.

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/200 ... /104150033

Also so wie ich das verstehe, wird die neue 4KSB von der Bergstation der 3SB "North Bowl" zur Bergstation der DSB "Olympic".
Allerdings wäre es doch sinnvoller von der Talstation der 3SB "North Bowl" zur Bergstation der DSB "Olympic" zu bauen, oder?!

Hoffe, dass es nur ein Druckfehler ist und die 4KSB an der alten Talstation "North Bowl" losgeht.

[Jojo]

Here's what's new at Heavenly for the 2005/2006 winter season!

We're putting another $6 million into the resort, bringing the total to $36 million since Vail Resorts, Inc. took over in 2002.

The Big News:
December 15-18, 2005, Heavenly is celebrating its 50th anniversary this winter with a weekend-long community block party, offering daily on-mountain themed promotions, lift ticket promotions, nightly bar parties around town, an extreme sports film festival, an all-day birthday party on Thursday, a Warren Miller Experience Fri/Sat/Sun, and a Saturday night party with fireworks and live music. Special vacation packages will also be available by calling
1-800-HEAVENLY.

Tree Skiing:
Heavenly is opening up the trees, which hide some of the best skiing in NA. The sweet powder stashes that used to be exclusive local territory will now be available to everybody. Northbowl Woods, Powderbowl Woods, Skiways Glades, Scorpion Woods and Dipper Woods will all have trail signage that alert skiers to what is one of the better skiing experiences around.

Terrain Parks:
Heavenly boasts the pre-eminent park builder on the West Coast, so for the newest, coolest, jib-bacious rails and features, freeriders come to Heavenly. Heavenly will be unveiling its Night Life Terrain Park, where riders can "go big" even after the streetlights come on. Heavenly will also be introducing a new Zaugg pipe cutter, a 22-foot monster that will carve the most epic pipe in the Tahoe basin!

Guest Services:
Heavenly is adding five new electronic signs, bringing the on-mountain total to nine. These signs update skiers on weather, openings and closures, current conditions and grooming schedules in real time. These signs really improve the skier experience; there's nothing worse than humping all the way across the mountain and finding out your favorite run is closed!

Grooming and Snowmaking:
Heavenly's adding five new groomers to its fleet of Bombadier 350s. Numbering 16, it's the largest such fleet in NA! Heavenly is also grooming twice a day, so even if you're not the first person on the slopes, you can still experience Tahoe's most meticulously-groomed courdoroy! And Heavenly is always adding to its snowmaking capacity which can currently cover 70% of its runs with the man-made stuff!

On-mountain Dining:
Heavenly is adding a European umbrella bar that will seat 120 people at the top of the Gondola. This increases indoor seating by 33%. The California Lodge is also getting a facelift, including automatic doors and a new upper parking lot.

Quelle: http://www.skiheavenly.com/the_mountain ... 6upgrades/

Also doch keine 4KSB "North Bowl" für den Winter 2005-2006! Dafür aber ein neuer "facelift" an der California Lodge.

[Jojo]

Hier die Winternews für 2006/2007, wieder keine 4KSB "North Bowl":

Mountain Improvements
$5 Million in Resort Improvements for the 06-07 Season!
Heavenly has dedicated $5 million toward resort improvements for the 2006-2007 season, bringing the total dollars spent on improvements to over $45 million since joining Vail Resorts five years ago.

This latest infusion of cash will improve snow surfaces with high-tech snowmaking and grooming, enhance guest service with wi-fi access in all base lodges, expand ski and snowboard school programs and will also strengthen the Resort's dedication to environmental stewardship.

Heavenly's slopes will receive even more meticulous attention with five new Prinoth 350 groomers and one winch-cat for high-angle grooming. All new groomers and snowmobiles have category 3 "green" low-emission engines, as does Heavenly's fleet of South Lake Tahoe shuttle busses. Heavenly's state-of-the-art snowmaking system, which services 70% of the mountain's runs, will also see improvements for the coming season.

Also new for 2006-07, Heavenly's ski and ride school is further addressing guests' need for a safe and educational introduction to park riding with a new Beginner Freeride area at the top of the Gondola. Coupled with Heavenly's existing park system, designed with progressively advancing features, the Beginner Freeride program will help set students up for jibbing success with hits and rails mere inches off the ground.

Quelle: http://www.skiheavenly.com/mountain/improvements/

[Jojo]

Resort Improvements for the 07-08 Season

The new Olympic Express detachable-quad chairlift provides high-speed access to Olympic Downhill, three new trails and Nevada Woods – home to some of the best tree skiing in North America – letting guests more easily experience a part of the mountain that has been underutilized due to the existing fixed-grip lift. Olympic Express also gives guests accessing the resort from Heavenly’s Stagecoach or Boulder Lodge a quicker route to Dipper Express, Comet Express and East Peak Lodge..

When complete for its anticipated December 7, 2007 opening, Olympic Express will be 3,533 feet long with an 866-foot vertical rise. The high-speed lift will move 1,000 feet per minute with a 2,400 person capacity per hour. The former two-person Olympic chair ride took approximately 11 minutes, compared to just three-and-a-half minutes for the new Olympic Express, enabling more ski time and less time spent on a slow-moving chair.

Heavenly will also unveil three new trails off of Olympic Express. Cloud Nine is an intermediatelevel groomed trail that is perfect for wide-open cruising. Heavenly strategically thinned the trees on the other two trails to offer different levels of tree-skiing experiences. The Pines is a groomed, intermediate-level trail that allows skiers and riders to cruise around islands of beautiful western white pines. Bohemian Grove ratchets up the intensity one level. This advanced, gladed run is steeper, ungroomed and offers a more natural tree-skiing feel. For the expert skier or rider Nevada Woods is the all-natural, full-tilt tree skiing that made this area a local legend.
A fourth trail, called Nova, is an intermediate-level trail that will run along the Dipper Express chair line to connect Orion to the base of Dipper Express, bypassing the bottom of Orion and the guests heading to Comet Express and East Peak Lodge. The four new trails give Heavenly a total of 95 runs.

Also new this winter will be the Heavenly Sky Flyer at Adventure Peak. This elevated zip line cable ride will take guests on a 50-mile-an-hour thrill ride from the top of Tamarack Express back to the top of the Gondola, a vertical drop of 525 feet. At 3,100 feet, the Heavenly Sky Flyer will be the longest zip line in the lower 48 U.S. states.

Heavenly has continued its commitment to offering Lake Tahoe's finest corduroy with four new low-emission Prinoth 350 groomers and one new, state-of-the-art PistenBully 600 ultra-low-emission snow groomer. Numbering 16, Heavenly maintains its claim to the largest fleet of Prinoth 350s in North America.

Heavenly has also purchased 11 more Snow Machines, Inc. fully-automated fan guns. These fan guns will be placed on elevated towers in strategically-selected locations to provide a more consistent, quality snow coverage. Additionally, Heavenly has retrofitted many of its air/water snowmaking guns to be more energy efficient while also making larger quantities of snow in warmer temperatures. The combination of grooming expertise and snowmaking capacity ensure that Heavenly’s guests are always skiing or riding on the finest snow surface conditions Lake Tahoe has to offer.

Quelle: http://www.skiheavenly.com/mountain/improvements/

Für den Winter 2007/2008 gibt es also eine neue 4KSB "Olympic Express", die die alte DSB ersetzt.
Dazu gibt es wohl eine neue rote Piste und 2 neue "Tree Skiiing" Pisten.
Außerdem sind drei Prinoth 350 und ein PistenBully 600 neu.
Und noch 11 neue Schneekanonen.

Mich würde mal interessieren, was aus dem Projekt "Northbowl Express" geworden ist, denn dieser sollte ja den Olympic mit ersetzen?!

[Jojo]

Unter http://vvr.skiheavenly.com/ sind 3 Videos vom Bau der neuen 4KSB "Olympic Express", bzw. vom Abbau der alten DSB.
Und hier ein paar Bilder bei den "Mountain Snapshots" auf http://www.skiheavenly.com:

[F. Feser]

sind das bilder von der site? bitte urheberrecht beachten und eindeutig kenntlich machen!

[skikoenig]

sind das bilder von der site? bitte urheberrecht beachten und eindeutig kenntlich machen!

steht doch drin????

Und hier ein paar Bilder bei den "Mountain Snapshots" auf www.skiheavenly.com:

[Jojo]

An der ebenfalls neuen 4KSB "Olympic Express" wurden für diesen Winter 2 neue blaue (=mittelschwere) Pisten gebaut ("Cloud 9" und "The Pines"). Desweiteren gibt es eine neue schwarze Piste "Bohemian Grove" Richtung North Bowl runter.
Auch neu ist der "Heavenly Flyer", der parallel zur 6KSB "Tamarack Express" verläuft. Was das genau ist weiß ich auch nicht, ich denke so etwas wie der "Fisser Flieger" in Fiss?!

[GMD]

Auch neu ist der "Heavenly Flyer", der parallel zur 6KSB "Tamarack Express" verläuft. Was das genau ist weiß ich auch nicht, ich denke so etwas wie der "Fisser Flieger" in Fiss?!

Nein, der Heavenly Flyer ist ne Art flying Fox. Bitte anklicken!

[Jay]

Und zum Heavenly Flyer gibt es hier auch ein wunderbares Video mit netten Ansichten aus dem Gebiet;

http://videos.sacbee.com/vmix_hosted_ap ... id=1758343

Jakob

[Wombat]

Hier hat's noch einen Tread: Neuigkeiten USA> Rockies und West Coast
Man kann also die beiden Treads zusammen Fassen.

[Jojo]

Neu für die kommende Wintersaison 2008/2009:
- 3 neue Pisten auf der California Seite
- erneutes Begradigen des "Skyline Trail"
- Verdoppelung der Platzkapazität in der "East Peak Lodge"
- Umbau des Rental Shop an der "California Lodge"
- 6 neue Schneeraupen (Prinoth 350)
- Förderband bei der California Skischule

Kurzfristig soll auf der Nevada Seite ein weiterer fixgeklemmter Sessellift durch eine kuppelbare Sesselbahn ersetzt werden, ein 1000-Sitzplätze Restaurant ("Powderbowl Lodge") mit Blick auf den Lake Tahoe gebaut werden, neue Pistenfächen geschaffen werden und eine Skibrücke von der Bergstation der 8er Gondelbahn zum "Tamarack Express" entstehen.

Quelle: http://www.skiheavenly.com/mountain/improvements/

[Jojo]

Im letzten Sommer wurde die DSB "Galaxy" durch einen fixgeklemmten 3er Sessellift mit 1.717m Länge (!) ersetzt.

[hch]

Der Lift war davor auch schon laenger geschlossen. Und warum man ihn ueberhaupt braucht ist mir nicht ganz klar - wirklich interessantes Gelaende erschliesst dieser Lift nicht.

[Jojo]

Naja, würde halt einiges an Skigelände wegfallen...
Hat man dort finanzielle Probleme? Warum baut man sonst so einen langen fixgeklemmten Sessellift? Es wurde ja schon annährend 10 Jahre nichts in neue Lifte investiert.

[hch]

Warst du schon mal da? Von den runs bei dem Lift kann vom interessantere oberen Teil wieder zu den Nachbarliften fahren. Ganz unten wird es dann sehr flach. Ich bin den alten Lift einmal gefahren, dann hats mir gereicht..

Heavenly gehoert zu Vail, die haben mehr als genug Geld, aber damit das so bleibt sollte das nicht verschleudert werden

[Jojo]

Ja, war schon dort.

Ich weiß, dass Vail Resorts das Gebiet vor etwa 15 Jahren übernommen hat. Habe das die letzten Jahre allerdings nicht mehr näher verfolgt und wusste eben nicht, ob dies immer noch Stand der Dinge ist.
Der North Bowl sollte ja schon ewig ersetzt werden und ein neuer fast 2km langer fixgeklemmter Sessellift...

[Jojo]

Der Pistenplan 2022/2023 mit der neuen 4CLD „North Bowl“.
Anders als im Projekt vor ein paar Jahren wurde der untere Sessellift „Boulder“ nicht gleich mitersetzt.