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It is my understanding that the Forest Service has repeatedly nixed the idea of putting a rope tow on the Palmer in the summer - Can anyone verify this? I may be missing the suggestion - Are you thinking that Meadows should actively farm snow to have a small spring and early season park...

This is a good idea to improve traffic flow - I don't want to suggest it to the rest of management because they would probably adopt it without helping to fix the park situation. I do think the name "Stadium" chair lacks origininality and it is a great idea to emphasize our unique cultural...

Your options are going to be pretty much limited to Mt. Hood for lift access riding. There may be some lines available on the volcanos (Adams, St. Helens and the Sisters) for ski mountaineering, but September is a bit late in the climbing season and the routes start to get dangerous due to poor...

Julian Carr and Mikael Deschenaux

I am thinking that whatever the ultimate proposal is that it should focus on providing a specific space for progression for all levels of rider. That would be pretty easy to do in the Shipyard with rails and boxes because you can place them side by side. It is also a nice observation that it...

Hehe - I guess being a powder weasel is preferrable to being a party marmot. Anyhoo, that is another good point - I don't know if the current short length is dictated by the motor, weight of rope and weight of riders or if it is constrained by the slope that it has been set on. This is...

Nicely done - good shout out for a sponsor - Sammy is a good company man :p

I live here and there is a better than 50-50 chance powder_weasel and I will riding some of those days.

In peak season, it can take 2 hours to get the 10 miles from Meadows to Government Camp.

You are right - It has been a while since I have seen the rope tow in action, but based on where the supports are placed it looks like the distance is about 150 ft. I think the superpipe is at least 400ft long. I also have no idea how much rope for a tow would cost, so it is tough to guess...

Lots of people, climbers in particular, camp in the Timberline parking lot. It doesn't have any facilities, though.

Haha - No, I don't have the authority to decide what to do with it. I am, however, in a position where I have the ear of the people with the authority. At this point, I don't think there are any plans to do anything in specific with the lift. Essentially what happened was my boss (the...

Let me clarify because I had a fusion pass this year and didn't ride meadows until I hiked in June after the lifts closed and I didn't see how Rose City was divided from the Zoo - Are you thinking it should go on the far right along the trees or that it should be placed more centrally located -...

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I agree there would have to be a physical barrier to ensure the beginners aren't using it to practice pizzas and french fries. As a fair trade, I will promise not to practice tip stands and nose butters by the new surface lift - Do you think they will agree to the deal? I didn't think so ;)

Hey Toby - I hope everyone is as candid with their critiques as you are. The collective group here has an exceptional amount of expertise in terrain park matters and Meadows as an enterprise will definitely benefit if the community is willing to share ideas and concerns. Feel free to voice...

I started to do the inventory this afternoon at lunch - we have a lot of good stuff in the pile - it is going to take longer than I thought to measure and describe everything. I guess this is good news.

Apparently they are closing it down later this week for a rebuild. I rode through on my way down from the summit on Saturday morning there were just the remnants of the quad jump line and a flat down gap box setup. They had reopened the pipe, though.

Good point about the lack of variety/difficulty in the rails and boxes. I think the philosophy we need to embrace regarding park construction is that rider progression is the ultimate goal so there need to be features to allow all levels of rider (even the very skilled riders) to learn and...

I was originally thinking superpipe, but you guys have made some really good observations about how that would actually work, given the traffic flow through there. I like the shipyard idea - it would allow the park riders to leave the easy rider for lazy gapers trying to get up to the Vista...