Soooo this is really happening

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jksl

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i haven't seen anything about it on here so i'm sorry if there's already a post about it.

but....seriously??????

what kind of ridiculous useless gimmick will the canyons go through with with next?
 
I really don't see how it would reduce traffic. Most people come from the valley and will still have to drive up a canyon.
 
Yeahh there was a thread on it awhile back. Its retarded and a pure marketing ploy. Think about it if youre starting from the Can- Cabriolet--> Redpine Gondola--> some other lift--> "SkiLink"--> Soli parking lot--> Moonbeam--> Eagle--> finally time to ski!!..... at noon. Then what, maybe a lap through Honeycomb and time to go back? Ill pass...
 
this is NOT actually happening. That is all just information about it, somewhere on their it says that no plans have really been made and it is just an idea right now
 
rumors that talisker(canyons) may be looking to buy solitude? even if that happens it doesnt really make any sense. another stupid tourist attracting shenanigan. Utah has done this a lot lately (orange bubble, tunnel at snowbird)
 
hmm weird, i didn't really give it a good read but i just saw on the canyons facebook saying it was happening.

i know they've been talking about it for awhile but i thought they just decided to make it happen.

pretty sure it's more than an idea at this point...
 
The tunnel actually makes sense and is an improvement. Being able to ski Mineral without the tram is great.

As for the shit the Canyons has been pulling, not really necessary.

 
I just talked to the gm for a half hour got a lot of information,, pm me if you want to discuss it but I won't post it on a public forum
 
you know whoever you ask is just gonna post it on here - skip the middle man and post it. is the GM is telling you, chances are it's somewhat public knowledge at least through the grapevine of ski area workers.
 
hahahhahaha

dogg, that link chair is fucked. so much money. blow up big even more than it ever needs to be. they should just spend that money at the canyons having a goddamn rager or maybe invest it into the terrain park...
 
Being able to ski mineral without the tram is great! but when the tunnel was built, it was definitely some touristy hype. over the top.
 
Yeah I talked talked to MG too worked for him for more than a decade, bet he told me different than some chic who showed up last month.

That horse shit aint passed congress and probably won't. Save or canyons and a eis is gonna happen rich Canidian taliwhackers aint gonna just buy politicians to do their biddin. they may try.

Tourism hurts in Utardia because of silly right wing liquor laws and the morality police.

the cult of latter dat kookalas don't get it.

Why do you think vegas rocks in tourism??? and Colorado recieves more skier days than utah despite sub snowfall totals.

and ganjolain pc tourist who figure out thewasatch back is meh to the max when compared to the cottonwoods.

Call WHORIN SNATCH and Bob got my hand out for relection $$$ Lee tell them don't fuckin disney the bcc so talisker and sillytude can sell more real estate

Thank jah Mathison aint down with this crap
 
why would you ride moonunit to go to Eagle?

smoke rise To summit to the goods man i need to show you the sillytude goods well if they decide to open any of em this season.
 
This is not going to happen, just FYI. I don't care what some small press release says, this won't happen.

And if for some reason it does happen, this is 5 years out.
 
It's a few years out, but from what I gather it is happening. But who cares? It is not going to increase ski traffic in the backcountry and wont have any effect on pow days. You take 3 or 4 lifts to get on the skilink or whatever, wont get into BCC until 11--any powder a tourist is after is long gone by then.

If you dont like it, just drive your car down and up. Its a good marketing ploy to make Canyons look like a premier destination for tourists--you get all the tourist attractions/restaurants/shops/bars of PC, but then have access to the famed Wasatch front powder. The more I think about it, the better almost. More tourists come to Canyons/Solitude and I never ski either of em really.
 
does anybody else want to go monkey wrench gang on this shit if it happens? utah does not need to be colorado. someone's got to keep the yuppies out.
 
It's a ski resort, all of them are competing to be the best. It's obvious they will try to move forward.

There will be no mid stations and no roads so back country access will be no easier
 
i dont see why everyone is getting so worked up about this. Something of this nature was going to happen eventually.
 
because anyone with half a brain can think up at least 3 ways of doing this that will accomplish the goal much better and benefit more resorts and customers, not to mention backcountry skiers, who obviously do not factor into a resort's plan.
 
honestly, i don't think there's a better option than maintaining and improving upon the existing guardsmen road. you could then link BCC and LCC with a public ski lift or even a tunnel of some sort and boom, you've got everything connected with almost no further impact anywhere.
 
that's one way of looking at it.

i remember 2/3 years ago thinking the canyons would be the place to be.

well now it is, if you live in new jersey.
 
tell me who is going to pay for maintaining and improving guardsmans. Who is going to pay for the snow removal of a MOUNTAIN PASS. How much do you think all that would cost every year? The point of this is to connect without having to drive. And a tunnel from BCC to LCC really?
 
i'm not really supporting the canyons plans for a connecting lift to solitude, i am very indifferent towards it. I'm just calling your guardsmans pass solution idiotic. Do you really want yet another traffic jam prone road into the canyon with even more cars and pollution brought into BCC.
 
Id rather let Talisker pay to put in their chairlift than have our taxes pay to keep Guardsman's clear of snow, plus its an incredibley fun sled zone. I don't understand why anyone is really that bent out of shape about this proposition other than for environmental reasons (which I havent heard from this forum yet). It's simply a marketing ploy to get tourists to come ski Canyons.

I bet 75% of Park City locals choose to drive to BCC instead of taking this chairlift. How many of you choose to drive up BCC or LCC instead of taking the free bus becuase its more time consuming? I certainly do. It won't have very much impact at all I dont think.
 
If this does happen which is unlikely it will be years out. The train idea is much better than a lift going just to Solitude. Hum Canyons & Solitude I smell Mike Goar.
 
talisker has mismanaged so much shit already it would be a shame to let them do this and fuck something like the wasatch crest trail up. that's probably the thing that pisses me off most about it.
 
It was a board meeting we talked to the vp an the gm and questioned anything we could think of. We all ski and have the same intent as you.
 
My buddies dad does development for the canyons when we went skiing yesterday this came up. The lift was confirmed but it will be at least 3 years out with most likely 5-6 years out being when they break ground. If past canyons construction has been an indication it's probably like 7-8 years from completion if at all seeing as I don't think investors are going to want to jump it and support it.
 
Sorry for your buddies Dad...

Maybe they should fix the bridges and retaining walls in the Colony first...

Maybe they should finish their golf course first...

Maybe they should re-fix their base area because it still sucks...

I give Tallisker 3 more years before they end up on the same path ASC did with Canhole...

 
I don't think you know how much money Talisker has. Jack bought Canyons with cash, from his personal checking account from what I hear.
 
You don't understand how construction and development work. Way more than a majority of people that actually do the development are contracted by Talisker and are not employed by them.
 
people keep bitching about how its going to ruin the backcountry, but its not like they are building a gondola to the top of 9990' area. its just going up and over. they are not trying to make steep shit accessible to beginners.

I'm for nor against this. Im just gonna sit dormant for a bit, and see how it all pans out.
 
beezy...I don't care what meeting you were in or if Jack told you personaly what the plans are. At the Can you need to take everything with a grain of sait. Oh and dylhole from my experience over the last five years at The Canyons and Talisker is that they are not as well off as you might think. Yes Jack Bistricer is loaded but the Can and Talisker have had a very hard time paying many bills latily and the real estate biz is floundering. (which is the biz that talisker was and is originaly in. This is 10 years out earlyest. That's if save our canyons cannot get the Upper Big Cottonwoods Wilderness areas passed.
 
qft all the ganjalos $$$ went up in smoke

as pipe freams do lifts in silly fork yeah right

Dylio MG is a stud and one of the most righteous bros I ever worked for

and other than workin there The vibe I get from him is he would rather not deal with the Gare bear or JR

But smellin sumthin and knowin wtf youre talkin bout is real different bro

and if he was there this so solitude lame ass waste of $$$$ for a giant birthday snowman cake wouldn't have sucked

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so you like to get high munch gash too?

no we aint intersted in fuckin up sweet roll bowl with any sillysolitaliwhacker ganjola " FOR THOSE WHO CAN"T bullshit lift towers and steeze tard yellin out the windows want ski expansion by skins and become avvy edjumacated and begin sliding one ski in front of the other till you expand.
 
seeing this happen makes me sick to my stomach. Its not going to take any cars off the road because you have to take 5 lifts just to get to the proposed ski link base, which will take about 2 hours at the canyons. Who is going to ride the ski link when it will get them to Solitude at 11 when you could drive and be there at 9.. It would be practical if the lift went out of the base area and didnt require the purchase of a canyons/ solitude pass. There are so many better ways to achieve the goal of having less traffic on the roads. IE Expand the bus schedule, build a rail system, build a lift out of the Downtown Park City that doesn't require riding of additional lifts. Then there is also the precedent it will set. Once they build the lift they will then start trying to develop the area with houses etc, even if they don't say this now, this is how these things work. Not to mention it goes right across the Wasatch Crest trail one of the most high traveled area's by bikers/hikers etc in the Wasatch
 
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