Pico Lift Derailment

[Gangsta Rider]

"During operating hours at approximately at 12:00pm a derailment occurred near the load terminal at Summit Lift. The lift was stopped and is currently being evacuated. At this time the resort knows of no injuries. The cause of the derailment is not known at this time."

[ozzy]

Yeah, I just saw that on fb. Bummer. That chair was running funny yesterday. Lots of starts and stops. There was also a mechanic perched up near tower 3ish for a time checking out the sheeve. It eventually went down around 2 due to wind

[ski]

oops . . .

[Atomic1]

during one of rides on the Sq4 LIFT AROUND THAT SAME TIME, there was a gust of wind that raised our chair and if the saftey bar was'nt down we could of fallen out. Never experienced a gust like that before.

[Finn]

At noon it was so windy on the Snowdon quad, that they slowed down the chair. It stopped several more times on the way up.

Sad to hear about this.

[Stache]

Pico's FB post at about 4:36 pm

SUMMIT EXPRESS UPDATE: On Saturday, February 25, 2012 at approximately 12:00pm, during operating hours, a derailment occurred at the load terminal of the Summit Express Quad Chairlift at Pico Mountain. The chairlift was stopped and eight crews of 3-4 staff evacuated all of the approximately 120-130 guests without incident or reported injury. According to state requirements, a Vermont state tramway inspector arrived at Pico. Repairs have been made and based on the tramway inspection the Summit Express Quad Chairlift will re-open tomorrow.

[Ski_the_Moguls]

Heard today that each stuck guest was given a $40 food & beverage voucher for their troubles. Anyone able to confirm this?

[Dr. NO]

Heard today that each stuck guest was given a $40 food & beverage voucher for their troubles. Anyone able to confirm this?

Talked to some of the crew Saturday evening. Food voucher was good for SATURDAY only. They were also given a lift ticket good through next year.

[Bubba]

At noon it was so windy on the Snowdon quad, that they slowed down the chair...

And that, folks, is the biggest news of all. The Snowdon Quad can actually go slower than it runs under normal circumstances!

[BoozeTan]

At noon it was so windy on the Snowdon quad, that they slowed down the chair...

And that, folks, is the biggest news of all. The Snowdon Quad can actually go slower than it runs under normal circumstances!

so they were running it backwards? any slower than it alreay runs and you can get to the top faster walking, if you're wearing snowboard boots anyway...

[Ski_the_Moguls]

At noon it was so windy on the Snowdon quad, that they slowed down the chair...

And that, folks, is the biggest news of all. The Snowdon Quad can actually go slower than it runs under normal circumstances!

so they were running it backwards? any slower than it alreay runs and you can get to the top faster walking, if you're wearing snowboard boots anyway...

On Saturday morning I can confirm that the Snowdon Quad, Snowdon Triple, and the Canyon Quad, can all be run much slower than normal. I think it took us over 1 1/2 hours for just the 3 runs off those chairs. That is why we went over to Sunrise for lunch and then spent the whole afternoon at Bear.

[tyrolean_skier]

At noon it was so windy on the Snowdon quad, that they slowed down the chair...

And that, folks, is the biggest news of all. The Snowdon Quad can actually go slower than it runs under normal circumstances!

so they were running it backwards? any slower than it alreay runs and you can get to the top faster walking, if you're wearing snowboard boots anyway...

On Saturday morning I can confirm that the Snowdon Quad, Snowdon Triple, and the Canyon Quad, can all be run much slower than normal. I think it took us over 1 1/2 hours for just the 3 runs off those chairs. That is why we went over to Sunrise for lunch and then spent the whole afternoon at Bear.

With the winds blowing Saturday you should be happy that those chairs were running at all. Those were some strong winds that I've heard pulled some snowboards and skis off the K1 so that they had to ask everyone to take their gear inside with them.

[twilkas]

At noon it was so windy on the Snowdon quad, that they slowed down the chair...

And that, folks, is the biggest news of all. The Snowdon Quad can actually go slower than it runs under normal circumstances!

so they were running it backwards? any slower than it alreay runs and you can get to the top faster walking, if you're wearing snowboard boots anyway...

On Saturday morning I can confirm that the Snowdon Quad, Snowdon Triple, and the Canyon Quad, can all be run much slower than normal. I think it took us over 1 1/2 hours for just the 3 runs off those chairs. That is why we went over to Sunrise for lunch and then spent the whole afternoon at Bear.

I'm hearing of 45min liftlines at sugarbush that morning, were the liftlines bad at K? not sure whats better/worse, long slow chairlift ride or long liftlines.

[Ski_the_Moguls]

At noon it was so windy on the Snowdon quad, that they slowed down the chair...

And that, folks, is the biggest news of all. The Snowdon Quad can actually go slower than it runs under normal circumstances!

so they were running it backwards? any slower than it alreay runs and you can get to the top faster walking, if you're wearing snowboard boots anyway...

On Saturday morning I can confirm that the Snowdon Quad, Snowdon Triple, and the Canyon Quad, can all be run much slower than normal. I think it took us over 1 1/2 hours for just the 3 runs off those chairs. That is why we went over to Sunrise for lunch and then spent the whole afternoon at Bear.

With the winds blowing Saturday you should be happy that those chairs were running at all. Those were some strong winds that I've heard pulled some snowboards and skis off the K1 so that they had to ask everyone to take their gear inside with them.

Believe me, I was happy those lifts were running at all. Not trying to be critical. I thought K did a great job keeping as many lifts going as they did. Seems like they pushed the envelope a bit too far over at Pico, though.

[tyrolean_skier]

At noon it was so windy on the Snowdon quad, that they slowed down the chair...

And that, folks, is the biggest news of all. The Snowdon Quad can actually go slower than it runs under normal circumstances!

so they were running it backwards? any slower than it alreay runs and you can get to the top faster walking, if you're wearing snowboard boots anyway...

On Saturday morning I can confirm that the Snowdon Quad, Snowdon Triple, and the Canyon Quad, can all be run much slower than normal. I think it took us over 1 1/2 hours for just the 3 runs off those chairs. That is why we went over to Sunrise for lunch and then spent the whole afternoon at Bear.

I'm hearing of 45min liftlines at sugarbush that morning, were the liftlines bad at K? not sure whats better/worse, long slow chairlift ride or long liftlines.

Both are bad but if it's a good ski day you put up with it to get to the goods.