Futuristic technology being used in Vail Resorts’ war on lift lines
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bob
October 27, 2017
Member since 04/15/2008 🔗
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The primary part of the article discusses Epic Mix TIme which allows users to see lift line wait times at every lift in Vail.

 

I found one sentence in the article more interesting than the rest though and it has nothing to do with time: "

 The slow moving, fixed-grip lift is now a fossil at Vail, as every chair on the mountain now detaches onto a fast moving cable for maximum efficiency.

 

http://www.summitdaily.com/news/futuristic-technology-being-used-in-vail-resorts-war-on-lift-lines/

 

 

The Colonel
October 28, 2017
Member since 03/5/2004 🔗
3,110 posts

This = big bucks and how skiing is pricing itself out of business except for the upper incomes

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