The Liftblog guys comments on the Snow Bowl, relate to some of our comments about the other side of the mountain. A HSQ on Kidderbrook would make better use of fine terrain and spread people out. Collin's reference to "the only (detachable) regularly running at full speed" makes me think that Ursa is showing her many work horse hours.

6 THOUGHTS ON “SNOW BOWL EXPRESS – STRATTON, VT”
1. COLLIN PARSONS May 2, 2019 / 2:22 pm
I love the natural frame created by chair #63 with Bromley in the background. It’s interesting that in the package deal for this lift and it’s two sisters at Tremblant and Deer Valley, that this is the biggest lift in terms of length and vertical, yet it is located at the smallest mountain. I had the opportunity to ride it back in March, and I can say it’s my favorite Stratton lift and the only one that regularly operates at full speed.
2. SOMEBODY May 3, 2019 / 11:09 am
Seeing how this lift impacted the skiing experience this season, it makes me wonder why Intrawest never got to this. Liftlines this year were way shorter across the entire mountain, and the terrain this lift services is great, no matter what kind of skier you are. Best mountain improvement since the sunbowl six packs went in 18 years ago.
o COLLIN PARSONS May 3, 2019 / 11:14 am
Intrawest was cheap. Years of broken promises and 17 years of no lift improvements at all. Alterra came in and got it done. I think the choice to get a high speed quad over a 6 pack is fine. It will never be as crowded as URSA where there are 5 other lifts feeding traffic into it, or Sunrise/Amex which are out of base lifts. It’s a lift for lapping the Snow Bowl terrain and serves that purpose well.
3. REAPERSKIER May 5, 2019 / 5:38 pm
Are they planning to repaint the other lifts at stratton in a similar color scheme?
o COLLIN PARSONS May 5, 2019 / 6:41 pm
All their other detachable terminals are just black. The UNI-G offers more color choices than earlier designs so they decided to be creative and add some red. If they get another UNI-G it will probably use this same color scheme but I don’t think they will repaint older lifts with it.
4. SOMEBODY May 20, 2019 / 5:20 pm
They missed a naming opportunity with this lift. When they replaced the old sun bowl quad on the other side of the mountain in ’01, they made the new detachable “Sunrise Express”, this one should have been “Snowfall express” to match with that naming scheme.