Lookout Updates

[highpeaksdrifter]

Thanks to GR for this great info. If you ski WF you gotta be happy with this progress for the upcoming season.

1. Location of Lookout Mountain
Northeast of the Whiteface Summit
Or Skiers left of The Slides
Reclaiming the old Cloudsplitter Trail that was part of Whiteface in the 1950’s

2. Lookout Mountain Triple Chair
Lift Elevation:
Base: 2,400 feet / 731 m
Summit: 4,000 feet / 1219 m
Fixed Grip Triple Chair
Uphill capacity: 1,700 skiers per hour
Travels 500 feet per minute
Total ride time approx 8 ½ min.
Vertical Rise: 1,560 feet / 475 m
Slope Length: 4,125 feet / 1257 m

3. Trails opening winter 2008-09:

The Wilmington Trail: 1 Intermediate trail with snowmaking -- 2.0 miles or 3.2 km of newly cut trails + .5 or .8k existing trail = a total of 2.5 miles or 4 km to the base 11 acres
*Trail attributes: Meandering wilderness trail offering gorgeous views of the town of Wilmington and the Wilmington Wild Forest


Lookout Below: Expert trail off of The Wilmington Trail that will bring skiers to the base of the Lookout Mountain Triple 1/5th mile, 3 acres
*Trail attributes: Ski tips balance over the drop into this amazing trail, as you enter you will be shouting “Lookout Below!”


Hoyt’s High: Expert trail beginning at the top of the Lookout Mountain Triple Chair
4,182 FEET 9.1 ACRES 8/10 MILE
*Trail attributes: This name was the first to be unveiled at last years Ski Sweater Ball honoring Whiteface Veteran Ski Patroller Jim Hoyt Senior. Jim Hoyt Senior has been employed at Whiteface for over 50 years.
Trail has a long and consistent expert pitch

Sugar Valley Glades: 63.5 acres 4277 feet / 8/10 mile
*Trail Attributes: Hardwood forest full of maples, construction in progress

4. Miles/Acreage when Lookout Mountain is completed
**18 Current miles or 29k at Whiteface /
**3.73 or 6k / 32.3 acres will be added when Lookout Mountain development is complete
**Maximum number of trails allowable is 25 miles or 40.2k
1 more expert trail is in the line up to be completed in the upcoming years on Lookout Mountain

5. Porcupine Lodge: Lodge built in 1949 and measures 25’ x 60’
The Lodge will be refurbished in the upcoming years as a warming hut for skiers and riders.
Located a short traverse from the top of the lift

[Denison]

Vertical Rise: 1,560 feet
Slope Length: 4,125 feet


The vertical rise for new Triple Chair is about 85% of a Summit Quad's rise - that's nice!

[kornfein]

Reading from the Whiteface website today:

Whiteface will enter a new frontier in 2008-09. Known as Lookout Mountain, Whiteface will open an expert run and triple chair to the east of the Slides. In addition, snowmaking will be brought to this new area.
When completed beyond 2008-09, Lookout Mountain will have three expert runs, one long intermediate trail, snowmaking, triple chair, and more glades. It will drop 2,200 vertical feet, more than some resorts in the east.

This makes it seem like just the 1 expert trail will open this year? Is this just worded poorly or not updated?

[highpeaksdrifter]

Reading from the Whiteface website today:


This makes it seem like just the 1 expert trail will open this year? Is this just worded poorly or not updated?

Probably just not updated.

[snowman]

http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/501793.html?nav=5008

WILMINGTON - Helicopters will be flying in buckets of concrete all day today and Wednesday at Whiteface Mountain to pour the foundation for the new Lookout Mountain Triple Chairlift.

The public is welcome to view the action from the base lodge or take a Cloudsplitter Gondola ride up to Little Whiteface for an aerial view. The Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway provides a different perspective.

Gondola rides are available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and cost $17 for adults, $12 for juniors/seniors.

The Veterans Memorial Highway is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $9 for vehicle and driver, and $5 for each additional passenger.

[NPN]

Nice!

Thanks for the update, and, hopefully, somebody will share the footage for us out-of-Peakers.

[cloudspin]

By my reckoning, the lift line will be an avg. slope of > 22 deg and a gradient of > 40%. This is going to be fun!

[highpeaksdrifter]

By my reckoning, the lift line will be an avg. slope of > 22 deg and a gradient of > 40%. This is going to be fun!

Yeah it is. This is exciting stuff happening at WF.

[highpeaksdrifter]

Lookout Chairlift

The towers and chairs, etc. are in the Bear Den parking lot. Looks like everything is going on schedule.
:D

[NPN]

Lookout Chairlift

The towers and chairs, etc. are in the Bear Den parking lot. Looks like everything is going on schedule.
:D

Thanks hombre, very good to hear.