Belleayre Gondola Discussion Thread

How long does it take footings for a house foundation to cure?

Depending on temp couple days to a week.

Trying to avoid posting on weekdays to avoid distracting myself from my classes, but this is something that deserves an exception.  The sheave assemblies for the Belleayre gondola began to arrive today.  The ones pictured were of the European design, which is much beefier than the more common American design.  The Whiteface gondola also has the European sheaves, but an older design.

Last weekend was great weather for hiking! Here is a picture from the top of belleayre just skier's right of the Tomahawk Lift.  Getting excited for winter!!!

Did you know that when they approved the gondola they changed the name of the region as well?



You can't make this stuff up!

Oh My

D'Oh!!

This whole lift is such a waste of taxpayer dollars. What a disgrace.

Holy crap. Are all of the cabins painted all ready? That's a serious F-up

raisingarizona wrote

Holy crap. Are all of the cabins painted all ready? That's a serious F-up

A comment on the Belleayre FB page send the lettering isn't paint.  Just a fancy decal.  So easy to fix.

Someone wanted to know why the cabins weren't built in the U.S.  Had no clue that there isn't an American gondola company.

Kwality Kontrol at it's fineest.

Not that serious of a fuck up. The company who printed the decals is responsible and are replacing free of charge.  With all of the tax money NY waste you would think some of you would appreciate it going toward skiing at least...

If the state wants to put taxpayer dollars to something that will sustain the ski industry as a whole, in a fair way to all parties involved, great. But, this lift to nowhere isn't the answer.

IMHO, Harvey said it very well:

http://nyskiblog.com/open-letter-to-governor-cuomo/

I agree with Harvey's suggestion for sure.  But the gondola is almost done so time to embrace it.  

You can find references to the Cattskill Mountains in the 1700s and 1800s. Maybe this is just an older spelling?

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/120070

Belleayre said on facebook that they sent the correct info and the company doing the decals jacked it up.  But you are right, tons of different spellings for Catskills

Oh my

louie.mirags wrote

I agree with Harvey's suggestion for sure.  But the gondola is almost done so time to embrace it.

Like our president?

I only visit this thread when I see RA posted

louie.mirags wrote

I agree with Harvey's suggestion for sure.  But the gondola is almost done so time to embrace it.

Or realize that the gondola was never for skiers. It is for summer sky rides and autumn leaf peepers.
As previously discussed; Skiers would have spend that money on many other things that would have better improved the ski experience.
In any case, I couldn't care less because anytime I'm skiing in the "Cattskills" I'll be at Plattekill.

trackbiker wrote

louie.mirags wrote

I agree with Harvey's suggestion for sure.  But the gondola is almost done so time to embrace it.

Or realize that the gondola was never for skiers. It is for summer sky rides and autumn leaf peepers.
As previously discussed; Skiers would have spend that money on many other things that would have better improved the ski experience.
In any case, I couldn't care less because anytime I'm skiing in the "Cattskills" I'll be at Plattekill.

The skiing at Plattekill is amazing.  However, a lot of the people who ski there have snobby attitudes on here.  Which is odd because in person almost everybody you meet is so nice...