Thunder Quad will be upgraded to a high-speed quad for the upcoming season. | JHMR photo.
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort just announced that the legendary Thunder Quad chairlift will be upgraded to a faster and more powerful detachable quad ahead of the upcoming 22-23 season. After 28 years of service, Thunder will be replaced with a new Leitner-Poma high-speed quad with a 3.6-minute uplift time. The new lift promises to solve a bottleneck issue for accessing the upper mountain, cutting down on wait times. Removal of the existing Thunder lift is expected to begin in May. Construction and installation of the new lift is to begin shortly thereafter, pending final Forest Service approval, and JHMR expects to finish installing and load testing the new Thunder lift in October.
“The Thunder lift has been the most popular lift on the upper mountain, and it delivers access to some of the legendary terrain JHMR is known for. The new Thunder lift will dramatically cut down on skiers’ and snowboarders' time spent waiting in line and on the lift,” said JHMR President, Mary Kate Buckley. “This substantial investment is being made to improve lift waiting times and give our guests more time on snow.”
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normanwolf
April 25th, 2022
The cable cars above are interesting. Looks very airy. But hopefully safe Elastic man