Belleayre Mountain: Catskill Thunder Gondola (Totally Melted)
Collin Parsons Collin Parsons
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 Published On Jan 13, 2020

I decided to take another recording of Belleayre's gondola to show the extreme damage caused by 60+ degree temps and rain the days before. As you can see, there's zero snow off the trails. On the trails, base is more appropriately measured in inches rather than feet, and there are lots of bare spots.

The Catskill Thunder Gondola was built in 2017 so that all ORDA mountains would have gondolas. It was highly controversial when announced because it was seen as overkill. Belleayre is the smallest resort in North America with a gondola. Once it opened however, it was actually well received, so everything worked out in the end. The length is 6391 feet, vertical is 1339 feet, and capacity at full speed is 2000/hr. The design speed is 1000 fpm, but it was only running at 750 fpm during this recording which is pathetic for a detachable. It needs to be sped up to at least 900.

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