Paradise chair

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http://www.redresort.com/mountain/report/

Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2008, 5:24 am

Paradise Chair will be temporarily closed for the next 3 days for routine maintenance. We will keep you updated!

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Routine maintenance during peak season ?!

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Paradise chair

Though the (later revised) 5:24 am report attributed paradise being down due to "routine maintenance", word is its due to mechanical breakdown.

Why the misinformation?

Whats the real story?

"What you will get is honesty and no false promises."
Howard Katkov, Trail Times, Nov 29, 2007

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Just Guessed wrote:
Though the (later revised) 5:24 am report attributed paradise being down due to "routine maintenance", word is its due to mechanical breakdown.

Why the misinformation?

I would have called it unscheduled maintenance. :)

Whats the real story?
Electric motor failure.

"What you will get is honesty and no false promises."
Howard Katkov, Trail Times, Nov 29, 2007

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Paradise chair

One of the snow rpeorters, I don't know who, made that post in the snow report, and was in error calling it "routine maintenance".

Poiny would be right in calling it unscheduled maintenance, especially when such maintenance is brought on by large sparks flying out of the motor house.

Oh well. It happens. It was the throwout bearing last year, now the electric motor.

Red Mountain Resort - Rossland, B.C.

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What's the story on paradise not loading triples much of the time, over the past weekend? Briefly on Saturday they were allowing triples, then it was back to doubles only...

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I posted this in the Mom thread too... One of the three transfomers that provide power to the entire resort (except Silverlode) failed. Fortis replaced it with a temporary smaller unit that can't provide enough current for Paradise to start with a full load. The doubles reduce the load enough to keep the current low enough to allow the lift to start. The rebuilt proper sized transformer is supposed to be installed tonight.

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Paradise chair

Paridise down for the count yesterday afternoon. Another worn out lift that needs to be replaced.