This video is of the full experience of riding lifts from the Clocktower (Main) Basse Area at Okemo, to the top of the main lift, the Sunburst Express, which almost reaches the top of the mountain, and then skiing down the slopes back to the Clocktower base area.
The first lift I rode was the A Quad. The A Quad is a fixed-grip quad chairlift located at Okemo. The chairlift runs from the Clocktower Base Area, which is Okemo's main base area. To the top of their beginner/condo area of the mountain. The A Quad's main purpose is to transport skiers and riders from the Clocktower Base Area to the main chairlifts on the mountain, such as the Sunburst Six Express, which can only be accessed from the base area by taking A Quad, or by taking the B Quad which runs parallel to A Quad, but doesn't run as often. The lift also serves a lot of beginner terrain and condos. The A Quad was installed at Okemo in 1990 and was manufactured by Poma. This lift has a bottom, Poma-Alpha drive terminal.
After a quick ski down on Lower Mountain Road, the second lift I rode in this video was the Sunburst Six Express. The Sunburst Six Express is a detachable six-pack bubble chairlift located at Okemo. Sunburst is the main lift on the Main Face of the mountain and runs from near the bottom of the mountain, to the summit of the Main Face of the Mountain (though the summits of South Face and Glades Peak are slightly higher). Sunburst serves the largest number of trails on the mountain, serving a large variety of greens, blues, and blacks on the Main Face of the mountain. From the top of Sunburst, skiers and riders can also access the Jackson Gore, Solitude, and South Face areas of the ski area. Sunburst Six was installed by Leitner-Poma in 2014, replacing the old Northstar Express Quad, which was relocated to Mount Sunapee in New Hampshire, where it still operates as the Sunbowl Express Quad.
From the top of the mountain, the run I skied down was Sapphire (intermediate) to Mountain Road (beginner). Starting with Sapphire off the top of the Sunburst Six, it runs down to the skier's left of the chairlift, down the Main Face. At an intersection, a fair way down you can either continue straight onto The Plunge (an advanced trail), which leads to the Solitude Base Area, or you can take a sharp left to ski onto Mountain Road, which brings you back to Sunburst or the Clocktower Base Area, I skied it completely down to the Clocktower Base Area in this video. Mountain Road is a gentle trail that runs all the way from the top of the mountain, though in this video I only skied the lower portion of the trail. In the summer, you can drive your car up most of the way, then hike a short bit to a fire tower, which provides an amazing view of Southern Vermont!
Okemo is a ski area located in the town of Ludlow, Vermont, which is located in Southern/Central Vermont. Okemo is one of the larger ski areas in Southern Vermont and is, therefore, a popular ski area. Okemo is known for its wide variety of condos and groomers and is therefore extremely popular with families, which the resort caters to very well. A few years back, Okemo was purchased by Vail Resorts and is therefore a destination on the Epic Pass. Its sister resorts are Mount Sunapee in New Hampshire and Crested Butte in Colorado.
A Quad Information:
Manufacturer: Poma
Year of Installation: 1990
Vertical: 416ft
Length: 2,673ft
Estimated Time in Recording: 6:15
Estimated Speed in Recording: 428ft/min
Design Speed: 500ft/min
Capacity: 2,400 per hour
Sunburst Six Information:
Manufacturer: Leitner-Poma
Year of Installation: 2014
Vertical: 1,670ft
Length: 6,617ft
Estimated Duration in Recording: 7:25
Estimated Speed in Recording: 894ft/min
Design Speed: 1000ft/min
Design Capacity: 3,000 per hour
Since not everything was open this early in the season, I decided to just release a few ride up & ski down videos, I hope to upload my traditional style of videos after I return to the ski area, hopefully in February.
Filmed on December 13, 2020
Filmed with the all NEW GoPro Hero 9 Black, with the Max Lens Mod attached, and horizon leveling on
Check out my old videos from Okemo, filmed in April 2018 here: [ Ссылка ]
0:00 Ride Up - A Quad
6:45 Skiing between chairlifts
8:18 Ride Up - Sunburst Six Express
16:40 Ski Down - Sapphire
20:00 Ski Down - Mountain Road
