Quote Originally Posted by mattlucas
I'm ok with having an unpopular opinion here.



Steins has the double fall line and that's why you end up on one side of the trail, unlike the mall.
Also, the aspect isn't the same. Steins is due north and the mall is NE and gets far less sun.

The natural snow argument makes no sense to me as every trail skis better with natural snow and it's only about how you use snowmaking anyway.
- Whether it's truly impossible to blow down the hill effectively or not waste too much getting hung up on chairs I have no idea -

But, the Mall is a straight shot and it is possible to run pipe up it at least without destroying the character of the trail, unlike a Middle Earth or something
like that. I understand that snowmaking will not happen and that it is lowest priority but it's naive to think a spring venue under the lift would be inferior or that
when chairs get strung up the trail won't get wider again.
FWIW-word is that the VH lift will not be replaced in the foreseeable future.