This week we took a trip to Burke Mountain to learn about their master plan and look at both the lift operations and the Wind Tower on the mountain. When we got there, we were brought into the Mid-Burke Lodge to learn about Burke's Master Plan. A Master Plan is a prediction or plan meant to show where future construction and expansions can be made. Master Plans are important and take a lot of work because they must work around many laws and regulations in place before they can even begin to happen. Burke's Master Plan was interesting and I liked the idea of putting in another lift in the East Bowl that would open it up more and have easier access back to a chair lift. Once we learned about the Master Plan, we went outside to look at the progress being made on the new chair lift. We took a look at the area where the bottom terminal was going to be put in, and then proceeded to take a trip up the mountain access road to the top of the mountain. Once we were at the top, we looked at the foundation being put in for the top terminal of the chairlift. Nolan Pierce took some photos of the class:
(Photo Credit: Nolan Pierce, 2011)
After we were done looking at the lift construction, we took a short trip to the Wind Tower, completed in the late summer. I have had experience with Wind Tower's before, since Jiminy Peak has had one for a few years now. Either way, I still find them amazing structures to look at and watch in operation. We were even able to take a step inside of the tower to take a look at the inside of it. It was really cool. I enjoyed this trip and look forward to skiing Burke again this winter as well as to see their Master Plan come into existence in the future.
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