Mt Seymour’s new Mystery chairlift
High atop North Vancouver’s Coast Mountains, the Mystery Peak Express quad chairlift is the newest offering for skiers and snowboarders at family owned Mt Seymour. Built by a crew from Austrian manufacturer Doppelmayr’s western Canadian office in the Okanagan, a four-minute ride on the $5 million Mystery Peak Express takes less than half the time to move twice as many snow sliders — a task performed dutifully for the past 50 years by the resort’s old two-seater lift. As an added bonus, the chair’s expanded arrivals level has been contoured to offer smoother unloading for beginner skiers and riders who previously had to scramble off a slippery platform at the top (bye-bye intimidation factor). The new high-speed Mystery Peak Express chair serves both of Mt Seymour’s core markets, alongside easy loading and unloading for beginners, freestylers and freeskiers are promised quicker access to the natural gullies and features that make this mountain so unique. Bonus: breathless viewpoints of the Lower Mainland as it blends into nearby Washington State and Vancouver Island don’t come any more panoramic than from Mystery Peak. (http://www.mountseymour.com)
