i love the idea of a chairlift, but it would need more Dh trails to justify it, and to spread the riders out to reduce trail wear.
i’d rather see more swoopy ‘blue’ Xc trails.
as it is now, most mtbers are blokes, who need to get a party-pass for the weekend from their girlfriend/wife/kids/boyfriend so they can go biking for the weekend.
this sucks.
more blue trails means more opportunity to ride bikes with your better half.
how much for a chair-lift + Dh trails* at inners? £5million? £10million? something like that.
how much for a swoopy blue? (like the one at Glentress) £500,000? £1million (for a really good one)
for the price of 1 chairlift, you can have 10 more ‘blue’ trails – perfect for the wife/girlfriend/kids** who aren’t up for a steep sketchy red.
(*they’d need to be built properly for them to survive the amount of traffic needed to financially support the chairlift)
(**and anyone else who thinks that ‘electric blue’ or ‘berm baby berm’ is at least as much fun as spooky wood)