Loon Mountain Resort has announced plans to build the east's first eight-person chair lift. >> Download the FREE WMUR appThe resort announced the addition last week, saying the Kancamagus 8 will feature extra-wide heated seats and a bubble to protect riders from weather. Resort officials said the groundbreaking will take place in April, with the lift officially opening to the public next season. It will replace the existing Kancamagus Express Quad, which was first installed in 1995. The Kancamagus 8, or Kanc 8 for short, will be just the second of its kind in the United States. Boyne Resorts, the resort's ownership group, also has one at its Big Sky Resort in Montana. According to the Loon Mountain Resort website, developers are promising the lift will move at 18 feet-per-second and carry up to 3,500 riders per hour. It will also feature an auto-locking restraint bar and a loading carpet that raises with the lift.

Loon Mountain Resort has announced plans to build the east's first eight-person chair lift.

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The resort announced the addition last week, saying the Kancamagus 8 will feature extra-wide heated seats and a bubble to protect riders from weather. Resort officials said the groundbreaking will take place in April, with the lift officially opening to the public next season.



It will replace the existing Kancamagus Express Quad, which was first installed in 1995.

The Kancamagus 8, or Kanc 8 for short, will be just the second of its kind in the United States. Boyne Resorts, the resort's ownership group, also has one at its Big Sky Resort in Montana.

According to the Loon Mountain Resort website, developers are promising the lift will move at 18 feet-per-second and carry up to 3,500 riders per hour. It will also feature an auto-locking restraint bar and a loading carpet that raises with the lift.

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