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    1940s
    1948-49 New lift Jiminy Peak T-Bar opened (new Constam).
    1950s
    1956-57 New lift Otis Ridge Poma lift installed.
    1958-59 New lift Otis Ridge J-Bar likely installed.
    1960s
    1961-62 New lift Berkshire Snow Basin West T-Bar installed (new Doppelmayr).
    New lift Catamount summit double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    New lift Thunder Mountain (Berkshire East) Summit double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Thunder Mountain (Berkshire East) Competition T-Bar installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Thunder Mountain (Berkshire East) Yankee Doodle T-Bar installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Mt. Tom summit double chairlift installed.
    1962-63 New lift Thunder Mountain (Berkshire East) Exhibition double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Bousquet Summit double chairlift installed (Carlevaro & Savio).
    New lift Mt. Mohawk summit T-Bar installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Mt. Mohawk novice T-Bar installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Otis Ridge T-Bar likely installed.
    1963-64 New lift Blue Hills double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Blue Hills J-Bar installed (new Larchmont).
    Partially installed lift Blue Hills J-Bar partially installed (new Larchmont).
    New lift Butternut Basin Sheave Train double chairlift installed (new Carlevaro & Savio).
    New lift Mt. Tom Upper Tom T-Bar installed.
    Relocated lift Thunder Mountain (Berkshire East) Yankee Doodle T-Bar relocated, renamed Snow Flake T-Bar.
    1964-65 New lift Blue Hills J-Bar installed (new Larchmont).
    New lift Brodie Gramp's double chairlift installed (new Stadeli).
    New lift Brodie novice T-Bar installed (new Stadeli).
    New lift Butternut Basin East T-Bar installed.
    New lift Eastover double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    New lift Jiminy Peak summit double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    1965-66 New lift Mt. Tom novice J-Bar installed (Hall).
    New lift Thunder Mountain (Berkshire East) Top Notch J-Bar installed (Hall).
    Relocated lift Thunder Mountain (Berkshire East) Snow Flake T-Bar relocated to former Yankee Doodle slope.
    1966-67 Other lift note Mt. Tom summit double chairlift rebuilt.
    Removed lift Thunder Mountain (Berkshire East) Yankee Doodle T-Bar likely removed (sold to Berkshire Snow Basin, MA).
    1967-68 New lift Berkshire Snow Basin East T-Bar installed (used Mueller from Thunder Mountain).
    New lift Berkshire Snow Basin Main T-Bar installed (Mueller).
    New lift Brodie upper mountain T-Bar installed (new Poma).
    New lift Catamount Catamount double chairlift installed (new SLI).
    New lift Catamount Pussycat J-Bar installed (new Hall).
    New lift Mt. Tom Boulevard double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    1968-69 New lift Brodie Dot's double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    New lift Butternut Basin Highline double chairlift installed (new Carlevaro & Savio).
    1970s
    1969-70 New lift Blandford Glades double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    New lift Butternut Basin Paddy Wagon double chairlift installed (Carlevaro & Savio).
    New lift Jiminy Peak Grand Slam double chairlift installed (new Riblet).
    1970-71 New lift Brodie Matt's double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1971-72 New lift Blandford Broadway double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    New lift Catamount Glades double chairlift installed (new SLI).
    1972-73 Partially installed lift Berkshire East Broken Arrow double chairlift partially installed (new Thiokol).
    Partially installed lift Berkshire East Tenderfoot double chairlift partially installed (new Thiokol).
    New lift Blandford Broadway T-Bar installed (new Hall).
    New lift Nashoba Valley T-Bar likely installed (used Borvig).
    1974-75 Partially installed lift Greylock Glen B double chairlift partially installed (new Borvig).
    Partially installed lift Greylock Glen C double chairlift partially installed (new Borvig).
    Partially installed lift Greylock Glen D double chairlift partially installed (new Borvig).
    Partially installed lift Greylock Glen A J-Bar partially installed (new Borvig).
    1975-76 New lift Butternut Basin Overbrook triple chairlift installed (new Thiokol).
    1977-78 New lift Berkshire East Little Beaver double chairlift installed (used SLI from Mackinac Island, MI).
    Removed lift Berkshire East Tenderfoot double chairlift likely removed after season (sold to Nashoba Valley).
    Removed lift Blue Hills double chairlift likely removed after season.
    New lift Brodie Andy's double chairlift installed (new Stadeli).
    New lift Butternut Basin Scooter double chairlift installed.
    Removed lift Jiminy Peak T-Bar likely removed after season.
    New lift Nashoba Valley Snowdance double chairlift installed (used Carlevaro & Savio).
    1978-79 New lift Berkshire East Diamond Express double chairlift installed (used Hall from Sierra Ski Ranch, CA).
    New lift Blandford North double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    New lift Blue Hills double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    New lift Jiminy Peak Exhibition double chairlift installed (new Riblet).
    New lift Jiminy Peak Novice double chairlift installed (new Riblet).
    New lift Nashoba Valley War Dance triple chairlift installed (used Thiokol, partially from Berkshire East).
    New lift Mt. Tom summit double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1980s
    1980-81 New lift Bousquet Blue double chairlift installed (Hall).
    Removed lift Butternut Basin East T-Bar removed after season (sold to area in WV).
    1981-82 New lift Butternut Basin Granny's double chairlift installed (used Mueller from Mount Cathalia, NY).
    1982-83 Removed lift Jiminy Peak summit double chairlift removed after season (sold to Highmount, NY).
    New lift Otis Ridge double chairlift installed (used likely from Flagg Hill, MA).
    New lift Wachusett Nor'easter triple chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr).
    New lift Wachusett Monadnock double chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr).
    1983-84 New lift Bradford Hornet triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    New lift Jiminy Peak Summit triple chairlift installed (new Riblet).
    New lift Wachusett Summit triple chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr).
    1986-87 New lift Nashoba Valley Chief triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1987-88 New lift Jiminy Peak J-Bar installed (new Borvig).
    1988-89 New lift Bradford Hornet triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1990s
    1992-93 Removed lift Butternut Basin Sheave Train double chairlift mostly removed after season (Carlevaro & Savio).
    New lift Jiminy Peak Q1 quad chairlift installed (used CTEC from Crotched, NH).
    1993-94 New lift Butternut Basin Top Flight quad chairlift installed (new CTEC, reused Carlevaro & Savio).
    Relocated lift Wachusett Summit triple chairlift removed after season, placed in storage.
    1994-95 Removed lift Berkshire East Summit double chairlift removed after season (sold to Ski Ward, MA).
    Removed lift Berkshire East Little Beaver double chairlift likely removed after season (sold to Winterplace, WV).
    Other lift note Butternut Basin lifts heavily damaged by late spring tornado.
    New lift Nashoba Valley Sundance triple chairlift installed (CTEC).
    New lift Wachusett Polar Express detachable quad installed (new Doppelmayr).
    1995-96 New lift Berkshire East Summit triple chairlift installed (used Poma from Magic Mountain, VT).
    1996-97 New lift Jiminy Peak Cricket triple chairlift installed (new Partek).
    1997-98 New lift Mt. Tom B double chairlift likely installed (used Hall from Magic Mountain, VT).
    1998-99 New lift Jiminy Peak Widow's White quad chairlift installed (new Garaventa CTEC).
    Removed lift Wachusett Monadnock double chairlift removed after season (sold to Easton, MA).
    2000s
    1999-00 Removed lift Easton Macomber T-Bar removed after season.
    Removed lift Jiminy Peak Exhibition double chairlift removed after season.
    Relocated lift Wachusett Nor'easter triple chairlift moved, renamed Monadnock triple (Doppelmayr).
    New lift Wachusett Minuteman Express detachable quad installed (new Doppelmayr).
    2000-01 Removed lift Berkshire East Top Notch J-Bar removed after season.
    New lift Easton Macomber double chairlift installed (used Doppelmayr from Wachusett, MA).
    New lift Jiminy Peak Berkshire Express detachable six pack chairlift installed (new Garaventa CTEC).
    2001-02 New lift Berkshire East Top Notch double chairlift installed (used Hall from Mt. Tom, MA).
    Removed lift Eastover double chairlift removed after season (sold to Bousquet, MA).
    2002-03 Removed lift Berkshire East Exhibition double chairlift removed after season (sold to SkyTrans).
    Removed lift Catamount Pussycat J-Bar removed after season.
    2003-04 New lift Berkshire East West quad chairlift installed (used Borvig-Leitner from Berthoud Pass, CO).
    Removed lift Blandford Broadway T-Bar removed after season.
    New lift Bradford Evvy's Double Nickel triple chairlift installed (new Partek).
    Removed lift Butternut Highline double chairlift removed after season.
    2004-05 New lift Bousquet Green double chairlift installation completed (used Hall from Eastover, MA).
    New lift Butternut Highline quad chairlift installed.
    Removed lift Butternut Granny's double chairlift removed after season.
    Removed lift Catamount Mountain View double chairlift removed after season.
    Relocated lift Wachusett Summit triple chairlift moved from storage, installed as Vickery Bowl Triple (used Doppelmayr).
    2005-06 Removed lift Brodie Gramp's double chairlift removed.
    New lift Butternut Cruiser quad chairlift installed (new CTEC).
    New lift Catamount Meadows triple chairlift installed.
    Removed lift Catamount Ridge double chairlift removed after season.
    2006-07 New lift Catamount Ridge quad chairlift installed (used Garaventa CTEC from Belleayre, NY).
    2008-09 Removed lift Berkshire East Diamond Express double chairlift removed after season.
    2010s
    2009-10 New lift Berkshire East Mountain Top triple chairlift installed (used Poma from Ski Rio, NM).
    Removed lift Butternut Scooter double chairlift removed after season.
    2010-11 Removed lift Wachusett Monadnock triple chairlift removed after season (sold to Cranmore, NH).
    2011-12 New lift Wachusett Monadnock Easy-Rider Express detachable quad chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr).
    Last updated: March 16, 2012

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