While the wide run at bottom is Red Dog, the peak at top left is Snow King, and the run coming in from top left of center is Lower Dog Leg and I'm pretty sure that lift is bottom of new Base-to-Base gondola that will connect Palisades to Alpine. It's a little confusing how close base looks to trees in what I thought was closed-to-skiing gully between Red Dog and Exhibition, but I'm thinking that trees may actually be below the Funitel base in @luliski's photo.
According to https://gondola.palisadestahoe.com/projects/red-dog "base terminal will be moved to the east, giving skiers direct access to the lift right from the parking lot. The lift will pass over the Far East Express and terminate in the same location it does now. The new Red Dog is slated to spin for the 2022-23 season." So not only will Red Dog base be further East, it would need to be turned almost 90 degrees to go to same location.
I took some pictures 5/22 after downloading Funitel and my notes say the fencing lengthened my walk to SUV parked just past Red Wolf Lodge.
I also have to wonder how much more affected by wind gondola will be than KT. In this picture, I circled top of KT in green and where gondola goes over ridge in yellow. Not only are chairs generally less affected by wind than gondolas, I think KT, except for very top, is in a much more protected place, especially from W-SW winds that usually occur during storms.
In other Tahoe news, smoke from fast growing Oak Fire that started Friday near town of Mariposa (10-15 miles West of Washburn Fire that started 7/7 and threatened Mariposa Grove of sequoias in Yosemite got to South Tahoe late Saturday afternoon. My son and friends who were backpacking in Desolation Wilderness woke up to heavy smoke at 4 AM Sunday morning and got on trail out at 5 AM, a few hours earlier than planned. PurpleAir shows smoke level in the high 100s in SLT, over 200 at airport and Meyers, and over 300 in places along and above US-50.
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