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We all have used them at some point. From point a to point b, its the best way up the mountain unless your a junkie for backcountry. They allow us to see new views, scope out possible lines, and meet new people but also if someones got a speaker blaring, we gotta end up listening to their crap too....but, have you ever thought about what goes into building them, a fascination for how they work, which companies build em, well I do. I guess it started when I began playing this ski resort building game called Winter Resort Simulator, but for some reason, they just fascinate me. Especially the big ones or those gondolas with mid stations. Ive also had a pretty extensive liking to this game I was playing along with learning the different lift systems whether its a fixed grip or a detachable or even if its a chain driven terminal or a wheel based terminal. Call me off as some nerdy goofball or whatever, but a lot of technology has allowed us to access the mountains we love. If youre like me, you should check out liftblog.com. Or, you can just call me a nerd and go about your day....Anyways, now I'll leave you with a photo stream of riblet chairlifts because why not.
ErthwurmpRevengeRed Chair Triple at Bachelor. Interesting how the downhill chairs skip some towers
Before building chets at Loveland, the old chair would have half towers, but what’s weird about that lift you’re showing is the tower on the outside instead of still being in the middle. Never seen that before.
partyandBSHas anyone put in new fixies recently?? Breck put in a fixed 4 pack because its intended to get people to terrain they would lap and would not be lapping it itself. Assuming it saves energy usage as well. Has any resort recently redone a lift
or put in a new fixed lift??
SmokedGoudaBefore building chets at Loveland, the old chair would have half towers, but what’s weird about that lift you’re showing is the tower on the outside instead of still being in the middle. Never seen that before.
The only lift I've ever seen with half towers was the old pali chair. Downhill chairs got way up there lol.
partyandBSPark City has a pretty extensive lift that is used for the alpine slide that lowers in the summer.
That’s cool for summer recreation in mind. Also think that’s the lift they slow down and use a summer only mid station if I can think of it. Theres other lifts where the actual terminals will raise and lower in regions that can get freak snow storms like the resorts in cottonwood canyon area by SLC, Pacific Northwest, and Tahoe. Its a good feature to have when your base grows overnight by 3 ft in an instance that there’d be nowhere else to put all that snow. Some serious hydraulic assemblies in the terminal supports.
**This post was edited on Feb 27th 2023 at 2:37:59pm
SmokedGoudaThat’s cool for summer recreation in mind. Also think that’s the lift they slow down and use a summer only mid station if I can think of it. Theres other lifts where the actual terminals will raise and lower in regions that can get freak snow storms like the resorts in cottonwood canyon area by SLC, Pacific Northwest, and Tahoe. Its a good feature to have when your base grows overnight by 3 ft in an instance that there’d be nowhere else to put all that snow. Some serious hydraulic assemblies in the terminal supports.
**This post was edited on Feb 27th 2023 at 2:37:59pm
Yeah summer chair speeds are less in general but especially that one as it is a detachable chair and they have to slow down the rope speed as there is no mid terminal to detach at. Breck is replacing 5 chair this super and it will be a similar situation. They are gonna run the chair right threw 4,5,6 so I DK what they are going to do for jumps
Payday. I’ve lowered that mid station before. Once with snowcat as tension and once with a dozer. Process goes quick. Half day. And line speed goes way down for summer. Stays at a fixed speed as you can just walk right on/off.
partyandBSPark City has a pretty extensive lift that is used for the alpine slide that lowers in the summer.
