Lift Blog

Back in November, Seilbahntechnik.net posted some interesting pictures of a prototype lift being built at Doppelmayr’s headquarters in Wolfurt, Austria.  The lift is detachable with at least one six-pack bubble chair and 8-passenger gondola cabin on the line.  More interesting are the terminals, which are different from any production model I have ever seen.  They look similar to the Uni-G (the current standard terminal used worldwide) but are definitely different.  Doppelmayr has been rumored to be working on a more economical detachable lift and this could be it.

Remember Doppelmayr CTEC tried using a less-expensive detachable terminal in North America called the Uni-GS from 2003-2010.  It was discontinued it in favor of the Wolfurt-designed Uni-G, which made its North American debut in 2000.  The terminal model used before that, what I call the “Spacejet,” lasted from 1995-2001, so the Uni-G may be due for a refresh.

The last time Doppelmayr installed any detachable lift in North America with a terminal other than the Uni-G was in 2010.  Even if the above prototype never makes it to market, it will be interesting to see what the next terminal model will look like and how long it takes to make it to this part of the world.