Question; Is there a good example of a chair lift with two separate sections, but where riders can go from the lower section to the upper section within a couple of meters, but riders to the upper section can also just ride that one?
I’m thinking a mountain where the upper section can have wind issues so the upper section can be closed, thus needing two different chairs.
But on the day both sections are open, the people from the lower section should have the ability to go straight from lower to upper, but people only wanting to do the upper section should also be able to do that.
So some sort of place where the queues merge, Is there such a lift?
The Excalibur gondola at Blackcomb can be operated that way. Either section can operate independently, but normally it runs as one long gondola with a midstation. I believe that the Blackcomb gondola can do the same.
So can WVG and many other multi-stage gondolas. For chairlifts, it might only be Collins at Alta, mechanically what you described, but I’m not sure how the resort operates it.
I remember the year when the Blackcomb gondola first opened I went around New Years and you had to get out at the first stage and on to the second like you described.
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Question; Is there a good example of a chair lift with two separate sections, but where riders can go from the lower section to the upper section within a couple of meters, but riders to the upper section can also just ride that one?
I’m thinking a mountain where the upper section can have wind issues so the upper section can be closed, thus needing two different chairs.
But on the day both sections are open, the people from the lower section should have the ability to go straight from lower to upper, but people only wanting to do the upper section should also be able to do that.
So some sort of place where the queues merge, Is there such a lift?
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The Excalibur gondola at Blackcomb can be operated that way. Either section can operate independently, but normally it runs as one long gondola with a midstation. I believe that the Blackcomb gondola can do the same.
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So can WVG and many other multi-stage gondolas. For chairlifts, it might only be Collins at Alta, mechanically what you described, but I’m not sure how the resort operates it.
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Also, I think Treeline Cirque at Palissades can do the same.
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I remember the year when the Blackcomb gondola first opened I went around New Years and you had to get out at the first stage and on to the second like you described.
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