’88 Express – Canada Olympic Park, AB

This short detachable replaced a fixed-grip quad in 2012.
Bottom drive terminal and operator house.
Note some chairs have been removed.
The top terminal was built on a man made hill to extend COP’s vertical.
Uni-G terminal skin.
Towers 1 and 2.
Side view of the drive station.
Upper half of the lift.
Combo assemblies on tower 7.
The breakover.
Arriving up top.
Unloading area and CTEC-style operator house.
Top station overview.
View down the lift line.
Lower section of the lift.
Upper lift line.
Another look at the line.

11 thoughts on “’88 Express – Canada Olympic Park, AB

  1. Random Skier's avatar Random Skier October 17, 2019 / 9:03 am

    Why would they put a high speed quad here? the Canadian government is wasting money.

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    • skier72's avatar skier72 October 17, 2019 / 9:52 am

      The Canadian Government doesn’t own Winsport. Winsport is a not for profit organization. The new lift added over 30% new terrain for Winsport, and for an inner-city ski hill, that’s huge. I’ve skied winsport before, and the lineups this lift and legacy express can get huge.

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  2. Steven's avatar Steven December 17, 2021 / 2:36 pm

    In summer time when the snow is gone they use the 88 express for mountain Bikeing a.k.a a bike park.

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    • WH2OSHREDDER.'s avatar WH2OSHREDDER. October 12, 2024 / 12:21 pm

      It’s a very fun bike park indeed !

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      • Steven Gordon's avatar Steven Gordon October 12, 2024 / 8:12 pm

        Me and my Dad ride it in the summer. I prefer the lift in the summer because it serves some nice tree and open bike runs. Where as in winter it just serves the same tannin as Legacy Express.

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        • reaperskier's avatar reaperskier October 13, 2024 / 6:41 am

          Except 88 goes a little higher than Legacy.

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        • WH2OSHREDDER.'s avatar WH2OSHREDDER. October 13, 2024 / 8:51 am

          Legacy is better for terrain parks and beginners while 88 is more intermediate and advanced terrain, Legacy is redundant to 88, but they can both get huge lines.

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        • Steven Gordon's avatar Steven Gordon October 13, 2024 / 2:45 pm

          I still think the lift is better in the summer time.

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        • WH2OSHREDDER.'s avatar WH2OSHREDDER. October 13, 2024 / 3:18 pm

          Same thing. Legacy gets too crowded in the summer, luge is apparently very popular.

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        • Steven Gordon's avatar Steven Gordon October 14, 2024 / 7:46 pm

          That’s why I like 88 better then Legacy. I think it is because the luge is more of a tourist thing where as the bike park is more of a local thing.

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        • WH2OSHREDDER.'s avatar WH2OSHREDDER. October 14, 2024 / 8:29 pm

          especially during the Stampede ;)

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