Thisi rare Poma lift in Southern California replaced a CTEC triple called Clementine.View up the line from the base area.Depression tower 1.Turnaround at the drive station.Middle part of the line.Upper lift line.Short top return terminal.Unloading area and Poma operator house.View down from the top.Upper terminal overview.Lift line seen from the parking lot.
I wonder if this lift was originally going to be a Garaventa CTEC HSQ. That would make more sense considering Bear Mountain’s other high speed quad is a ctec. A poma chairlift is really out of place at a mtn with a history of buying lifts from CTEC & Hall.
I doubt it. Poma had the lower bid, most likely. It may be out of place but nothing says a mountain has to stick with one manufacturer.
This must be one of the last of the TB grips and Competition 900 terminals. We built two Omega lifts this same year, which were among the first of that style.
Big Bear was once owned by Booth Creek. Booth Creek bought three high speed quads from POMA this specific year. The other two were installed at the Summit at Snoqualmie. The only other ski areas with this exact terminal design that I’ve seen are at Winter Park.
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Oddly enough the High Speed Quad I grew up riding in Southern Wisconsin is of the same type, only ever seen a few of these style Poma High speed Quads
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It’s 90’s style challenger stations with omega chairs. Neither are rare, but it’s an interesting combo.
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why is it labeled that this lift has 40 horsepower..
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I wonder if this lift was originally going to be a Garaventa CTEC HSQ. That would make more sense considering Bear Mountain’s other high speed quad is a ctec. A poma chairlift is really out of place at a mtn with a history of buying lifts from CTEC & Hall.
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I doubt it. Poma had the lower bid, most likely. It may be out of place but nothing says a mountain has to stick with one manufacturer.
This must be one of the last of the TB grips and Competition 900 terminals. We built two Omega lifts this same year, which were among the first of that style.
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Big Bear was once owned by Booth Creek. Booth Creek bought three high speed quads from POMA this specific year. The other two were installed at the Summit at Snoqualmie. The only other ski areas with this exact terminal design that I’ve seen are at Winter Park.
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I Have been here many times this lift is so fast like up to 10 or 11 MPH
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Trivia
1000 FPM = 11.36 mph
800 FPM = 9.09 mph
5.0 MPS = 11.18 mph
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First pic has a typo should say this is a instead of thisi
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