This unique lift services a ski jump and observation tower.Drive terminal.Portal tower.Counterweight.The second tower is a big hold down.Miner-Denver towers.View down the very steep lift line.Tower 5 and the ski jump.Top terminal.Top of the lift seen from above.Sheave assemblies.Tower 3.Chair with foot rest.Sheaves on tower 2.Lift overview.
I beilieve there was another. The chairlift at the defunct Arapahoe East ski are near Golden CO was a Miner Denver double that had a mix of center pole and bail chairs. Here is a photo, its a little hard to make out but there are a few center pole chairs at the bottom of the photo. http://coloradoskihistory.com/images/aeast_article_0001.jpg
Ski Flying was here through the winter of 94.
As stated this is now an adventure tour with amazing views of Lake superior, the UP of MI, N WI and on very clear days, Canada.
They are now working on raising funds to install plastics that would allow the jump to be used year round. If that can be done, they have been promised at least one Grand Prix event. The US ski team has also stated interest in the facility if the plastics can happen.
For now, it is Adventure tours and the Red Bull 400.
I was here in 2024 and it was operating. Well worth the stop if the weather is good enough. The view from the top of the jump is incredible. Even though this area is relatively flat, it’s still kind of amazing. Signs say you can see 2500 square miles, and indeed it was easy to see Lake Superior, Canada, and other features even on a slightly hazy day. The jump itself is also an impressive feat of engineering. In the visitor center they play recordings of years-past ski jump events which was cool.
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Center Pole Miner Denver, that’s Crazy Rare
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I totally agree. Are there any other chairs like that or have they all since been replaced?
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I beilieve there was another. The chairlift at the defunct Arapahoe East ski are near Golden CO was a Miner Denver double that had a mix of center pole and bail chairs. Here is a photo, its a little hard to make out but there are a few center pole chairs at the bottom of the photo. http://coloradoskihistory.com/images/aeast_article_0001.jpg
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There was one other too at Eldora before it was removed https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/glow-from-77-000-watts-of-electricity-lights-lake-eldora-news-photo/836853418
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Ski Flying was here through the winter of 94.
As stated this is now an adventure tour with amazing views of Lake superior, the UP of MI, N WI and on very clear days, Canada.
They are now working on raising funds to install plastics that would allow the jump to be used year round. If that can be done, they have been promised at least one Grand Prix event. The US ski team has also stated interest in the facility if the plastics can happen.
For now, it is Adventure tours and the Red Bull 400.
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i was here in summer 2022 and the lift was last registered in 2021 at least that’s what i saw. they said it was broken.
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Quite a steep pitch for a scenic chairlift!
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I was here in 2024 and it was operating. Well worth the stop if the weather is good enough. The view from the top of the jump is incredible. Even though this area is relatively flat, it’s still kind of amazing. Signs say you can see 2500 square miles, and indeed it was easy to see Lake Superior, Canada, and other features even on a slightly hazy day. The jump itself is also an impressive feat of engineering. In the visitor center they play recordings of years-past ski jump events which was cool.
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