Angel Express – Angel Fire, NM

Leitner-Poma and Summit Install completed concrete for this lift in 2025 with steel following in spring 2026.
Angel follows a completely new alignment and takes pressure off the workhorse Chile Express.
Inside the return terminal shortly after completion.
Hold down tower 1.
Bottom station with tension pump in the middle.
Electric weather door.
Leitner-Poma-supplied lift shack with locally-supplied wood.
View riding up at tower 6.
View back down the line in the base area.
Tower 8 with new glading in the background.
The drive terminal sits at mid mountain.
Upper station overview.
Side view of the LPA drive station with short maintenance rail.
Drive station under cover.
ABB drive.
Drive control desk.
Angel Fire opted for two diesels; this smaller one serves as an evacuation drive.
Poma Kissling gearbox.
Electric motor.
Drive train overview.
Big diesel capable of running the lift at full capacity and 800 feet per minute.
Control cabinet inside the drive station.
PTO sheaves.
Drive deceleration tire bank.
View down from the summit.
Outside controls at the drive.
Another view of the top terminal.
Tower 12.
Upper lift line.
View down the middle part of the line.
Austrian manufactured EZ II chair with bar and footrests.
Riding down at tower 7.
T2.
Side view of the return station next to a new rental/retail building.
Turnaround area at the base.

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