Pomas are a type of manufactured chairlift, it’s not the brand. Doppelmayr makes platter lifts, which are sometimes called “Pomas”. Because the brand Poma was known to make many platter lifts back in the day, the Poma name stuck when other brands used the design. Hence why some lift’s like the one’s at Beartooth are named “Pomas”.
Tow style surface lifts in general are almost always referred to as “Poma lifts” with some exceptions to T-bars. Poma used to be the largest manufacturer of T-bars and Platter lifts which is why everyone calls them Pomas even when not made by Poma
I find this confusing. At least in Europe Poma is mostly associate with their distinct detachable platter lifts, which I’ve not seen any of in the US myself (although there probably are some). For fixed grip platters they don’t seem to be a very major player.
Also interestingly in British English neither the word “Poma” nor “platter lift” is used for single-person surface lifts, but “button lift”. I’m curious what Aussie calls these as they are often more closely aligned with British than American English.
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Doppelmayr “Pomas”. Hmm.
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Pomas are a type of manufactured chairlift, it’s not the brand. Doppelmayr makes platter lifts, which are sometimes called “Pomas”. Because the brand Poma was known to make many platter lifts back in the day, the Poma name stuck when other brands used the design. Hence why some lift’s like the one’s at Beartooth are named “Pomas”.
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Tow style surface lifts in general are almost always referred to as “Poma lifts” with some exceptions to T-bars. Poma used to be the largest manufacturer of T-bars and Platter lifts which is why everyone calls them Pomas even when not made by Poma
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I find this confusing. At least in Europe Poma is mostly associate with their distinct detachable platter lifts, which I’ve not seen any of in the US myself (although there probably are some). For fixed grip platters they don’t seem to be a very major player.
Also interestingly in British English neither the word “Poma” nor “platter lift” is used for single-person surface lifts, but “button lift”. I’m curious what Aussie calls these as they are often more closely aligned with British than American English.
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