This Doppelmayr six place replaced three Riblet chairlifts on the south side of The Highlands in 2023.Extremely long bottom terminal for chair parking and bubble opening/closing.Turnaround at the bottom terminal.Six place chair with heated seats.Doppelmayr name plate.The back of a chair at the unload.Upper station with attached maintenance building.Drive terminal up top.The lower part of the lift line is a golf course in the summer season.Tower 3.Lower station and tower 1.Chair acceleration zone.Loading conveyor with gates.In-terminal LED screen.View riding up the line.Tower 4.T5.Nearing the summit.Arriving at the summit, which is near the older Heather Express.Unloading area with auto raising restraint bar.View from the top.Side view of the upper station.View down at tower 7.Work chair.Side view of a support tower.Large combination assemblies.Middle section of the lift line.T2.Lift overview.View up at tower 2.Closed bubble chair.View back down the line.Tower 9.Upper station turnaround.Another view of the upper lift line.Looking down the line.Upper station overview.
Three minute ride to the top /versus/ my many contemplations (on the meaning of life, what ice cream best to serve with blueberry pie, and why can’t this dang thing move any faster) on the Valley and MacGully lifts semi-freezing to death many, many times between 1993 and 2023 … I’ll take it. Oh yeah, and in the early 1990s, the Riblets were only halfway through their lifespan. Good grief, really.
the doppelmayr d-line terminals have multiple sizes. They are measured by the straight section of tires in meters. I think Camelot 6 has a d-26 bottom station and d-24 top station. These are normally what the d-lines with auto-bubbles use and I’d assume a gondola or condola would use duel d-26
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This is an insanely good looking lift!
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this seems like a ridiculous overbuild
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Three minute ride to the top /versus/ my many contemplations (on the meaning of life, what ice cream best to serve with blueberry pie, and why can’t this dang thing move any faster) on the Valley and MacGully lifts semi-freezing to death many, many times between 1993 and 2023 … I’ll take it. Oh yeah, and in the early 1990s, the Riblets were only halfway through their lifespan. Good grief, really.
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Looks like they used longer terminals with the light side extended rail shrouds are they going to run it as a chondola at some point in the future?
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I think it has to do with the auto closing and opening restraint bars. Maybe chair parking too.
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the doppelmayr d-line terminals have multiple sizes. They are measured by the straight section of tires in meters. I think Camelot 6 has a d-26 bottom station and d-24 top station. These are normally what the d-lines with auto-bubbles use and I’d assume a gondola or condola would use duel d-26
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Michigan has blown me away! I wasn’t expecting these beautiful D-Lines here
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