Camp Fortune has some remains of old lifts. At Skyline, to the left (when riding up the lift), the towers for the double remain. The counterweight and top bullwheel for the Slalom T-Bar is there, and what I believe to be the bottom terminal for the same lift is also in place.
I grew up skiing at Camp Fortune. In the 70s and 80s, the lift network was very different. The Clifford quad didn’t exist. Instead t-bars ran up between Slalom and Clifford (Slalom t-bar), and between Marshall and Clifford (Marshall t-bar). You can still see the cuts for those. There was also an old rope tow at the base of Clifford.
Meech was also a very long t-bar. All three were the old coil spring type.
Lastly, before the quad at Skyline, the double chair was paired with a detachable poma lift that ran up where the quad runs today. It was lots of fun for us as kids.
Camp Fortune has some remains of old lifts. At Skyline, to the left (when riding up the lift), the towers for the double remain. The counterweight and top bullwheel for the Slalom T-Bar is there, and what I believe to be the bottom terminal for the same lift is also in place.
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I believe that the alexander t-bar is no longer operating. it is overgrown, i have never seen the trails near it groomed, and campfortune posted this https://www.facebook.com/skicampfortune/posts/last-chance-to-ride-the-tbar-and-to-ski-alexander-and-mcdonald-the-tbar-will-clo/10156854823990435/
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I grew up skiing at Camp Fortune. In the 70s and 80s, the lift network was very different. The Clifford quad didn’t exist. Instead t-bars ran up between Slalom and Clifford (Slalom t-bar), and between Marshall and Clifford (Marshall t-bar). You can still see the cuts for those. There was also an old rope tow at the base of Clifford.
Meech was also a very long t-bar. All three were the old coil spring type.
Lastly, before the quad at Skyline, the double chair was paired with a detachable poma lift that ran up where the quad runs today. It was lots of fun for us as kids.
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I found this
https://www.communitystories.ca/v1/pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000536&sl=4162&pos=63&scpos=1
which gives years for the construction of some of the former lifts at Fortune:
Skyline Double: 1961 – 2008
Skyline Poma/Platter: 1959 – 1990 (presumably)
Meech T-Bar: 1966 – ??? (sometime between 1982 and 1995, judging by the maps at https://skimap.org/skiareas/view/109)
Slalom Rope Tow: 1940 – ???
Slalom T-Bar: Built Sometime between 1957 and 1960
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