This Doppelmayr detachble quad was relocated from Emerald on Whistler (background) and rebuilt in 2018.The top terminal houses the drive and is located next to Peak 2 Peak tower 4.The top station and last tower next to Blackcomb Gondola Upper.View down the short lift line.Upper section of the line.Middle lift line.Another section of the line.View up the line.Doppelmayr EJ chairs and new towers.The return terminal with a view of Whistler Mountain.Side view of the return station.Loading area and small maintenance rail.The operator houses were also new in 2018 as the old ones stayed on Whistler.Riding up the lift line.View back down the line.Upper part of the lift line.The terminals got a new paint job but the emerald remains on the roof.
I would definitely like a lift serving that route again in the future, whether it’s the orange gondola or something else, I remember when the Orange chair was removed and miss being able to lap Dave Murray easily.
Why was Orange removed anyway? It was a Murray-Latta so it wouldn’t surprise me if sourcing parts was an issue, but then again I know that there were multiple removed Murray-Lattas on the Whistler side (I know Olive went to Whitewater) so you’d think they’d have had at least a few spare parts.
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Were the Yan towers scrapped?
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yes. Per aussierob the lift received all new towers.
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All of the terminal legs are also brand new because the old legs were reused from the Yan detachable that the Emerald Quad replaced.
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I think the uphill capacity on this lift is actually 2,800 pph, not 2,400. Teddy’s video of this lift shows six second spacing between chairs.
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I think that catskinner should have been relocated to where Orange chair was. It would have relieved capacity from Big Red too
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I would definitely like a lift serving that route again in the future, whether it’s the orange gondola or something else, I remember when the Orange chair was removed and miss being able to lap Dave Murray easily.
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Why was Orange removed anyway? It was a Murray-Latta so it wouldn’t surprise me if sourcing parts was an issue, but then again I know that there were multiple removed Murray-Lattas on the Whistler side (I know Olive went to Whitewater) so you’d think they’d have had at least a few spare parts.
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Murray-Latta still exists and will make you parts if you need. They just don’t build chairlifts any more.
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I’ll miss the old triple. One day it was so cold and windy that we skied Catskinner all afternoon to avoid the wind chills from the high speed lifts
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I assume that every remaining Yan component got replaced during the relocation.
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I think that the rear station masts didn’t get replaced
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Looks like they did.
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It is good to see detachables being relocated.
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