Looking down the lift line from the top station.Height adjustable top bullwheel.Bottom drive station, also height adjustable.Looking down the line.Summer view of Chair 1 crossing over Chair 2.Bottom terminal in the summer.
The SkyTrac replaced Chair 7, located on the western part of the mountain. The intersection goes between Chair 1 and Chair 2, which are located on the eastern part of the mountain. You may be thinking of the Doppelmayr CTEC Quad that replaced the original Chair 1 in 2008, which does cross over Chair two much like the previous one but does not share a tower with it. They just made a really tall tower after the tower of Chair 2, likely because it would be difficult to make the towers of the Riblet Quad compatible to mount a Doppelmayr tower on top of.
Not really. The shared tower was installed with chair 2 in ’64; before that chair 1 did not need a tower there as it was essentially neutral approaching the midstation. I could pick the rope off by hand after removing the opposing sheave there. The shared portion was engineered in to ensure that chair 1 did not sag too close to chair 2 under load. Sorry to burst the bubble.
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Is there still a shared tower tube on the new skytrac with this lift?
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The SkyTrac replaced Chair 7, located on the western part of the mountain. The intersection goes between Chair 1 and Chair 2, which are located on the eastern part of the mountain. You may be thinking of the Doppelmayr CTEC Quad that replaced the original Chair 1 in 2008, which does cross over Chair two much like the previous one but does not share a tower with it. They just made a really tall tower after the tower of Chair 2, likely because it would be difficult to make the towers of the Riblet Quad compatible to mount a Doppelmayr tower on top of.
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So despite the original Chair 1 being removed, this lift still has a 1954 Riblet tapered tube tower. Pretty cool.
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Not really. The shared tower was installed with chair 2 in ’64; before that chair 1 did not need a tower there as it was essentially neutral approaching the midstation. I could pick the rope off by hand after removing the opposing sheave there. The shared portion was engineered in to ensure that chair 1 did not sag too close to chair 2 under load. Sorry to burst the bubble.
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