Another old Riblet with tapered towers.This site used to be a mid-offload with the drive formerly in the base area.Newer vault drive.Chair 5 replaced the lower section.Lift overview.The old drive vault still stands.Breakover towers.Split towers before the unload.Return-tension station up top.Unload ramp.View down the steep part of the line.Lower lift line.In 2021, this lift received a new Skytrac drive terminal.New terminal, old towers.Side view of the Monarch drive.Unlike almost all Monarchs, there’s no tensioning here.View leaving the bottom.Middle part of the lift line.Drive terminal.
In February I skied Mt Spokane for the first time, and this thing flies. A real catapult launch. Seemed like the fastest fixed grip chair I had ridden in a long time. I was at 49 Degrees and Red Mountain on the same trip and my impression held up.
Work sent me to Spokane for a week over a weekend, so I hit three new ski areas for me. Night skied Mt. Spokane, and drove up to the other two on the weekend. Alaska Airlines and Red had a free ticket deal this season, if you showed your boarding pass to Spokane.
I noticed the same thing when I went here last year. I don’t remember it stopping a particularly high amount, but i’m sure it happens a lot. Wonder how the new skytrac drive will change that.
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those arent tapered towers
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In February I skied Mt Spokane for the first time, and this thing flies. A real catapult launch. Seemed like the fastest fixed grip chair I had ridden in a long time. I was at 49 Degrees and Red Mountain on the same trip and my impression held up.
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Sounds like a great ski trip!
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Work sent me to Spokane for a week over a weekend, so I hit three new ski areas for me. Night skied Mt. Spokane, and drove up to the other two on the weekend. Alaska Airlines and Red had a free ticket deal this season, if you showed your boarding pass to Spokane.
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I noticed the same thing when I went here last year. I don’t remember it stopping a particularly high amount, but i’m sure it happens a lot. Wonder how the new skytrac drive will change that.
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Bottom Terminal is now a skytrac Monarch as of this season.
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