Top drive seen from Boreal.Upper lift line with Northstar in the background.Upper part of the line.Top station.Bottom tension station.This lift rarely operates.Lift overview.Vault drive up top.The top of this lift nearly touches the top of Boreal Mountain, a competing ski area.Top station overview.Another view of the drive station.Lower lift line.Middle section of the line.Riblet tower.
DSR is run on what appears to be a shoestring budget. That’s not a dig; I love DSR for what it is – old and cheap and funky. But Chair 5 doesn’t serve much terrain and the mountain is very rarely super crowded. If they’re going to pick a couple of lifts not to run, Chair 5 and Chair 1 are the right ones.
Could be Sherwood, alpine bowl or Kt-22 as they were removed about the same time this lift was installed. It also depends on the rotation of the lift and the terminals and chairs. But to rule out KT-22 it went up on the right side where this goes up on the left side.
Utah Lost Ski Area ProjectDecember 19, 2022 / 10:11 pm
I’m guessing its not not the old Siberia, while it had bail chairs, it was built in 1960 with an older tower design than this one. Out of all of Squaw Valley, it was most likely KT-22 because Riviera was retrofitted by Yan and Exhibition contained mostly SLI parts.
The skranch’s facebook talks a little about chair 5’s history: “Chair #5 is a Mutt. Parts from Alpine Meadows and Boreal Ridge”. Guessing from guesswork above sherwood parts were used.
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Looks like someone skiing off that chair could easily cut over to boreal lol. When the chair runs they Likley put up fencing or signs or something.
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i’ve done that once just get a pass to both resorts, and across the street sugar bowl, and you have a pretty big resort
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Chair 3 at DSR also starts near Boreal’s Quicksilver lift so if all the lifts ran at both resorts they would be nearly connected in two places.
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Why does this lift rarely operate though?
It seems fine to me.
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DSR is run on what appears to be a shoestring budget. That’s not a dig; I love DSR for what it is – old and cheap and funky. But Chair 5 doesn’t serve much terrain and the mountain is very rarely super crowded. If they’re going to pick a couple of lifts not to run, Chair 5 and Chair 1 are the right ones.
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Which chair at Squaw Valley did this used to be?
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Could be Sherwood, alpine bowl or Kt-22 as they were removed about the same time this lift was installed. It also depends on the rotation of the lift and the terminals and chairs. But to rule out KT-22 it went up on the right side where this goes up on the left side.
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I think its the old siberia double but I could be wrong
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It wouldn’t be Siberia double as the original drive terminal was replaced with a YAN terminal. Plus the towers were pre 1965
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I’m guessing its not not the old Siberia, while it had bail chairs, it was built in 1960 with an older tower design than this one. Out of all of Squaw Valley, it was most likely KT-22 because Riviera was retrofitted by Yan and Exhibition contained mostly SLI parts.
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https://www.facebook.com/donnerskiranch/posts/pfbid08zsU3KgX51QCxZ3ckwChXKpjsyYh6qRT2fFFKTevkuVK4ZbvfBPBStqNT6tWrnEol
The skranch’s facebook talks a little about chair 5’s history: “Chair #5 is a Mutt. Parts from Alpine Meadows and Boreal Ridge”. Guessing from guesswork above sherwood parts were used.
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Exhibition at Squaw
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