This lift was installed by Riblet and uses a Riblet drive terminal but many components are from SLI.Drive-tension terminal.Counterweight tensioning and motor room.View up the lift line.Middle part of the line.View down the lower lift line.Just below the mid-offload.Mid-station.Top lift shack.SLI bullwheel on Riblet supports with Riblet sheaves.Top station overview.View down from near the summit.Another look at the mid-unload.Lift overview.
That might depend on geographical factors as most of the Colorado resorts are located close to Denver and Montana doesn’t really have many major population centers. Also population contributes to bigger and more modern resorts as more people come and more money is made.
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Montana got some old school mountains ski areas like this don’t survive down here in Colorado
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That might depend on geographical factors as most of the Colorado resorts are located close to Denver and Montana doesn’t really have many major population centers. Also population contributes to bigger and more modern resorts as more people come and more money is made.
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Have you been to Cooper? Sunlight? Monarch? They survive just fine.
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This is a nice little ski resort. Thanks to the owners
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Why are some of the chairs off in these pictures?
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Annual testing requirements- 20% per year.
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I think the mix between SLI and Riblet parts is cool but it makes sense because Riblet kinda owned SLI.
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Riblet bought out SLI’s inventory after SLI shut down, using the parts to build a handful of chairlifts like this one.
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