The bottom terminal was modified so a zip-line landing platform could be built above.Shortened bottom drive station.Unique double chair.Top bullwheel.View down the line.View up the line.Top towers and terminal.In 2018, a tower was added to accommodate a new bridge.New tower 1.
No, they just shut it down for rest of the summer season. The alpline slide is closed and the zipline got terminated. They are also redoing the snowbird center too.
Hey same. That bridge is barely high enough. I thought they were going to have to add a upside down depression tower from the bridge. Second piece went up today
They did end up adding a upside down depression tower from one of the new bridges. Idk why they did because it has plenty of clearence when I was up there for a week. Check snowbirds instagram you can see they added a new tower. Now chickadee has 6 towers now! https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPvaFylWx1/?taken-by=snowbird
Looks like a retrofit to me. Hydraulic cylinders on a later Enterprise terminal with hydraulic tensioning would have been housed on either side of the tension carriage.
Yes, Its a workhorse lift in the summer time. The lift is hauling alpine sleds and riders all the time. This lift just got a new tower hanging from a bridge. This lift had a hydraulic tensioning upgrade and a cement roof was built ontop of the terminal for a zip line that is no longer there. Now the platform above is used for a bridge that comes from Prevuain. Chickadee also serves beginner terrain in the winter.
The chairs on this lift are a rare center pole model Thiokol that didn’t show up on many lifts. I think one and another at Snoqualmie are the last center pole Thiokols.
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They took out the old zip line and now they are going to build bridges over the lift.
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Like a ski bridge or a regular bridge for the hotel or lodge?
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https://www.snowbird.com/improvements/
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So then are they removing chickadee lift?
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No, they just shut it down for rest of the summer season. The alpline slide is closed and the zipline got terminated. They are also redoing the snowbird center too.
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Yesterday day I was up there at 5:30 and they got one part done and are getting all the supports up
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Hey same. That bridge is barely high enough. I thought they were going to have to add a upside down depression tower from the bridge. Second piece went up today
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They did end up adding a upside down depression tower from one of the new bridges. Idk why they did because it has plenty of clearence when I was up there for a week. Check snowbirds instagram you can see they added a new tower. Now chickadee has 6 towers now! https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPvaFylWx1/?taken-by=snowbird
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At this rate, with all the stuff they are building over the lift, it will be a indoor lift
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Is the hydraulic tensioning original? A hydro on a 70s lift seems odd to me. Unless the lift had a counterweight before.
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Looks like a retrofit to me. Hydraulic cylinders on a later Enterprise terminal with hydraulic tensioning would have been housed on either side of the tension carriage.
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Is the chickadee lift functional?
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Yes, Its a workhorse lift in the summer time. The lift is hauling alpine sleds and riders all the time. This lift just got a new tower hanging from a bridge. This lift had a hydraulic tensioning upgrade and a cement roof was built ontop of the terminal for a zip line that is no longer there. Now the platform above is used for a bridge that comes from Prevuain. Chickadee also serves beginner terrain in the winter.
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Chickadee had a downgrade in capacity so now it only has 42 chairs
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Are these chairs custom? I cant seem to find them on any other lift on this website.
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The chairs on this lift are a rare center pole model Thiokol that didn’t show up on many lifts. I think one and another at Snoqualmie are the last center pole Thiokols.
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Flat Iron at Park City Mountain Resort is another one. Not sure if there’s any more beyond that though.
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It looks more like a center pole frame with a CTEC seat welded on.
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I think it is a Doppelmayr frame with CTEC seat and bar.
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The last of a dying breed, chickadee is the last remaining chairlift to run counter clockwise at snowbird.
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That’s ok. It’s only a direction. At least we still have the lift.
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