A number of parallel lifts were all replaced with this six-pack in 2002.Long lift line seen from near the bottom terminal.Another look up the line.Tower 2.Bottom return terminal with tensioning.This entire terminal moves with the tensioning so the parking rail is also adjustable.Side view of the bottom terminal.View back at tower 12.Top few towers.The new gondola terminates nearby.Side view of the double stack Omega drive station.Another view of the drive station.Lift line seen from the summit.Another look down line.Middle part of the lift line.
Comet Express directly replaced the Vance Creek Express, one of the two Yan HSQs (the other, the Putnam Creek Express, was replaced with the Powder Gulch Express and Home Run T-Bar), and it also replaced the Yellow Chair. The Yellow Chair ran up Big Dipper and had a mid-unload station where it crossed the Main Street Skiway.
The Y shaped bracing were gussets that were part of the cross arm. To accept the new cross arms the old would have been removed and a cap plate welded to the top of the tower tube. Tower tubes and cross arms are separate components.👍
That’s an added shelter for the lifties to stand under, protecting them from snow/ ice sliding off the roof. It’s hard to remove it all and when the roof heats up, the snow will melt and slide off (often in thick icy chunks) and drop right on the the lifty standing there helping load kids or work on their ramp.
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Comet Express directly replaced the Vance Creek Express, one of the two Yan HSQs (the other, the Putnam Creek Express, was replaced with the Powder Gulch Express and Home Run T-Bar), and it also replaced the Yellow Chair. The Yellow Chair ran up Big Dipper and had a mid-unload station where it crossed the Main Street Skiway.
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Does anyone know if these towers are the original Yan towers leftover from the Vance Creek Express or new Leitner-Poma towers?
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Some towers were reused but there are some new ones in the mix too
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Those appear to be new LP towers as Yan’s tower tubes had extra “Y” shaped bracing from the top of the tube under the crossarm.
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The Y shaped bracing were gussets that were part of the cross arm. To accept the new cross arms the old would have been removed and a cap plate welded to the top of the tower tube. Tower tubes and cross arms are separate components.👍
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Vance Creek:
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What is that quarter circle sticking out of the bottom terminal?
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That’s an added shelter for the lifties to stand under, protecting them from snow/ ice sliding off the roof. It’s hard to remove it all and when the roof heats up, the snow will melt and slide off (often in thick icy chunks) and drop right on the the lifty standing there helping load kids or work on their ramp.
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