This top drive triple replaced a Riblet double relocated to Red River in 1993.The unloading area and motor room.View from the summit.Rare large, fixed drive terminal.The line splits height at a middle unload station.Return terminal.Station with hydraulic tensioning.Side view of the base terminal.Lift overview.The lift crosses the Red River just after boarding.Tower 4.Riding up the line.Nearing the middle station.Beginners can offload here.Half tower 13.View back down the long line.Nearing the summit.Tower 18.View back down near the top of the lift.Arriving at the drive, located at over 10,000 feet.Doppelmayr Connect touchscreen.Operator controls.Another view of the drive.Middle station with split and half towers.Looking up at the mid unload.Tower 10.Tower 1.View up the line at tower 2.Middle section of the line.Combo assemblies on tower 6.Another view of the mid station.Top station next to sister Doppelmayr triple chair Platinum.
That touchscreen says the lift is running at 2 m/s, which is below the overview table’s suggested line speed of 500 ft per minute (need 2.5 m.s for that) for a ride time of of 11.6 minutes. That’s still not bad for almost 1,500 feet of skiing back down! One wonders if they could routinely run it at even 450 ft per minute? It’d save 1.3 minutes :)
They used it to mimic the Uni-Star on its neighbor Platinum. It is also used to blend more with Uni-G’s. I believe it is called Uni-G Fixed Grip but I’m not sure if that’s official or not.
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That touchscreen says the lift is running at 2 m/s, which is below the overview table’s suggested line speed of 500 ft per minute (need 2.5 m.s for that) for a ride time of of 11.6 minutes. That’s still not bad for almost 1,500 feet of skiing back down!
One wonders if they could routinely run it at even 450 ft per minute? It’d save 1.3 minutes :)
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What’s up with this drive terminal? It looks a lot like the drive on 3 kings. Does anyone know why this lift doesn’t just use the Alpen Star?
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Someone may know for sure, but maybe the got a deal on some older new stock stuff. It looks great! 3 Kings is 2011 This one 2024. Not terrible..
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They used it to mimic the Uni-Star on its neighbor Platinum. It is also used to blend more with Uni-G’s. I believe it is called Uni-G Fixed Grip but I’m not sure if that’s official or not.
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I think this lift is considered the fixed grip Uni-g:
Pine Ridge at yellowstone
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