This lift was originally a fixed grip, hence the counterweight tensioning.Side view of the extremely long bottom terminal complex.Motor room and drive bullwheel.Detachable station.Turnaround area.Tower 1 adjacent to the bottom terminal.View up the line.Overhead view of the base.Top return station.Another view of the top terminal.This lift is slated to be replaced by a six place ending higher on the mountain.View from the true summit where the new lift will go.Another look at the return terminal.Tower.Steep upper part of the line.Middle lift line.Lower lift line.Maze area.Lift overview.
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https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsd3-du-clos-bertrand-poma-2851.html
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsd2-de-la-combe-des-juments-poma-343.html
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsd3-de-molanes-poma-2573.html
Counterweight detachables
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https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsd3-du-clos-bertrand-poma-2851.html
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsd2-de-la-combe-des-juments-poma-343.html
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsd3-de-molanes-poma-2573.html
Counterweight detachables
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Silver Mountain’s gondola is tensioned by counterweight as well.
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The old Lake Express at Owl’s Head (formerly Quicksilver at Breckenridge) was tensioned by counterweight as well.
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsd4-du-lac-doppelmayr-4243.html
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Look closely, it’s hydraulic. Might have had a counterweight at Breckenridge though.
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Wow, that first one even has a floating bullwheel at the tension station
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https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tcd6-katarla-leitner-8005.html
heres another
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