Custom-made drive terminal with Riblet line gear and SLI chairs.Side view of the bottom station.This lift was relocated, likely from Crystal Mountain, WA.View down the line.View from the summit.Top bullwheel.Old-style Riblet tower flipped upside-down.View from the parking lot.
Old chair 5 at Crystal had SLI chairs. I think it had some Riblet business going on as well. I was sad when It left because the Downhill/K2 Face side skied better without having to skate down Cattle Crossing.
I wonder if the rest of this lift is from Mt. Pilchuck’s old Yellow Jacket lift?
Crystal did purchase it when Pilchuck shut down, but they never did anything with it. And it did have the old V-style tower heads from the late 50s/early 60s.
From the looks they simply used the frame from the older style tower head to make hold down anchors; the old style towers are not adjustable so the tower head would have been right at the end of the tube ie in the concrete if it was an upside down tower.
For reference, Chair 5 Campbell Basin at Crystal Mountain, WA was shortened in 1988 from 7500 feet long (base area to Campbell Basin) to 3500 feet (Midway to Campbell Basin). The bottom 4000 feet being replaced by the Midway Shuttle fixed quad, now the Chinook Express HS 6 pack. In 1997, Chair 5’s remaining 3500 feet was relocated to Blacktail Mountain, MT. Pretty sure this lift, Deer Park, contains parts from the original bottom 4000 feet of Campbell Basin removed in 1988. Note sure about where the the drive or return terminals came from.
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Old chair 5 at Crystal had SLI chairs. I think it had some Riblet business going on as well. I was sad when It left because the Downhill/K2 Face side skied better without having to skate down Cattle Crossing.
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The chairs are indeed the from bottom half of old chair 5.
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I wonder if the rest of this lift is from Mt. Pilchuck’s old Yellow Jacket lift?
Crystal did purchase it when Pilchuck shut down, but they never did anything with it. And it did have the old V-style tower heads from the late 50s/early 60s.
http://hyak.net/lost/10.html
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Wow, this thing has seen better days.
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An upside-down tower. Well, that’s new.
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From the looks they simply used the frame from the older style tower head to make hold down anchors; the old style towers are not adjustable so the tower head would have been right at the end of the tube ie in the concrete if it was an upside down tower.
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This was Campbell Basin in Crystal Mountain from ’70 to ’97
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no. It was crystal at blacktail mt.
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Crystal at Blacktail is still there and operating, the chairs are indeed from old Campbell Basin but the rest of the lift I am unsure.
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For reference, Chair 5 Campbell Basin at Crystal Mountain, WA was shortened in 1988 from 7500 feet long (base area to Campbell Basin) to 3500 feet (Midway to Campbell Basin). The bottom 4000 feet being replaced by the Midway Shuttle fixed quad, now the Chinook Express HS 6 pack. In 1997, Chair 5’s remaining 3500 feet was relocated to Blacktail Mountain, MT. Pretty sure this lift, Deer Park, contains parts from the original bottom 4000 feet of Campbell Basin removed in 1988. Note sure about where the the drive or return terminals came from.
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