This lift is one of two vintage lifts deemed inoperable when Frost Fire reopened circa 2017.The top bullwheel with concrete mast.Side view of the bottom station.A half tower.Loading area.Angled towers.Upper part of the lift line.View down the line.The last three towers.
This lift is definitely a Poma. The towers on this lift closely resemble Snowbasin’s former Wildcat double, which is also a Poma. This lift must have been installed sometime in the 60s, from the model of the carriers and the tower design
The same reason why Saddleback Maine decided to scrap their old Hopkins double instead of re-using it. This lift is very old, redundant with the new Skytrak, and probably extremely hard to find parts for. It’s not like an old Riblet lift, which is extremely easy to find spare parts for. There are not many old Poma doubles of this vintage left out there available for parting. (Plus this lift hasn’t run in a few years, so it would need some major TLC to get it going again.)
This lift isn’t 100% Poma either. Despite what I said in the earlier comment, this lift has American Cableways towers and tension terminal. With a carpet lift on the same slope and a Skytrac quad lower down on the mountain, it wouldn’t make sense to put a lot of money into a redundant lift with questionable reliability.
The chairs on this lift are definitely Poma though and these appeared on many early model Poma lifts including the original Killington Peak double at Killington vermont shown here. Killington Peak was a Poma-Telecar lift.
This lift is definitely a Poma. The towers on this lift closely resemble Snowbasin’s former Wildcat double, which is also a Poma. This lift must have been installed sometime in the 60s, from the model of the carriers and the tower design
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Is this lift now removed?
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No, It’s still there. I believe the correct term is “standing”
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Doesn’t look in that bad of shape, what was wrong with it?
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The same reason why Saddleback Maine decided to scrap their old Hopkins double instead of re-using it. This lift is very old, redundant with the new Skytrak, and probably extremely hard to find parts for. It’s not like an old Riblet lift, which is extremely easy to find spare parts for. There are not many old Poma doubles of this vintage left out there available for parting. (Plus this lift hasn’t run in a few years, so it would need some major TLC to get it going again.)
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This lift isn’t 100% Poma either. Despite what I said in the earlier comment, this lift has American Cableways towers and tension terminal. With a carpet lift on the same slope and a Skytrac quad lower down on the mountain, it wouldn’t make sense to put a lot of money into a redundant lift with questionable reliability.
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It’s a telecar lift
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A Carlevaro & Savio? Wow! I’ve never seen those sheaves on a C&S before.
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It’s most likely an American Cableways lift. Not a C&S or Poma.
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There may be some installation info here but I am not sure
http://www.skilifts.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11169
The chairs on this lift are definitely Poma though and these appeared on many early model Poma lifts including the original Killington Peak double at Killington vermont shown here. Killington Peak was a Poma-Telecar lift.
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The towers and the tension terminal look more like American Cableways than Telecar.
http://www.skilifts.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11167
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