This quad was built along the lift line of a previous Murray-Latta double with a three year gap between the two.This is the first Skytrac lift in the state of Wyoming.Monarch drive-tension terminal.View up from the base terminal.The lift is sandwich between the Bridger and Sweetwater gondola alignments.The first few towers.Upper part of the lift line.The top terminal labelled as tower 8.View down the line.Peak return terminal.Skytrac tower head with Leitner-Poma sheaves.View down from the summit.The top terminal and tower 7.Unloading area and operator house.Tower 6.Middle part of the line.Skytrac chair with Kidstop from Leitner-Poma.The top of tower 5.View up at tower 4.Uphill end of the bottom terminal.Lift overview.Note the bottom shack is on the light side due to space constraints.
This lift has the same ending location as the old one, but does not start in the same place. The old lift started right next to Teewinot. This lift follows a route closer to and parallel to the Bridger Gondola, and does not appear to start at the base. You’d have to ride Sweetwater to mid first and then ski down to this lift and lap it.
Me neither. If this lift had Doppelmayr’s EJ chairs, it’d be a different story (since the Skytrac lifting frames are closer in resemblance to Doppelmayr’s design than Leitner-Poma’s).
I agree. I have nothing against Skytrac as a whole, I just don’t care for the chair design. It’d look better as either a bail, or like the redesigned center pole chairs for Riblet quads.
You are correct LPOA sheaves mounted in Skytrac sheave beams, this was a popular combo of components offered in 2019, I think only Lookout Pass whent 100% skytrac.
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This lift has the same ending location as the old one, but does not start in the same place. The old lift started right next to Teewinot. This lift follows a route closer to and parallel to the Bridger Gondola, and does not appear to start at the base. You’d have to ride Sweetwater to mid first and then ski down to this lift and lap it.
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Honestly I really am not a fan of the Skytrac chair design at all. It just looks ugly. The bail/omega chairs look much better in my opinion.
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Me neither. If this lift had Doppelmayr’s EJ chairs, it’d be a different story (since the Skytrac lifting frames are closer in resemblance to Doppelmayr’s design than Leitner-Poma’s).
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Really? I don’t think they look that bad.
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Skytrac’s double chairs are about the only one which look right.
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I agree. I have nothing against Skytrac as a whole, I just don’t care for the chair design. It’d look better as either a bail, or like the redesigned center pole chairs for Riblet quads.
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Note the L-P sheaves and assemblies.
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They are not L-P sheaves or assemblies. They are 100% Skytrac design.
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Looks like LPOA sheaves in a Skytrac/CTEC style frame
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You are correct LPOA sheaves mounted in Skytrac sheave beams, this was a popular combo of components offered in 2019, I think only Lookout Pass whent 100% skytrac.
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Why doesn’t it start at the base? doesn’t that waste a ride on Sweetwater?
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There’s no space down at the base.
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how do you bump a skytrac chair?
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The small handle on the outside is what I’ve seen lifties use, and it’s what I use when I self bump.
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Yeah we bump the armrest lol the chairs kinda suck but do well in wind
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I personnaly love the Monarch drive way more than the Alpenstar Doppelmayr is offering.
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