Tower 5 and the top bullwheel.Top shack and bullwheel.This tower used to be shared with the Crystal Springs double.Top bullwheel and work chair.Looking up the line.Bottom drive-tension bullwheel.
Thanks. I was under the impression that older fixed grip chairs were woven into the cable. Is this true? If so, is the work carrier attached via a different grip mechanism, or is there an unused grip in the cable, or can a chair be removed from the grip and the carrier attached instead? I’m sorry if I misunderstood your answer.
Riblets had insert clips instead of conventional fixed grips. I’m not sure if any other lift manufacturers did that, but this lift seems to have conventional fixed grips. As for the work carrier on a lift with insert clips, they probably just mounted it onto a chair that was already on the lift instead of adding a completely separate work carrier. I don’t know too much about Riblets, but I know that there is a complicated procedure involved in inserting or removing the clips from the haul rope.
I once read in an article on SkyTrac’s website that Riblet made an attempt at entering the detachable lift world at Timberline Lodge, OR. Apparently, “the Palmer Lift was originally going to be Riblet’s first detachable. They never built the grip, and [Timberline employees] used to joke about Riblet not figuring out how to get the clip in and out of the rope fast enough.”
This lift was a Murray-Latta, out of Vancouver BC. They only built 17 or 18 lifts in total, almost all of which were in the PNW. It had conventional external grips. Riblet was the only manufacturer, old or new, to utilise the internal clip. Inserting and moving the clips isn’t super complicated, but it is tedious and time-consuming.
I find this lift very interesting, since Murray Latta lifts where originally created for BC government ski resorts, such as Cypress, Seymour, Manning, and sun peaks.
I rode this lift all the time when I was a kid, very cool lift. It was a little hard to get on and off but it was a classic and it actually ran at a decent pace considering it was an old beginner lift
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How did they attach the work chair?
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Work Carriers generally have their own grip that attaches directly to the cable, just like a chair.
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Thanks. I was under the impression that older fixed grip chairs were woven into the cable. Is this true? If so, is the work carrier attached via a different grip mechanism, or is there an unused grip in the cable, or can a chair be removed from the grip and the carrier attached instead? I’m sorry if I misunderstood your answer.
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Riblets had insert clips instead of conventional fixed grips. I’m not sure if any other lift manufacturers did that, but this lift seems to have conventional fixed grips. As for the work carrier on a lift with insert clips, they probably just mounted it onto a chair that was already on the lift instead of adding a completely separate work carrier. I don’t know too much about Riblets, but I know that there is a complicated procedure involved in inserting or removing the clips from the haul rope.
I once read in an article on SkyTrac’s website that Riblet made an attempt at entering the detachable lift world at Timberline Lodge, OR. Apparently, “the Palmer Lift was originally going to be Riblet’s first detachable. They never built the grip, and [Timberline employees] used to joke about Riblet not figuring out how to get the clip in and out of the rope fast enough.”
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I believe that Riblet had a patent for their insert clips, which might explain why they were the only manufacturer to use them.
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SLI
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Typically one would remove a chair from the clip and install the work chair onto the same clip.
Mishers- SLI did not have their own clip design. Any SLI lifts with clips were modified by Riblet at some point.
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This lift was a Murray-Latta, out of Vancouver BC. They only built 17 or 18 lifts in total, almost all of which were in the PNW. It had conventional external grips. Riblet was the only manufacturer, old or new, to utilise the internal clip. Inserting and moving the clips isn’t super complicated, but it is tedious and time-consuming.
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Whitewater’s Silver King lift (Murray-Latta) has insert clips, but those were Riblet modifications.
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Did this lift sell or scrap?
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Scrap.
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Soon Murray-Latta lifts will go extinct 🙁
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I find this lift very interesting, since Murray Latta lifts where originally created for BC government ski resorts, such as Cypress, Seymour, Manning, and sun peaks.
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What’s with the funky safety bar? (Good view in second to last pic)
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When and how was this lift shortened? I never known that happend in its history
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Was the ride experience on this lift unique vs other manufactures?
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Not that I recall.
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I rode this lift all the time when I was a kid, very cool lift. It was a little hard to get on and off but it was a classic and it actually ran at a decent pace considering it was an old beginner lift
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Probably not on this specific lift, but most Murray-Lattas have high tension and widely spaced towers, meaning when it stops, it bounces like crazy.
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This looks like This lift has Riblet towers and Riblet mixed with Hall chairs.
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May look that way but it was all Murray-Latta (except maybe that old shared crystal springs tower).
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