This lift replaced a Poma double to increase beginner capacity.Alpha drive terminal moved from near its former location.Top station with red bullwheel.View of the top station with Tesuque Peak in the background.Looking down the line from the top.This lift was much longer when it ran in the Super Chief alignment.Middle section of the lift line.View down at tower 3.Looking up the line at tower 1.Lift overview.The loading area and drive bullwheel.Upper lift line.A tower head with support sheaves.Another view of the drive terminal.
I’m so glad they kept this lift. Such a nostalgic lift I used to ride all the time when I was younger (after Sandia’s Chair 1 was decomissioned). Sandia’s lifts don’t have bars, which was terrifying for the then 7-year-old me (after an incident where I almost fell 40-45 feet from Chair 3, a 1979 Riblet double). Knowing that they kept this lift brings me peace. I remember seeing this lift in pieces just north of the parking lot in early 2025 (in which I actually have some pics)
What happened to the double?
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it’s over at Sipapu now as their chair 3.
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Sipapu used the drive, return and chairs from Easy street, they used some towers from the quad though they did modify the towerheads to double gage.
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I’m so glad they kept this lift. Such a nostalgic lift I used to ride all the time when I was younger (after Sandia’s Chair 1 was decomissioned). Sandia’s lifts don’t have bars, which was terrifying for the then 7-year-old me (after an incident where I almost fell 40-45 feet from Chair 3, a 1979 Riblet double). Knowing that they kept this lift brings me peace. I remember seeing this lift in pieces just north of the parking lot in early 2025 (in which I actually have some pics)
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