Elk Camp Gondola – Snowmass, CO

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The Elk Camp Gondola anchors this completely re-imagined section of Snowmass.
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View up the upper lift line.
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This lift has two sections with an angle station in between.
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Mid-station at Assay Hill.
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There is only one haul rope and horizontal sheaves deflect it through this station.
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Mid-station and stage II.
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The first stage is very short – only a few towers long.
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View up from tower 8.
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The top station with new buildings on either side.
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Drive station turnaround.
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Elk Camp overview.
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Downhill side of the top station with cabin maintenance facility on the right.
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New restaurant adjacent to the top station.
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Overhead drive.
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Passing by the top of Two Creeks before descending towards Snowmass Village.
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View back towards Elk Camp.
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Breakover before the top.
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Lift line overview.
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Middle part of stage II.
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Another lift line view.
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CWA Omega III 8 LWI cabins.
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View down towards the mid.
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Angle station with loading in the uphill direction only.
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Mid-station RFID gates.
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Cabins making the turn.
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Upper lift line.
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Bottom terminal in a sea of new development.
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Tower 5.
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Tri-leg return station.
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Loading at Snowmass Base.
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Return terminal side view.
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Depression tower 1.
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Return turnaround.
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Top station operator house.
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8-passenger cabins.
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Another view of the drive.
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Mid-station from above.

5 thoughts on “Elk Camp Gondola – Snowmass, CO

    • Owen Natorp's avatar Owen Natorp October 18, 2018 / 6:58 am

      I asked about that, those are the cabins that pets are allowed to ride in because some people have allergies.

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  1. Phoenix's avatar Phoenix March 8, 2020 / 4:17 pm

    Those are some interesting toboggans in the 17th picture. I’ve never seen elevated ones like that before.

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  2. leander's avatar leander January 3, 2023 / 11:59 am

    the largest number i have seen on a cab is 113 so I think that there are that many cabs.

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    • AO's avatar AO March 7, 2023 / 2:16 pm

      Yes, there are 113 cabins. Only 110 cabins on line, 3 kept in reserve in the cabin barn that get rotated in whenever a cabin needs pulled from the line for maintenance

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