Built as part of the Intrawest expansion years, Flying Mile is not actually a mile long.There is a half mid-station that can be bypassed.View down the lower part of the line.View up the lift line just below the midstation.Towers 1 and 2.A very short Doppelmayr station.Loading area.Riding over the middle station when not in use.Nearing the summit.View down the lift line from the summit.Arriving at the drive terminal.Small maintenance rail near the unload ramp.An early model Uni Spacejet station.View up the upper part of the line.A side view of the intermediate stop.A tower with three sets of sheaves.Lift overview.In the summer this lift services a luge track.Arriving at the mid-station.Luge carts automatically unload at the mid-station.Mid-station in use for the summer.Tower 7 in summer configuration.Automated cart loading.Half mid-station unloading area.Summer overview.Doppelmayr Worldbook entry.
They need one of these on payday express at park city on their mid station. Payday runs really slow in the summer because the mid station isn’t detachable.
I’ve ridden Flying Mile in the summer. It runs at about 3 meters per second if I had to guess. I believe that’s as fast as it can go when using the mid station as it’s really short. The upper 2/3rds of the lift spins empty all summer as they do not allow anyone to ride past the mid station.
The mid station is not original. It was built in 2004 when the luge opened. However, at least one of the lifts previously in this vicinity did have a winter use mid station but it was uphill of the current one, just before the steep climb. I wonder if the tower before it was always that height or if it was lengthened for the installation of the mid station. The bottom terminal is placed uphill from where the original triple started to make more room for the village. What’s also odd is that it has the 80’s style base plates which makes me think they reused footings from the triple. Duncan has the newer style ones and was built 3 years earlier.
This lift has a much steeper initial climb out than the triple it replaced. To improve skier flow, they moved the base up by doing a lot of earthwork to keep the same elevation. They also opted for an S length terminal at the bottom so both the drive and tensioning are at the top, which is unusual for a detachable.
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When is the mid-terminal used?
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It is used in the summer only to serve the luge track.
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They need one of these on payday express at park city on their mid station. Payday runs really slow in the summer because the mid station isn’t detachable.
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I’ve seen a video of it in the summer. It runs slower than most fixed grips!!
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I’ve ridden Flying Mile in the summer. It runs at about 3 meters per second if I had to guess. I believe that’s as fast as it can go when using the mid station as it’s really short. The upper 2/3rds of the lift spins empty all summer as they do not allow anyone to ride past the mid station.
Here’s a video of the operation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n81VOy5gTk
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Hi! For the luge we run at 2.4m/sec and for Tonga Lumina we run at 1.9m/sec
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What is Tonga Lumina?
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It’s an evening activity that tells the legend of the giant of the mountain with a show of light
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That sounds cool. Jiminy Peak does something somewhat similar which is a haunted chairlift ride around Halloween.
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This lift is more like the Flying Three-Quarter Mile.
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If I’m not mistaking, it was named after one of the original owner’s horse
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The mid station is not original. It was built in 2004 when the luge opened. However, at least one of the lifts previously in this vicinity did have a winter use mid station but it was uphill of the current one, just before the steep climb. I wonder if the tower before it was always that height or if it was lengthened for the installation of the mid station. The bottom terminal is placed uphill from where the original triple started to make more room for the village. What’s also odd is that it has the 80’s style base plates which makes me think they reused footings from the triple. Duncan has the newer style ones and was built 3 years earlier.
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I think this runs at 1000 fpm because the world book says 5 meters per second and in Collin Parsons’ video it looked faster than 985.
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5 meters per second is about 985 feet per minute. Normally they run it at 4.5, as is the case during my recording.
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This lift has a much steeper initial climb out than the triple it replaced. To improve skier flow, they moved the base up by doing a lot of earthwork to keep the same elevation. They also opted for an S length terminal at the bottom so both the drive and tensioning are at the top, which is unusual for a detachable.
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