The out-of-base Golden Express was the first Yan lift to appear at Pico and eventually had to be upgraded by Poma following accidents at other mountains.New Poma towers.Sheave assemblies integrated into the bottom station.View down the lower part of the line.Middle section of the line.The top return terminal.Side view of the upper station with a Poma enclosure adapted onto the Yan “pancake”station.Yan Y towers.Another shot of the upper station.Lift line seen from the main base area.
Golden Express bottom terminal pre-modifications: http://www.chairlift.org/pics/pico/pi87.jpg
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So j7 at June isn’t the last operating Yan with these carriers.
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Actually, J6 at June has these “pentagon” chairs, while J7 has the teardrop chairs.
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As per the Killington’s social media, the Poma chairs from the SuperStar lift will replace the Yan Pentagon chairs seen in the photos here.
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Anyone know why the Poma chairs never made in on this season?
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