European style Doppelmayr name plate.View up at tower 1.Lower station overview.Tower 3 seen from below.The middle part of the lift line is also the flattest.Looking up Golden Peak.Empty lift line.View down at tower 5.Steep upper part of the lift line.Depression tower.Looking towards Mid-Vail.Doppelmayr surface lift tower head.The track.Top terminal overview.Return bullwheel.Both the drive and tensioning are at the other end.Breakover towers 10 and 11.Side view of the top terminal.Unloading area.Another view of the summit, just shy of the true Golden Peak summit.Another view down the line.Doppelmayr towers and Ts manufactured in Europe.Lower lift line.Spring box Ts.View down at tower 3.Lower station.Side view of the drive bullwheel.Loading area, motor, gearbox and bullwheel.The line has 74 Ts total.Lift overview.
Agreed! Tempting to hike up there this summer to look at it. I wish they would open it to the public daily, as that looks like some pretty nice terrain.
The Golden Peak T-Bar is usually open to the public on Fridays. I’m not sure of how consistent that is from week-to-week or even month-to-month for that matter, its just something I’ve heard from a local last winter.
That seems like a steep T-bar! Maybe that’s part of the reason it’s not open (other then racing of course) although Horstman at Whistler was really steep. It does feel like lifts and runs are closed too often for racing though. For example, Eagle at PC reserves its midstation for racers, although when I went last year there was a good foot of powder on Picabo’s and Commitment and all three Eagle runs were closed. C.B’s run was groomed but nobody was allowed to ski it all day and it ended up with fresh corduroy at the end of the day. As somebody who has raced before, I know it’s important to have space to practice, but it just seems excessive sometimes.
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That’s a beautiful T-Bar!
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Agreed! Tempting to hike up there this summer to look at it. I wish they would open it to the public daily, as that looks like some pretty nice terrain.
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It sure is!
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They didn’t make a big deal about this construction despite it opened a sizable amount of new terrain.
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Not many people venture over this way or start out of Golden Peak compared to the base areas with gondolas.
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It’s not normally open to the public.
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Yeah kinda sad. I really want to ride this beaut
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How often is this open to the public?
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The Golden Peak T-Bar is usually open to the public on Fridays. I’m not sure of how consistent that is from week-to-week or even month-to-month for that matter, its just something I’ve heard from a local last winter.
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That seems like a steep T-bar! Maybe that’s part of the reason it’s not open (other then racing of course) although Horstman at Whistler was really steep. It does feel like lifts and runs are closed too often for racing though. For example, Eagle at PC reserves its midstation for racers, although when I went last year there was a good foot of powder on Picabo’s and Commitment and all three Eagle runs were closed. C.B’s run was groomed but nobody was allowed to ski it all day and it ended up with fresh corduroy at the end of the day. As somebody who has raced before, I know it’s important to have space to practice, but it just seems excessive sometimes.
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Those are some beautiful trees! Great location for a T-Bar.
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