Top drive and tower 7.Top station motor room.Upper part of the lift line.Tower 1.Bottom tension station in Vail Village.Lift line view.Another view of the return with hydraulic tensioning.
I’m not 100% sure, but I believe this is the former Rose Bowl triple from Beaver Creek that was relocated, which was formerly the original Centennial chair at Beaver Creek.
Probably brand-new from Doppelmayr. Gopher Hill was constructed alongside the Mountaintop Express lift, so Doppelmayr could’ve supplied a new line of chairs for it. At the same time, I can get the idea that they might be recycled chairs from the original Sourdough, since that lift was 2,400 feet long when it operated as Sourdough and was shortened to half its original length for its relocation to Eagle’s Nest to replace Little Eagle.
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I’m not 100% sure, but I believe this is the former Rose Bowl triple from Beaver Creek that was relocated, which was formerly the original Centennial chair at Beaver Creek.
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Where did the chairs come from? The chairs in this article look different: https://www.google.com/search?q=beaver+creek+old+rose.bowl+lift&safe=strict&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS816US816&hl=en-US&prmd=misvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO78_f2ZDgAhUI0oMKHdW-AAgQ_AUIESgC&biw=375&bih=638#imgrc=V3VHNjuN1579UM .
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The original sourdough triple??
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Probably brand-new from Doppelmayr. Gopher Hill was constructed alongside the Mountaintop Express lift, so Doppelmayr could’ve supplied a new line of chairs for it. At the same time, I can get the idea that they might be recycled chairs from the original Sourdough, since that lift was 2,400 feet long when it operated as Sourdough and was shortened to half its original length for its relocation to Eagle’s Nest to replace Little Eagle.
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These chairs do not look brand new. They look like 1980’s EJ chairs. I think they were leftovers from when Sourdough was moved to Little Eagle.
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The bottom of the lift is in golden peak not vail village.
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