View over from Larkspur.Loading area with maintenance rail.Riding up the line.This lift is steep!Nearing the top.Arriving at the Grouse Mountain summit.Unloading ramp and operator house.Top terminal from below.The breakover.Upper part of the lift line.Lower section of the line.Lift overview.
15 thoughts on “Grouse Mountain Express – Beaver Creek, CO”
Mark VaughanFebruary 11, 2018 / 4:28 pm
I was an intern at CTEC-Garaventa in 1991 when we built this chairlift. The supervisor was Alan Hepner. There was also a guy named Tim. That was a great summer.
i only know of one lift that has the same terminals and the other one is great western at Brighton is there any more out there or are these the only two detachables that are like this
The three Garaventa CTEC high speed quads at Vail (Pride Express, Wildwood Express, Riva Bahn Express) were also built with this style. Two of the other three Garaventa CTEC high speed quads at Beaver Creek (Bachelor Gulch Express and Strawberry Park Express) have them too.
the former Eagle Express at Solitude was a CTEC detachable that didn’t use Garaventa or Doppelmayr detachable technology. Instead they used Von Roll grips and acceleration equipment. That’s the only one I know of in NA that fit.
To the best I can tell, here’s the early timeline for CTEC detachables. The only non Doppelmayr/Garaventa CTEC I’m aware of is Eagle at Solitude.
-1989: Partnership with Von Roll to build Eagle at Solitude.
-1990: Partnership with Garaventa at Bear Mountain (AK grips, CTEC line gear)
-1991: Continued partnership for Grouse Mountain at Beaver Creek (“Vail” style terminals and chairs)
-1992: Continued partnership for Great Western at Brighton, Telluride Gondola (?)
-1993: First Stealth terminals, lifts branded as “Garaventa CTEC” (on controls, etc.) instead of just CTEC.
If anybody has info to add or an error to correct, please feel free to do so.
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I was an intern at CTEC-Garaventa in 1991 when we built this chairlift. The supervisor was Alan Hepner. There was also a guy named Tim. That was a great summer.
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Alan and Tim are both active in the biz still, Alan with SkyTrac and Tim with whomever has an install job he would like.
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i only know of one lift that has the same terminals and the other one is great western at Brighton is there any more out there or are these the only two detachables that are like this
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The three Garaventa CTEC high speed quads at Vail (Pride Express, Wildwood Express, Riva Bahn Express) were also built with this style. Two of the other three Garaventa CTEC high speed quads at Beaver Creek (Bachelor Gulch Express and Strawberry Park Express) have them too.
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Was bear mountain express at bear mountain built with an earlier version of this terminal?
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Let’s look:
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This is at least a better color scheme than the ones at Vail
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Are there many CTEC detachables not combined with Doppelmayr or Garaventa out there?
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CTEC never developed their own detachable technology.
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the former Eagle Express at Solitude was a CTEC detachable that didn’t use Garaventa or Doppelmayr detachable technology. Instead they used Von Roll grips and acceleration equipment. That’s the only one I know of in NA that fit.
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I think the Gondola at Sugar Bowl is a CTEC with VonRoll equipement.
https://liftblog.com/village-gondola-sugar-bowl-ca/
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To the best I can tell, here’s the early timeline for CTEC detachables. The only non Doppelmayr/Garaventa CTEC I’m aware of is Eagle at Solitude.
-1989: Partnership with Von Roll to build Eagle at Solitude.
-1990: Partnership with Garaventa at Bear Mountain (AK grips, CTEC line gear)
-1991: Continued partnership for Grouse Mountain at Beaver Creek (“Vail” style terminals and chairs)
-1992: Continued partnership for Great Western at Brighton, Telluride Gondola (?)
-1993: First Stealth terminals, lifts branded as “Garaventa CTEC” (on controls, etc.) instead of just CTEC.
If anybody has info to add or an error to correct, please feel free to do so.
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This lift gains a lot of vertical in a very short amount of time
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Anyone ever waited in a line here aside from a Talons Challenge Saturday?
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nope. even on Talons Saturday, you rarely wait for more than a minute or two.
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