Riding up the line.Doppelmayr tower.Upper lift line.Support tower #13.Breakover towers just before the summit.Doppelmayr Uni-G drive.View from below of the top terminal.Looking down the line.EJ model six pack chairs with DT grips.The return terminal with indoor parking for chairs.Return station departure side.Lower terminal overview.Towers 5 and 6.The entire lift seen from Blackcomb.Arriving up top.View back toward Blackcomb.Long lift line.
Probably because the base of Symphony is more sheltered than this one so they can pull the chairs that would be above treeline and put them at the base of Symphony outside without issues. Harmony is also a lot newer and has (more expensive) 6 person chairs, both of which might be a factor.
Top drives are more efficient at moving the load and 6 person chairs move more people and do better in high winds from their added weight, 2 big advantages for this busy and wind exposed lift
Lift Blog 
Are the chairs parked nightly?
LikeLike
I believe that they remain on the rope like all the other plants.
LikeLike
I think they only come off the line during severe inclement weather.
LikeLike
Small parenthesis:
From me in Europe we put the chairs in stock every night.
LikeLike
Why does this lift have a parking barn, but Symphony doesn’t , especially when symphony is the one mostly in the windy area and above tree line
LikeLike
Probably because the base of Symphony is more sheltered than this one so they can pull the chairs that would be above treeline and put them at the base of Symphony outside without issues. Harmony is also a lot newer and has (more expensive) 6 person chairs, both of which might be a factor.
LikeLike
Also harmony is usually windy so it’s shut down on a windy day so they need to put the chairs somewhere instead of have them sway on the line.
LikeLike
Why replace a bottom drive detachable quad with a top drive detachable 6 pack?
LikeLike
Top drives are more efficient at moving the load and 6 person chairs move more people and do better in high winds from their added weight, 2 big advantages for this busy and wind exposed lift
LikeLiked by 1 person
They also require less tension
LikeLike