High Five replaced Chair 5 in a different alignment.First few towers.Uni-G return terminal with height adjustment.Lower station with integrated tower 1.Lift overview.Uni-G station with maintenance rail.View on the ride.Looking back down.The breakover.Drive terminal and unload.Terminal underskin.Lift line.Top station seen from Face Lift.
Did they learn ya which species this is in Cdn History Bellingham School? I think it’s P. albicaulis or P. flexilis, but I’ve only been past the eastern Sierra in the middle of a dark night in late October ’04 and the van wouldn’t go straight so I hadda concentrate on 395 and couldn’t see the volcano even if it were light. Conifers.org says only P. albicaulis is around there, but even fancy educated people are wrong from time to time.
It’s not for the APU exhaust. It’s for extra headroom for the internal lifting trolley, which can be rolled from one end of the machinery deck to the other.
PB, I just want to let you know how much I appreciate your knowledgeable comments. I always learn something interesting when you chime in – and I know you aren’t just making stuff up!
Same here, PB has taught me so much about the inner workings of lifts, and has added so much to this site. Whenever I see your username pop up in the recent comments, its an instant click!
The terrain on this lift is great except for the fact that there is a geothermal vent near it which make the ride up the lift nauseating due the strong smell of sulfur.
I have ridden both the old and new Chair 5 at Mammoth hundreds of times including once today, and never smelled any sulfur. I have ridden chair 3 more, and never smelled any there either.
Does anyone have a photo of the top terminal from the Yan triple this lift replaced? I saw it in a video from afar and it looked really cool, similar to the top terminal of the wall at Kirkwood.
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That’s an upper terminal that isn’t height-adjustable. Rare for Mammoth, I guess.
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Judging by the krumholz all bent over and the snow fence, I’d guess the wind takes care of the excess :)
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Did they learn ya which species this is in Cdn History Bellingham School? I think it’s P. albicaulis or P. flexilis, but I’ve only been past the eastern Sierra in the middle of a dark night in late October ’04 and the van wouldn’t go straight so I hadda concentrate on 395 and couldn’t see the volcano even if it were light. Conifers.org says only P. albicaulis is around there, but even fancy educated people are wrong from time to time.
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this lift opened today on November 14 2021 crazy huh
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here is an old picture and video of this lift
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another video
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I’ve noticed that the on the drive station of doppelmayr lifts there is a hump for the smoke stacks how come there is a hump on the return station
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It’s not for the APU exhaust. It’s for extra headroom for the internal lifting trolley, which can be rolled from one end of the machinery deck to the other.
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PB, I just want to let you know how much I appreciate your knowledgeable comments. I always learn something interesting when you chime in – and I know you aren’t just making stuff up!
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Same here, PB has taught me so much about the inner workings of lifts, and has added so much to this site. Whenever I see your username pop up in the recent comments, its an instant click!
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Thanks, guys!
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The terrain on this lift is great except for the fact that there is a geothermal vent near it which make the ride up the lift nauseating due the strong smell of sulfur.
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I have ridden both the old and new Chair 5 at Mammoth hundreds of times including once today, and never smelled any sulfur. I have ridden chair 3 more, and never smelled any there either.
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Does anyone have a photo of the top terminal from the Yan triple this lift replaced? I saw it in a video from afar and it looked really cool, similar to the top terminal of the wall at Kirkwood.
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