That’s so cool to see that document! And I’ve seen historical photos of that original double with wooden towers, they definitely went for wood the first time around.
Born in ‘56. I remember being about 6 or 7, ride the old wooden lift. My sis would touch snow at the top of the headwall. The geometry of the butte vs line of lift. Sometimes it was rather scary when there was a lot of new snow, but I never managed to get pulled off! I felt such a brave kid! Love skiing!
In the early days of this lift, my father told me, on a few occasions the governor(speed control) malfunctioned. Whoa whee! Took off so fast you’d be looking straight down. Of course, then the stop switch is hit & whoosh, lookin’ straight up! Several more wicked swings before calming! A few times folks fell right on off!
In his high school days, my father helped shuttle the lodge, in numbered pieces, from then recently decommissioned Camp Adair. They’d get free lift ticket for their help!
Certainly, many of my best memories are from Hoodoo. I don’t remember ever overnighting in the lodge, as we had a little old 1950’s camper.
The fireplace was so huge they’d have such a big Yule log, it burn well past New Years!
Such wonderful memories!❤️🌞
generousdelectablycf248a5b07March 7, 2025 / 10:29 am
Skied here a while back its one of those places that you know your coming back to I have skied countless ski resorts and ski resorts that are not owned by corporations are the best
There was another chair here called Blue in the same alignment as the current Manzanita chair, no clue as to when it was installed but I would assume it was a Riblet based off of their other lifts. I also assume it was removed in 1987 when Manzanita was put in.
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The original Green lift was not homemade, but a very early Riblet double lift with wooden towers: https://skihoodoo.com/announcement/quote-for-ski-lift/
It was destroyed in 1967 by a forest fire.
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That’s so cool to see that document! And I’ve seen historical photos of that original double with wooden towers, they definitely went for wood the first time around.
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Some pictures of the original Green Lift from the Forest Service’s photo archive:
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Edelweiss’ Heron double was likely sold to Hoodoo in 1963:
https://scontent.fscn1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1464763_263722583802497_1093413418_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_ohc=snrb1S2yuh4AX8cAjpR&_nc_ht=scontent.fscn1-1.fna&oh=02a856e2e125b4f52eba9b240e82f3f7&oe=6079D67E
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Must’ve been Blue chair, removed in 1987 to make way for Manzanita.
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Born in ‘56. I remember being about 6 or 7, ride the old wooden lift. My sis would touch snow at the top of the headwall. The geometry of the butte vs line of lift. Sometimes it was rather scary when there was a lot of new snow, but I never managed to get pulled off! I felt such a brave kid! Love skiing!
In the early days of this lift, my father told me, on a few occasions the governor(speed control) malfunctioned. Whoa whee! Took off so fast you’d be looking straight down. Of course, then the stop switch is hit & whoosh, lookin’ straight up! Several more wicked swings before calming! A few times folks fell right on off!
In his high school days, my father helped shuttle the lodge, in numbered pieces, from then recently decommissioned Camp Adair. They’d get free lift ticket for their help!
Certainly, many of my best memories are from Hoodoo. I don’t remember ever overnighting in the lodge, as we had a little old 1950’s camper.
The fireplace was so huge they’d have such a big Yule log, it burn well past New Years!
Such wonderful memories!❤️🌞
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Not my sis, my skis!🌞
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Chair counts:
Ed: 56
Green Machine: 116
Hodag: 56
Manzanita: 72
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Skied here a while back its one of those places that you know your coming back to I have skied countless ski resorts and ski resorts that are not owned by corporations are the best
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There was another chair here called Blue in the same alignment as the current Manzanita chair, no clue as to when it was installed but I would assume it was a Riblet based off of their other lifts. I also assume it was removed in 1987 when Manzanita was put in.
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