CTEC return terminal with Doppelmayr operator house.Bottom station from above.View up from the base.Another view of the line.Lower station.Leaving the base area. This lift is scheduled to be replaced with a high speed quad.View up the long, flat lift line.Upper half of the line.New Doppelmayr tower head.View down the lift line.Arriving at the top drive station.CTEC drive terminal.Motor room and last tower.View down the line near the bottom of Yellow and Scott.Another look at the line.Lift overview from above.
After 6 years, this lift is still missing in action to my knowledge. I would find it strange it would be scrapped by Alterra. I could see it being reinstalled at Crystal.
they literally just have them sitting around doing nothing, as far as I am concerned I dont know why they dont do anything with them. Both of them were extremely long lifts and most of the lifts they could replace are much shorter than they were. Replacing alpine bowl with red dog and making it end higher up would be a no brainer, not sure why they aren’t chasing that opportunity. I would say hotwheels could be used to upgrade several lifts at the olympic side, from belmont to maybe even a rerouted broken arrow which starts a little bit above silverado.
I’m not sure what I’m looking at in this picture, perhaps remains of one of the weasel chair’s midstations? Regardless, it is long gone now and explains the newer dopp tower head which was on tower 8.
When I rode that lift when I skied here, the chair sometimes bounced off the line from towers 9 and 10 and the lift usually was down once or twice a month due to this issue. They then pulled them out to stop this from happening.
Former Hot Wheels mid station that was removed. If I remember correctly, the lift was configured as shown with the mid station closed for a few years before the mid station towers were removed/replaced with a new tower head on Tower 8 as shown in the other pictures. It looks like this lift ended up on the White Wolf property if and when Troy Caldwell can finish building his lift up the backside of KT.
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Isn’t that drive terminal called the Gemini?
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No, Gemini was a later model drive/tension station. This might have been the original Northstar.
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Does anybody know where this lift is headed moving forward?
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Not yet. Probably to another alterra resort (would make a lot of sense at June mtn).
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After 6 years, this lift is still missing in action to my knowledge. I would find it strange it would be scrapped by Alterra. I could see it being reinstalled at Crystal.
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I’m really surprised that this and Red Dog haven’t been used anywhere. Tons of obvious potential for these chairs at Alterra resorts:
Alpine: Alpine Bowl, Yellow, Kangaroo
Squaw: Oly lady, Belmont
Mammoth: 12 or 14
June: J1 or J2
Schweitzer: Sunnyside
Or an expansion/beginner lift basically anywhere..
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they literally just have them sitting around doing nothing, as far as I am concerned I dont know why they dont do anything with them. Both of them were extremely long lifts and most of the lifts they could replace are much shorter than they were. Replacing alpine bowl with red dog and making it end higher up would be a no brainer, not sure why they aren’t chasing that opportunity. I would say hotwheels could be used to upgrade several lifts at the olympic side, from belmont to maybe even a rerouted broken arrow which starts a little bit above silverado.
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whos excited for the new treeline cirque chair? I want more pics of that!
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why is there no treeline cirque pics on here yet? It’s now open!
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Don’t worry, he’ll get them soon!
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I’m not sure what I’m looking at in this picture, perhaps remains of one of the weasel chair’s midstations? Regardless, it is long gone now and explains the newer dopp tower head which was on tower 8.
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Those midstation towers lasted until around 2011 or 2012.
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When I rode that lift when I skied here, the chair sometimes bounced off the line from towers 9 and 10 and the lift usually was down once or twice a month due to this issue. They then pulled them out to stop this from happening.
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Former Hot Wheels mid station that was removed. If I remember correctly, the lift was configured as shown with the mid station closed for a few years before the mid station towers were removed/replaced with a new tower head on Tower 8 as shown in the other pictures. It looks like this lift ended up on the White Wolf property if and when Troy Caldwell can finish building his lift up the backside of KT.
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google maps updated their satellite and now you can see the old hot wheels stored on Caldwell’s property. https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B010'20.4%22N+120%C2%B014'25.9%22W/@39.17234,-120.2410672,167m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d39.1723404!4d-120.2405198
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Does anyone know why this was a top drive compared to everything else being a bottom drive? Even the new treeline cirque is bottom drive
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Typically the availability of AC Power. Top Drive’s are more efficient, require less tensioning force and usually require use a smaller haulrope.
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