Iron Horse – Winter Park, CO

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Iron Horse is one of four Heron-Poma doubles at Mary Jane. This tower is Yan, however.
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Towers 1-3.
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Counterweight.
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View up the line.
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Loading area from above.
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View back down the lift line.
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Iron Horse is one of four parallel lifts at Mary Jane, three of which are Heron-Poma doubles.
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Upper part of the line.
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Tower 20.
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Unloading ramp and lift shack.
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Top station with vault drive.
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Lower half of the line.

13 thoughts on “Iron Horse – Winter Park, CO

  1. Donald Reif's avatar Donald Reif May 28, 2019 / 6:31 pm

    The profile of the first few towers out of the loading area kinda reminds me of a Riblet lift.

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  2. BarkeeStone's avatar BarkeeStone January 6, 2020 / 2:44 pm

    I think this lift useful for getting out of Mary Jane. I think a hsq can add more uphill capacity.

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    • Donald Reif's avatar Donald Reif January 6, 2020 / 6:46 pm

      A high speed quad would certainly make access from Mary Jane back to the Winter Park area a bit quicker since one could then bypass Lunch Rock.

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  3. thunder_wolfe's avatar thunder_wolfe January 7, 2020 / 10:34 am

    They could replace pony and iron horse with a high speed quads with a mid station at where pony ends and goes to the top of iron horse

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  4. Raj Thorp's avatar Raj Thorp February 22, 2020 / 9:38 pm

    This is one of very few lifts with 200+ chairs

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  5. skitheeast's avatar skitheeast February 24, 2020 / 9:17 am

    I think this lift, alongside Pony Express, should be replaced with a detachable lift from the Mary Jane Base to Sunspot. It would be effective in getting more people out of Mary Jane and better spreading them out around the mountain.

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  6. Neil's avatar Neil January 25, 2021 / 3:01 pm

    What’s the scoop on replacing the broken wheel/carrier replacemnt on the Iron Horse chair at the Jane

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    • Ryan's avatar Ryan May 4, 2021 / 5:00 pm

      What broken wheel?

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  7. Joshua Redman's avatar Joshua Redman January 8, 2022 / 2:04 pm

    What do you mean broken wheel/carrier replacement. I can get the carrier replacement, but broken wheel?

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    • Areyousureaboutthat's avatar Areyousureaboutthat April 4, 2024 / 12:56 pm

      who let u in

      are you authorized personnel

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  8. Raidy (raidify)'s avatar Raidy (raidify) June 14, 2023 / 3:32 pm

    I’m not sure that is stock because it’s a 70s lift at a big resort but maybe

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    • pbropetech's avatar pbropetech June 15, 2023 / 9:00 pm

      What do you mean? That looks like a Heron motor room that’s been impeccably maintained, which those guys are known to do.

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