Borvig built many lifts at Roundtop and this 1970s J-Bar outlast all the others.The drive motor is integrated into this mast.The line is short with only three towers.A split tower.T3.Rare J carriers.The top station with tensioning.
Hm. The signage is confooosing. It says to keep the J-bar handle in front of you, unequivocally, but if the horizontal is a seat, where is the handle? Is the tow bar what Pennsylvanians call a handle? It’s fine if it is. I’m from the linguistically monotonous PNW. Land of no J-bars.
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Wait. Are J-Bars just overgrown handletows? I thought they were like platters or Ts.
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You sit on the horizontal part…not hold on to it. So your first thought is correct.👍
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To clarify, the horizontal part is used like a T bar- it pulls you, you don’t hold on to it.👍
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Hm. The signage is confooosing. It says to keep the J-bar handle in front of you, unequivocally, but if the horizontal is a seat, where is the handle? Is the tow bar what Pennsylvanians call a handle? It’s fine if it is. I’m from the linguistically monotonous PNW. Land of no J-bars.
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This mountain runs it weird. They do not let you sit on the bar, and will yell at you if you try. The signage is correct.
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Hmmm. From a google search it looks like the Ski Roundtop J- bar is used in a terrain part and the riders actually hold on to the horizontal part!🤔🥺
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The J’s hang to high for anyone to ride them properly (like a tbar) unless there’s a good 3 foot base of snow by the look of the pics.
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Not good for the riders’ arms’ stamina. Having ridden a ~1800′ T-bar (World Cup at Waterville Valley) in such a fashion, I can attest to this.
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