This lift was initially supposed to be installed at Park City Mountain, but due to local opposition, it sat for two years and was eventually installed at Blackcomb.Doppelmayr Connect controls.UNI-G return station in Park City colours.Lift overview from Glacier Creek restaurant.The new lift follows the exact same alignment as the previous high speed quad.Doppelmayr name plateUnloading area and short maintenance rail.Top terminal under cover.Flat middle section of the line.Tower 1.Side view of the bottom station.Work carrier.View riding out of Glacier Creek.This was originally planned to replace Eagle at Park City and initially included a mid station.Tower 7.European style breakover towers.View back down the first steep pitch.Tower 9.Riding toward the summit.Tower 14.Tower 15.Arriving at the summit.View from the top.Top station overview.The top of the lift sits right at the tree line.Canadian style hold down tower.The final pitch.The flat section of the line.Another view up the line.Tower 8.EJ style six place chair.Steep lift line.View up near the bottom terminal.Tower 3.
I guess Whistler Blackcomb will need to make the neighboring Peak Express’s bottom terminal red to match this lift. Same with the Garbanzo Express to match Fitzsimmons’s top terminal
My thoughts exactly! I really hope Whistler continues with this red trend, although that likely won’t happen since this lift and Fitz were meant for PC.
Wow, Park City locals really don’t want a new lift! First Fitzsimmons and now this.
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Speaking of, what lift was this supposed to replace at PC?
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Eagle, in a longer alignment
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arent they going to now do it anyways? At this point I dont even know what Vail is doing
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What about Fitz? What was that going to replace?
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that was Silverlode. Park City said that building it would overfill the terrain it was located in and blocked construction
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And at the same time, vacationers are complaining about long lines. You can’t please anybody
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Another stealth photography mission by Peter. Glad you got a nice day for it.
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That low cloud cover looks beautiful
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What happened to the components for the midstation?
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I’m not sure. I know some (maybe most) of it was never manufactured. None of it showed up in our parking lot.
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Where are the indigenous names?
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Hmm… Good Question.
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Maybe there was no translation for the name?
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I guess Whistler Blackcomb will need to make the neighboring Peak Express’s bottom terminal red to match this lift. Same with the Garbanzo Express to match Fitzsimmons’s top terminal
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Neighboring Glacier Express, not Peak. Sorry
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No, Glacier and Garbanzo look nice in blue. If there is one lift that has to be painted like this one, it has to be Big Red…
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New Uni-G terminal very shiny!! All of these photos are so stunning!!! Red terminal very vibrant!!
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My thoughts exactly! I really hope Whistler continues with this red trend, although that likely won’t happen since this lift and Fitz were meant for PC.
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