This Doppelmayr quad replaced an older Doppelmayr double but in a new, longer alignment.The undulating lift line features a number of tall towers with large sheave assemblies.The old lift remained in place for the new lift’s initial season.Arriving at the summit, which is a few hundred feet higher than the old lift-served summit of Marmot Basin.View from the top toward Jasper.Breakover towers 13 and 14.One of three hold down towers along the line.A convex portion of the line.The portion near the old Knob summit.The middle of two hold down towers.Tower with 24 sheaves.Steep middle section of the line.View riding out of the base.Combo assemblies on tower 4.View back down.Lift line parallel to the old lift.Tower head on tower 7.View down near the old summit.EJ chair with puck style foot rests.Tower 9.Tower 10.T13View from the summit.Unloading area. The top shack is powered by a wheel generator on the bullwheel.Tower 14.Return bullwheel.Chair 24.Tower 12.Newly lift-served terrain above the old summit.Another view of the new summit area.Tower 8.Tower 5.View down at tower 4 toward Eagle Ridge.The lone combination tower on this alignment.The first few towers.View up the line.Bottom station with loading conveyor.Loading area.Tristar drive-tension station.View up at tower 2.Bottom station overview.Lift overview.The entire alignment seen from Eagle Ridge along with the old Knob chair before removal.Lower station area with RFID gates.Upper part of the lift line.
This practice of installing the new lift, but having the lift it’s replacing be kept in place for the first season, is basically the same thing that 49 Degrees North did with Northern Spirit.
Having the old double co-exist with the quad does provide some perspective as to how much longer and more vertical the quad has, and how much higher up on Marmot Peak you’re unloading.
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The views on this lift are insane!
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This practice of installing the new lift, but having the lift it’s replacing be kept in place for the first season, is basically the same thing that 49 Degrees North did with Northern Spirit.
Having the old double co-exist with the quad does provide some perspective as to how much longer and more vertical the quad has, and how much higher up on Marmot Peak you’re unloading.
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They could have kept it in case the new lift had a mechanical issue, I personaly prefere TriStar better than AlpenStar
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Why not bring the lift all the way to the peak? Wind?
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I heard there were wind and geotechnical concerns. I think I also heard it would be difficult to get a novice run down from the summit.
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Maybye because of park regulation as Marmot sits in Jasper National park
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The most accurate way to describe this lift is that its profile is like that of a staircase.
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I have thought that one of those bullwheel generators was possible for years, I am glad that someone actually built it!
Also, these pictures–and the new lift–are utterly stunning.
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Love this lift, they should build more TriStars!
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This lift is one of my favorites.
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