Hey Peter, do you remember that Lake Louise master plan that came out a year or two ago? I’m trying to create a Google Earth overlay for it, but I can seem to locate it on the web. Do you have a link to it, by any chance?
Hi Peter, A few bits to add. Before Eagle chair there was an Eagle Poma going up the run of that name. Olympic chair should have a vertical a good chunk more than Glacier, and near about that of the Griz Gondi. I suspect the last unnamed one is the Oly chair and the stats for the Oly chair may be for Eagle Poma – just a guess. The original VonnRoll Gondi ran until about 1993 or so. I rode it in 1991 I believe.
I enjoy how Poma named all of its chairlift terminals and models, but gave abrupt alphanumeric designations to its surface lifts. Our remaining one is an F10; original Storm King was a J100, the old one at Loveland was an H90, and so on.
Only triple chair that Murray -Latta built in fact last new chairlift they built (1976). Went to Fortress Mountain in RCR days but was never installed.
Before the larch chair, there was a detachable pomalift running up the run (aptly named) Larch Poma. It started from the Temple Lodge up to the top of the Larch area.
I find it interesting that Lake Louise has lifts from each of the four industry leaders in detachable chairlifts (Leitner, Poma, Leitner-Poma, Doppelmayr). Also, can anyone tell me what the differences between Leitner, Poma, and Leitner-Poma are, and the differences in their current produce options. Thank you!
Poma was from France with plant in USA
Leitner was from Italy, bought out Blue Mountain Lifts from Ontario to get into North American market, built first lifts in Canada in 1998.
Leitner-Poma, Leitner bought out Poma and have slowly been combining their technologies together. Still build most parts in USA for North America.
Doppelmayr is from Austria, they bought out Garaventa from Switzerland (mostly to gain their tram and 3S technology) 3S is originally a Von Roll design. Doppelmayr has plants in Canada and the USA. Some parts still come from Austria and chairs (hanger arm and bail) have been manufactured in Thailand for years.
Really only two big manufacturers now Leitner/Poma and Doppelmayr/Garaventa.
http://www.chairlift.org/louise.html
looks like that old gondola from 1959 was called White Horn, and was removed around 1998. Street view from 2012 shows some towers still standing, and the newer one from the last couple years shows them being gone. Anyone go there frequently, and can see if there are some remaining?
Summit (not Alpine) was originally a T-bar at Louise. It was converted to a platter in 1986 (I was in Grade 11).
An sold school Poma lift used to parallel the Eagle double chair. I only rode it a few times as it only operated on weekends. It was removed in about 1985.
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Hey Peter, do you remember that Lake Louise master plan that came out a year or two ago? I’m trying to create a Google Earth overlay for it, but I can seem to locate it on the web. Do you have a link to it, by any chance?
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Here it is https://skimap.org/data/22/1460/1558901330.png
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Hi Peter, A few bits to add. Before Eagle chair there was an Eagle Poma going up the run of that name. Olympic chair should have a vertical a good chunk more than Glacier, and near about that of the Griz Gondi. I suspect the last unnamed one is the Oly chair and the stats for the Oly chair may be for Eagle Poma – just a guess. The original VonnRoll Gondi ran until about 1993 or so. I rode it in 1991 I believe.
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It looks like the Eagle Poma was an early 60-s style detachable pomalift judging from these pictures:
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Terminal appears to be a T50 Poma terminal, which was in production from the mid 50s to the early 60s.
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I enjoy how Poma named all of its chairlift terminals and models, but gave abrupt alphanumeric designations to its surface lifts. Our remaining one is an F10; original Storm King was a J100, the old one at Loveland was an H90, and so on.
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Olympic and Eagle have had remnants removed this year. Was looking forward to it, and then they weren’t there.
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The old Ptarmigan quad went 1000 feet per minute?!
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The correct number is 450. It is fixed now. Thank you.
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The old Glacier triple was not a Yan, it Was a Murray-Latta, judging by the tower/sheave design.
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You can see the old Glacier Triple running here at 1:59
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Murray-Latta for sure. I see their unique double-pivot guide sheaves behind the Molson can.
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Only triple chair that Murray -Latta built in fact last new chairlift they built (1976). Went to Fortress Mountain in RCR days but was never installed.
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Found a picture on Reddit of the new Summit quad:
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any good photos of friendly giant summer bubbles? on the line during operation??
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Here’s two photos I know of http://www.chairlift.org/pics/louise/lo1.jpg
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Lower Juniper has a bottom drive and tension, 14 towers, and 75 chairs.
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Before the larch chair, there was a detachable pomalift running up the run (aptly named) Larch Poma. It started from the Temple Lodge up to the top of the Larch area.
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are you still in banff peter?
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Back in Jackson Hole now.
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I find it interesting that Lake Louise has lifts from each of the four industry leaders in detachable chairlifts (Leitner, Poma, Leitner-Poma, Doppelmayr). Also, can anyone tell me what the differences between Leitner, Poma, and Leitner-Poma are, and the differences in their current produce options. Thank you!
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They did not have Garaventa CTEC
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True. I forgot.
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Poma was from France with plant in USA
Leitner was from Italy, bought out Blue Mountain Lifts from Ontario to get into North American market, built first lifts in Canada in 1998.
Leitner-Poma, Leitner bought out Poma and have slowly been combining their technologies together. Still build most parts in USA for North America.
Doppelmayr is from Austria, they bought out Garaventa from Switzerland (mostly to gain their tram and 3S technology) 3S is originally a Von Roll design. Doppelmayr has plants in Canada and the USA. Some parts still come from Austria and chairs (hanger arm and bail) have been manufactured in Thailand for years.
Really only two big manufacturers now Leitner/Poma and Doppelmayr/Garaventa.
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http://www.chairlift.org/louise.html
looks like that old gondola from 1959 was called White Horn, and was removed around 1998. Street view from 2012 shows some towers still standing, and the newer one from the last couple years shows them being gone. Anyone go there frequently, and can see if there are some remaining?
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They’ve been gone for a while
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I don’t think there was ever an Alpine lifts T-bar at Lake Louise, only Sunny.
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Summit (not Alpine) was originally a T-bar at Louise. It was converted to a platter in 1986 (I was in Grade 11).
An sold school Poma lift used to parallel the Eagle double chair. I only rode it a few times as it only operated on weekends. It was removed in about 1985.
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Summit was Mueller, Alpine lifts is an early name for Doppelmayr, but the only T-bar they built at Louise was Sunny.
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Skier72 put together a great video on this place:
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Saw it. It was a very good video, so much history I did not know of. I hope we can get more of those!
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