Larch Express – Lake Louise, AB

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Bottom drive terminal with just one concrete mast.
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Towers 1-2 just out of the base terminal..
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View up the line.
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Leitner tower.
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View down the line.
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Tower 15.
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Arriving at the return terminal.
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Return station with Yan operator house.
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Another view of the summit terminal.
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Looking down the line at tower 14.
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Loading area and maintenance rail.
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Leitner detachable terminal.
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Top station from below.

8 thoughts on “Larch Express – Lake Louise, AB

  1. Steven December 22, 2021 / 3:11 pm

    This lift is grate it has nice Green runs & blue runs off of it not to busy & lots of the runs have moguls on them.

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  2. kiroro236 December 30, 2023 / 12:36 pm

    The Villarais Lift and Altispace in France, Schönalmbahn and Angerbahn in Austria, Schöntauf 2 in Italy, Stafel-Seetalhorn in Switzerland ,and the 3 Quad Chairs in Takasu Snow Park Japan have this style of terminal

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  3. WH2Oshredder March 14, 2024 / 8:32 pm

    I feel like this lift is not a compact model, when I compare it to Glacier, the terminals on Larch are much more beefy, even the return, why is that? Also the lift shack does not look like Yan.

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    • A skier March 28, 2024 / 10:23 am

      These terminals are Leitner’s Automatic terminal design, which came before the design on Glacier, which is Leitner’s Plan de Gralba. The Plan de Gralba is on a majority of Leitner’s lifts in North America.

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      • WH2Oshredder March 30, 2024 / 9:01 pm

        Interesting, spoke to a mechanic at Fernie, and he said that Larch was the more expensive model, and Glacier the cheaper option. From a maintenance point of view.

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    • WH2Oshredder June 16, 2024 / 8:14 pm

      My bad, after a closer look, it is a Yan lift shack.

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  4. Martin June 16, 2024 / 6:27 pm

    Anyone know why the Elevator Shaft run above Larch was removed from the skiable terrain?

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    • WH2Oshredder June 16, 2024 / 8:13 pm

      Avalanche danger.

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