The base to summit gondola at Mont-Sainte-Anne opened in late 1989.Loading on the turnaround at the bottom terminal.Unloading area in the top terminal building.The upper terminal with cabin parking and other facilities.Looking up the steep part of the line.Two types of towers next to each other.The return bullwheel.Another view of the return station and parking rails.Top bullwheel with a vault drive below.A support tower near the summit.Overview of the summit station.Another view of the drive station.Looking down the long lift line.Lower part of the line.Early CWA cabins with DS grips.A Doppelmayr tower.Middle part of the line.Tower 3.Lower station building.
One of those other facilities surrounding the top station is the start ramp for the UCI World Cup DH track that is run every summer. Kinda cool.
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Note the clearly different sized sheave in picture No. 6. The depression sheaves appear to be 400mm, not sure about the larger sheaves.
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