Yan drive/tension terminal.Leaving the bottom station.Looking down the line from the top station.View up the short lift line.The first few towers.Drive terminal.View riding up the line.Arriving up top.Side view of the top bullwheel.
Baker used to be all height-adjustable. None of the new lifts have height-adjustable drives, though, just 2 and 8. Looks like all but 1 have adjustable returns.
Looks like Vail is wanting to replacing Orient 21 and interestingly Little Eagle 15 as well with a detachable. Would that make it one of the shortest detachables?
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This is the original Sourdough triple chairlift.
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This lift replaced a double chair didnt it?
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Correct, it replaced a Yan double
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Do they run this lift in the summer?
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Yes. To service the Zip Line. You can also take chairlift rides, but you can’t ride down.
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The return station is brand-new, the original not surviving the relocation from Two Elk:
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Sourdough, not Two Elk
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That’s what I meant, from the Two Elk side of the mountain.
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funny to see anything at Vail with a height adjustable terminal
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Height adjustability is more of a california/oregon thing.
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Baker used to be all height-adjustable. None of the new lifts have height-adjustable drives, though, just 2 and 8. Looks like all but 1 have adjustable returns.
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Looks like Vail is wanting to replacing Orient 21 and interestingly Little Eagle 15 as well with a detachable. Would that make it one of the shortest detachables?
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/whiteriver/projects/68128
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It probably would, although they want to put it in an updated alignment ending higher.
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