The Compagnie des Montagnes de Ski du Québec partnered with Doppelmayr for a new six pack at Mont Grand-Fonds in 2024.The Lynx Express runs base to summit and replaced an aging T-Bar.Side view of the UNI-G top station.The bottom station features an indoor maintenance bay for mechanics to work on grips behind the turnaround.Loading area with queueing gates.View riding up the line parallel to an older quad.Tower 4 with large assemblies.Middle section of the lift line.View back down the line.Nearing the summit.Chair designed for comfort and safety.The top terminal has a rail for a possible future parking building.Chair over rural Quebec.A chair arriving at the return station.View down from tower 10.Another view of the top station.A carrier passing tower 10.Side view of the bottom station and short maintnenace rail.Inside the top terminal.View from the summit station.A grip and chair seen from above.Return bullwheel.View riding down.Tower 6.Lift overview.Tower 2.A large support tower.Tower 9.Safety bars do not lower automatically but do raise automatically in the top station.View back at the base station.Riding out of the base area.Tower 4.Middle section of the line.Another look at the drive terminal and tower 1.
14 thoughts on “Lynx Express – Mont Grand-Fonds, QC”
Erik SahlinDecember 14, 2024 / 2:16 pm
Beautiful lift! Gotta note that the carriers are the more European style, kinda reminds me of Burns at DV and Greenhorn Ranch at Steamboat. I also notice Doppelmayr put in European Towers, but not the conical, d-line kind.
How many lifts in NA have auto-raising safety bars (excluding bubble lifts and lifts equipped with auto locking bars)? I only know of this one and Crest 6 at Brighton.
Not quite. Currently, towers from Europe are conical, towers from US are straight. This may change. eg Red and Creekside Gondola at WB are UNI-G with conical towers.
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Beautiful lift! Gotta note that the carriers are the more European style, kinda reminds me of Burns at DV and Greenhorn Ranch at Steamboat. I also notice Doppelmayr put in European Towers, but not the conical, d-line kind.
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WOW so gorgeous.
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Is this the 1st chair in North America with this style of chair?
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No, there is the Sommet Express at Sommet Saint-Sauveur (with heated seats, but without automatic restrain bars) and Burns Express at Deer Valley.
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Yes because the chairs are the CS8 Model chair, we never had CS8 Model Chair in North America
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love the look of this lift paired with the euro-style carriers
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How many lifts in NA have auto-raising safety bars (excluding bubble lifts and lifts equipped with auto locking bars)? I only know of this one and Crest 6 at Brighton.
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The two you mentioned, Burns Express at Deer Valley, Greenhorn Ranch Express at Steamboat, and the two D-line six packs at Mammoth.
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Quite the upgrade from an old T-Bar!
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Interesting that this lift doesn’t use conical towers.
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Only D-line uses conical towers, so this won’t have them.
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Not quite. Currently, towers from Europe are conical, towers from US are straight. This may change. eg Red and Creekside Gondola at WB are UNI-G with conical towers.
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I stand corrected.
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According to higher ups the new plant in SLC will be building the conical towers for NA soon.
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