This lift is one of two Mueller doubles at Cypress Mountain.The bottom terminal has both the drive and tensioning systems.Lift overview.Simple fixed bullwheel up top.Unloading ramp and operator house.View down the lift line with Eagle and Lions Express lifts in the background.
They are late-model Mueller center pole chairs. The older ones had straighter hanger arms and safety bars/footrests that would swing around from the sides and latch on the hanger arm. Those were offered in the 60s, while these, along with the bail chairs were offered from the late 60s, although these are pretty rare. Most Muellers in the east were built with the old center poles and were given new bail chairs, as eastern resorts don’t particularly like center poles.
Today, there is only one operating center pole in New England, the Blue Chair or something like that at Bosquet, MA…slated for replacement next year. Sad.
However, there are a pair of early model Muellers with center poles and swinging safety bars: the doubles at Highmount and Basset Mountain. Additionally, there are three Borvig center pole quads (two of which share towers) at nearby(ish) Swain.
Slated to be replaced in 2025 by a Doppelmayr Quad. Originally one of the side-by-side Green Chairs at Whistler (not sure which one). The cattle chute ramp at the top at Whistler was terrifying for a “beginner” chair!
It’s possible. The ANSI standard for double chairs is 550 fpm, and 2.9 is 570. I don’t have a copy of the CSA Z98 (which this lift operates under) handy, but I would think it’s similar.
That said, I doubt this lift actually runs at 2.9 on a regular basis.
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Midway is getting a brand new haul rope this season. As i speak they are replacing the old one.
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What lift was this originally, at Whistler Blackcomb?
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One of the old green chairs I believe.
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Those look like Doppelmayr chairs
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They are Mueller Center Pole chairs. Not Doppelmayr.
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They are late-model Mueller center pole chairs. The older ones had straighter hanger arms and safety bars/footrests that would swing around from the sides and latch on the hanger arm. Those were offered in the 60s, while these, along with the bail chairs were offered from the late 60s, although these are pretty rare. Most Muellers in the east were built with the old center poles and were given new bail chairs, as eastern resorts don’t particularly like center poles.
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Today, there is only one operating center pole in New England, the Blue Chair or something like that at Bosquet, MA…slated for replacement next year. Sad.
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However, there are a pair of early model Muellers with center poles and swinging safety bars: the doubles at Highmount and Basset Mountain. Additionally, there are three Borvig center pole quads (two of which share towers) at nearby(ish) Swain.
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My apologies, those five are in New York. Basset and Highmount are abandoned, with Highmount’s chairs still on the line.
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Some ski resorts in Québec operate old style Mueller center-pole chairs, such as Mont Sutton.
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Slated to be replaced in 2025 by a Doppelmayr Quad. Originally one of the side-by-side Green Chairs at Whistler (not sure which one). The cattle chute ramp at the top at Whistler was terrifying for a “beginner” chair!
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openskimap says that this chair goes 2.9 m/s. Does anyone know if this is true?
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It’s possible. The ANSI standard for double chairs is 550 fpm, and 2.9 is 570. I don’t have a copy of the CSA Z98 (which this lift operates under) handy, but I would think it’s similar.
That said, I doubt this lift actually runs at 2.9 on a regular basis.
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If the clientele warrants it, they might run it slower. Whitewater now runs the Silver King chair at low speed daily, as it is for beginners.
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