Uni-GS drive terminal.Depression tower 1.Loading area and lift shack.Top terminal from Solitude.Leaving the base.Riding up the line.Another view of the line.Breakover towers 14-15.View down line.Top terminal.Looking down the line near the top.Tower 5.Unloading area.
gonna be upgraded to a HSS and this HSQ will be relocated. Might replace another at Brighton, or another resort. That’s the rumor, anyway. Anyone heard anything similar? Crest is aged out but might have another few years left
Rumor from the Michigan side is that Boyne Mountain is getting a used HSQ from Brighton to replace 2 triple chairs in the Disciples Ridge area on the north side of the resort. With the relatively shorter length of this lift, at under 4,000 ft it seems to jive with that potential rumor.
Best lift here no doubt. It’s one of the more quieter lifts. The profile of the lift is absolutely insane. I think it’s the fastest high speed quad here unless I’m mistaken?
If you’re referring to the steel loops on the inboard side of the assemblies, those are what we stand on when doing tower service. Doppelmayr calls them ‘access rails’, but Poma pioneered them and many of us call them ‘Pomapasses’ after their term for them.
How much harder are the Pomapasses to work on than the full catwalks? What’s the installation cost difference? Seems like it would be a minimal savings on installation compared to years of harder maintenance access, but I’ve never been up there!
I don’t mind them. There are much few places to set things down, but they are always at the same level relative to the assemblies where catwalks are sometimes too high. Six of one, and half a dozen of the other in my book.
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This is the most important lift in the Solbright connector, since you transit through this pod to get to and from Solitude.
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gonna be upgraded to a HSS and this HSQ will be relocated. Might replace another at Brighton, or another resort. That’s the rumor, anyway. Anyone heard anything similar? Crest is aged out but might have another few years left
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Rumor from the Michigan side is that Boyne Mountain is getting a used HSQ from Brighton to replace 2 triple chairs in the Disciples Ridge area on the north side of the resort. With the relatively shorter length of this lift, at under 4,000 ft it seems to jive with that potential rumor.
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That rumor is now not true because Disciples ridge lifts are getting replaced by an 8 pack.
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I’ve heard stories of how high the old milly double used to get off the ground but have only been able to find one or two photos (chairlift.org)
Does anyone have additional photos?
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This old millecent yan center pole double had a crazy span:
I wouldn’t want to be riding that lift on a windy day.
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the wildcat lift at Alta had a somewhat similar span, and its also a center pole yan, but it does not look to be as high.
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no center pole on wildcat nowadays
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Wait really? Did the chairs get replaced?
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I walked around Alta last week, the center pole chairs are still on
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Best lift here no doubt. It’s one of the more quieter lifts. The profile of the lift is absolutely insane. I think it’s the fastest high speed quad here unless I’m mistaken?
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just wait and ride Crest 6, that thing is the fastest high speed chair I have ridden ever, feels like a bullet train
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Why replace a relatively new lift, crowds??
https://liftblog.com/2024/10/25/news-roundup-404/
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What’s up with those guard things on the sheaves?
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If you’re referring to the steel loops on the inboard side of the assemblies, those are what we stand on when doing tower service. Doppelmayr calls them ‘access rails’, but Poma pioneered them and many of us call them ‘Pomapasses’ after their term for them.
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How much harder are the Pomapasses to work on than the full catwalks? What’s the installation cost difference? Seems like it would be a minimal savings on installation compared to years of harder maintenance access, but I’ve never been up there!
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I don’t mind them. There are much few places to set things down, but they are always at the same level relative to the assemblies where catwalks are sometimes too high. Six of one, and half a dozen of the other in my book.
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