This lift was the fourth Doppelmayr detachable quad built at Bogus Basin.The lift replaced a Riblet triple.View up the lift line.Uni-G-M station.Tower 1 and the bottom terminal.Short maintenance rail.The lift travels over a mountain coaster multiple times.Middle section of the lift line.View back down with the Deer Point Express behind.Tower 9.Arriving at the drive terminal.Top station overview.Side view of the upper station.Tower 10.View down at T8.Upper part of the lift line.Lower line.Lift overview.Doppelmayr operator house.Riding up at tower 3.Unloading area.Top terminal underskin.Full lift line.A combination assembly.Side view of the return terminal.Another view of the entire lift.
They list the names of donors; Bogus being 501(c)(3) and all. There’s been a plaque at Simplot Lodge for all the folks who donated to the Chair 3 detach project, although I can’t remember if it’s still there. There’s a surprising and healthy amount of support in the Valley for the hill when one thinks of all the jackasses in Boy-Cee who try to diminish it and say they’d rather drive the 3 hours to Brundage for a smaller hill with less diverse terrain. Bogus provides a solid service with some good community outreach–scholarships to underprivileged kids for alpine skiing, nordic skiing, Snow School (science and being outside in the elements), that sort of thing–but they do have to rely somewhat on donation. This is the same hill that kick-started the season pass boom when they introduced the $199 pass back…um…when they did. The year is escaping me right now. Anyway, you get the drift.
I could be mistaken, but I feel like the operator houses were adopted from the design used at Snowbird. Doppelmayr is using them for all of its new lift installations though and not resort specific, like Tamarack.
They just added 15 between Closing Day (3 Apr) and Supply Chain Saturday (16 Apr). There are 65 chairs now. Chair 3 is also getting new chairs. I think 15 as well, but it was a little hard to count cos the mechanics had them stacked real nice like.
The length and the amount of panes. Here are all the types of uni-g terminals.
• UNI-G S (Short, used on TSD4 or TSD6) ( 21 windows )
• UNI-G M (Medium, normal, used on TSD4, TSD6) ( 25 windows )
• UNI G L (Long used on TSD8, gondola 5 m / s) ( 31 windows )
• UNI-G XL (Extra Long, used on the cable cars to 6m / s ( 33 windows )
• UNI-G XXL (Extra Extra Long , used at present only on the Cairn and Caron gondolas in Val Thorens)
• UNI-G 15-seater gondola (37 panes)
So far, with a few operator error sorta exceptions, the Axess seems pretty smooth. Every so often you gotta shimmy this way or that, but it rarely fights anyone taller than a 7 year old; the gates’ weakness is definitely the younger folk. It’s even fairly easy to use with a bike after one or two tries. Not that really answers your full question, but this system is totally fine.
I’ve used both systems regularly, and Entabeni RFID gates are way more consistent in reading my RFID badge as soon as I go through the gate. Axess systems arent terrible, but if you have your wallet in your coat, it messes with the reader and regularly fails to read my or my friends RFID cards, whereas Entabeni readers seem to ignore any interference from other cards. I cant imagine any scenario in which resorts would choose axess over Entabeni aside from Axess being the cheaper system.
I mean, they’re not not advertisements. Sponsor and receive visibility with some of that corporate upside benefit. It isn’t a straight-up ad, but the end result is the same.
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Are the custom seat backs for the logo or advertising?
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They list the names of donors; Bogus being 501(c)(3) and all. There’s been a plaque at Simplot Lodge for all the folks who donated to the Chair 3 detach project, although I can’t remember if it’s still there. There’s a surprising and healthy amount of support in the Valley for the hill when one thinks of all the jackasses in Boy-Cee who try to diminish it and say they’d rather drive the 3 hours to Brundage for a smaller hill with less diverse terrain. Bogus provides a solid service with some good community outreach–scholarships to underprivileged kids for alpine skiing, nordic skiing, Snow School (science and being outside in the elements), that sort of thing–but they do have to rely somewhat on donation. This is the same hill that kick-started the season pass boom when they introduced the $199 pass back…um…when they did. The year is escaping me right now. Anyway, you get the drift.
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I could be mistaken, but I feel like the operator houses were adopted from the design used at Snowbird. Doppelmayr is using them for all of its new lift installations though and not resort specific, like Tamarack.
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Tamarack reused the UNI-GS high speed quad’s shacks for Wildwood:
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Here’s a good comparison of the old and the new:
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…And another new Dopp with issues. Two full days now, waiting for the tech rep to get here. Hm.
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Anyone know if this lift is at capacity with number of chairs on the line? It seems to be missing a few chairs to operate at 2400 PPH.
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Initial installed capacity was 1,850 pph.
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So it could have chairs added in the future if management wants to….
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They just added 15 between Closing Day (3 Apr) and Supply Chain Saturday (16 Apr). There are 65 chairs now. Chair 3 is also getting new chairs. I think 15 as well, but it was a little hard to count cos the mechanics had them stacked real nice like.
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As of last season, it now is. They added 15 chairs to get the lift up to 2,400 pph.
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What makes the UNI-GM different from the standard UNI-G
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The length and the amount of panes. Here are all the types of uni-g terminals.
• UNI-G S (Short, used on TSD4 or TSD6) ( 21 windows )
• UNI-G M (Medium, normal, used on TSD4, TSD6) ( 25 windows )
• UNI G L (Long used on TSD8, gondola 5 m / s) ( 31 windows )
• UNI-G XL (Extra Long, used on the cable cars to 6m / s ( 33 windows )
• UNI-G XXL (Extra Extra Long , used at present only on the Cairn and Caron gondolas in Val Thorens)
• UNI-G 15-seater gondola (37 panes)
*This info was from a previous comment Peter made
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Deer Point and this one have Axess card readers now.
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Which works better and which is cheaper?
Entabeni Systems RFID system, or
Axess RFID system?
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So far, with a few operator error sorta exceptions, the Axess seems pretty smooth. Every so often you gotta shimmy this way or that, but it rarely fights anyone taller than a 7 year old; the gates’ weakness is definitely the younger folk. It’s even fairly easy to use with a bike after one or two tries. Not that really answers your full question, but this system is totally fine.
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I’ve used both systems regularly, and Entabeni RFID gates are way more consistent in reading my RFID badge as soon as I go through the gate. Axess systems arent terrible, but if you have your wallet in your coat, it messes with the reader and regularly fails to read my or my friends RFID cards, whereas Entabeni readers seem to ignore any interference from other cards. I cant imagine any scenario in which resorts would choose axess over Entabeni aside from Axess being the cheaper system.
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The lift was originally built with 50 chairs. It recently had 15 chairs added to it to up the capacity to 2,400 pph.
Before the capacity upgrade:
After the capacity upgrade:
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Are those advertisements on the back of the seats?
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No, they’re sponsors. Bogus is a nonprofit.
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I mean, they’re not not advertisements. Sponsor and receive visibility with some of that corporate upside benefit. It isn’t a straight-up ad, but the end result is the same.
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