Bottom Doppelmayr Uni terminal.Leaving the base.View down the lower line.Another view of the line.Top terminal and unload ramp.Another view of the top.Bottom terminal side view.Doppelmayr Worldbook entry.
The design capacity is 2800 riders/hr, but the lift only has enough chairs (88) to achieve a comfortable 2400 riders/hr (103 chairs would have been required to achieve 2800 riders/hr).
This thing still spins like a top, 1000fpm all day every day. I always say that the Uni-S/M/L series detachables that Doppelmayr USA built are some of the best lifts on the planet, and North Peak is a prime example.
I do think the Uni-S/M/L lifts are very well built, and the design is stylish even by today’s standards. But most of the lifts don’t run as fast as this one. The focus with the new design was to be able to make smaller detachable terminals that could fit in more places, and I credit that with allowing detachable lifts to become so much more widespread than just 1 or 2 main lifts.
I love this lift. I think it would make a great relocation to somewhere where it could get more use. It is planned to be replaced as a part of the 2030 plan and since Boyne doesn’t like buying high speed quads, I wonder if a 6 would work here.
Six-pack seems like it would be overkill here, I haven’t seen this lift run midweek since before Covid. But if Boyne wanted to give this the refurb treatment to replace a fixed-grip elsewhere on the mountain and put a new six here, I won’t stop them.
I cannot figure out why Boyne wants to replace this as a part of their 2030 plan. It is relatively young and runs quite well, does not get congested relative to the rest of the mountain, not important enough to run on non-holiday weekdays, and on the opposite side of the Western Reserve and “future center” of Sunday River.
I don’t really get it either, but it’s not an urgent priority… once we’re at the 2030 end of the timeline, I’m assuming Barker and South Ridge and Tempest will be replaced and this will be the oldest detach on the mountain. I wonder if that part of the plan is less about North Peak’s equipment and more about a larger rethink of this area. Maybe Boyne thinks it’ll get more bang for its buck in the long run if they put a new lift here and move this one refurbished to, I don’t know, Locke or Aurora when those are ready to get ripped out. Or maybe there’s a realignment they have in mind for North Peak; I can’t imagine what that would look like but I wish this lift was easier to access from Barker.
One of the older detachable lifts here. Maybe it’s one of the slower detachable lifts here. Would be nice to see it get replaced since its not reliable on windy days nor does the lift have any footrests
This lift is not too old for a detachable, but it is certainly not the slowest at Sunday River. There have been multiple videos of North Peak Express on YouTube of the lift running at its design speed, which is around 4.98 Meters Per Second (or 980.3 feet per minute), which for a lift of its age is well above average. As far as windy days, Sunday River actually can run lift 6 on most windy days of the year, as the lift is not exposed and runs through the trees for most of its length. I remember a couple years ago when the Chondola was closed mid-week, they even managed to get Lift #6 open (at a reduced operating speed of course) on a day it was not scheduled to be open.
This lift is fast you’re right. Sometimes on windy lifts they have to shut it down. I remember last year when I went the only lift operating was Little White Cap
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The design capacity is 2800 riders/hr, but the lift only has enough chairs (88) to achieve a comfortable 2400 riders/hr (103 chairs would have been required to achieve 2800 riders/hr).
This thing still spins like a top, 1000fpm all day every day. I always say that the Uni-S/M/L series detachables that Doppelmayr USA built are some of the best lifts on the planet, and North Peak is a prime example.
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I do think the Uni-S/M/L lifts are very well built, and the design is stylish even by today’s standards. But most of the lifts don’t run as fast as this one. The focus with the new design was to be able to make smaller detachable terminals that could fit in more places, and I credit that with allowing detachable lifts to become so much more widespread than just 1 or 2 main lifts.
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I love this lift. I think it would make a great relocation to somewhere where it could get more use. It is planned to be replaced as a part of the 2030 plan and since Boyne doesn’t like buying high speed quads, I wonder if a 6 would work here.
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Six-pack seems like it would be overkill here, I haven’t seen this lift run midweek since before Covid. But if Boyne wanted to give this the refurb treatment to replace a fixed-grip elsewhere on the mountain and put a new six here, I won’t stop them.
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I cannot figure out why Boyne wants to replace this as a part of their 2030 plan. It is relatively young and runs quite well, does not get congested relative to the rest of the mountain, not important enough to run on non-holiday weekdays, and on the opposite side of the Western Reserve and “future center” of Sunday River.
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I don’t really get it either, but it’s not an urgent priority… once we’re at the 2030 end of the timeline, I’m assuming Barker and South Ridge and Tempest will be replaced and this will be the oldest detach on the mountain. I wonder if that part of the plan is less about North Peak’s equipment and more about a larger rethink of this area. Maybe Boyne thinks it’ll get more bang for its buck in the long run if they put a new lift here and move this one refurbished to, I don’t know, Locke or Aurora when those are ready to get ripped out. Or maybe there’s a realignment they have in mind for North Peak; I can’t imagine what that would look like but I wish this lift was easier to access from Barker.
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One of the older detachable lifts here. Maybe it’s one of the slower detachable lifts here. Would be nice to see it get replaced since its not reliable on windy days nor does the lift have any footrests
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This lift is not too old for a detachable, but it is certainly not the slowest at Sunday River. There have been multiple videos of North Peak Express on YouTube of the lift running at its design speed, which is around 4.98 Meters Per Second (or 980.3 feet per minute), which for a lift of its age is well above average. As far as windy days, Sunday River actually can run lift 6 on most windy days of the year, as the lift is not exposed and runs through the trees for most of its length. I remember a couple years ago when the Chondola was closed mid-week, they even managed to get Lift #6 open (at a reduced operating speed of course) on a day it was not scheduled to be open.
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This lift is fast you’re right. Sometimes on windy lifts they have to shut it down. I remember last year when I went the only lift operating was Little White Cap
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