Top drive terminal.Lift line.Lift shack and top terminal.Breakover towers.An empty lift line in the spring.Top terminal and breakover towers from above.This lift has tensioning at both ends because it is so long.Lower section of the lift line.Doppelmayr tower.Another view down the lift line.Upper section of the lift.Looking back down.Chair parking rail with maintenance bay.
This is obviously a dopp but the top terminal kind of resembles the early 90’s poma terminal. Just a coincidence. At a lot of mountains in oregon and washington, the weather is very aggressive, so many of the lifts there have custom terminals built to withstand the weather.
It’s a UNI-M terminal with the rare outer walkways around the tire banks, similar to Fitzsimmons & Garbanzo at Whistler and Gold Hill, Prospect, & Ute Park at Telluride.
The terminal is exactly the same as Deer Point, but with a different skin on top. If you look closely, the terminal supports and the turnaround are just like any Uni Spacejet.
Hey, Can you tell me what lift that lift is from what ski resort? Those Space Jet terminals are rare to see and I would like to know what lift that is from. Thanks!
The breakover honestly looks a bit like the breakovers on Revelstoke’s gondola and Christie Peak, with two tubes and three lifting frames, the only difference being that in Norhwest’s case, the lifting frame that isn’t positioned over a tower tube only has sheaves for the uphill side.
Bachelor lifts have had several breakdowns in recent years. Most notably Skyliner 2021/2022, Outback 2021ish, and Northwest 2015 and 2022/2023. They are operating on the diesel back generator and running somewhere around 75 % of full speed.
Northwest at Mt. Slowchair Is currently the longest ride at 18 minutes this year due to only operating on backup generator. In terms of distance travelled I believe it is also the longest in the state.
This made me curious. Looks like it is, by a not insignificant margin. No other chair gets past 7000 feets. The Wallowa Lake Tramway Gondola Lift Thingie over in the Wallowas by Wallowa Lake in Wallowa County is longer, but it is not, in point of fact, a chairlift. Any time I ride this, I definitely start getting antsy about halfway and start counting down the chairs.
Operation Update: Northwest will be closed Monday, 3/18 – Thursday, 3/21 as Lift Maintenance teams install a new electric motor with the goal to reopen Friday, 3/22. Stay tuned here and on social channels for updates.
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The center arm rests were removed for the 18/19′ season to make way for new seat pads.
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Are those custom terminals?
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This is obviously a dopp but the top terminal kind of resembles the early 90’s poma terminal. Just a coincidence. At a lot of mountains in oregon and washington, the weather is very aggressive, so many of the lifts there have custom terminals built to withstand the weather.
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It looks like a UNI-M terminal with a custom skin that makes it similar in appearance to the sister Outback Express.
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Though that’s a good point it could pass for a Poma Challenger terminal pretty easily.
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It’s a UNI-M terminal with the rare outer walkways around the tire banks, similar to Fitzsimmons & Garbanzo at Whistler and Gold Hill, Prospect, & Ute Park at Telluride.
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Weird, this was built at the same time as Deer Point Express at Bogus Basin in Idaho but the terminals look 5 years older.
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The terminal is exactly the same as Deer Point, but with a different skin on top. If you look closely, the terminal supports and the turnaround are just like any Uni Spacejet.
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Northwest’s terminals look more like prototypes for the second generation of Spacejet terminal. For comparison:
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Hey, Can you tell me what lift that lift is from what ski resort? Those Space Jet terminals are rare to see and I would like to know what lift that is from. Thanks!
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Santiago Express-Keystone, Colorado
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There’s also one at Stratton, VT. I don’t think it’s the same generation though. American Express.
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The breakover honestly looks a bit like the breakovers on Revelstoke’s gondola and Christie Peak, with two tubes and three lifting frames, the only difference being that in Norhwest’s case, the lifting frame that isn’t positioned over a tower tube only has sheaves for the uphill side.
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Video of the lift:
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Is it just me or does this lift run ominously slow for its length?
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Bachelor lifts have had several breakdowns in recent years. Most notably Skyliner 2021/2022, Outback 2021ish, and Northwest 2015 and 2022/2023. They are operating on the diesel back generator and running somewhere around 75 % of full speed.
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Rumor mill has it that the underground powerline to the top terminal is damaged and will be fixed this summer. It’s nice that the Pape’s put in such a monstrous Caterpillar backup motor in NWX. http://www.skilifts.org/old/images/resort_images/or-mtbachelor/northwest/topterminal2.jpg
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More problems for North West’s newly repaired motor
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Northwest continues to have some issues in 2024, hopefully the new motor will get here soon…..
https://centraloregondaily.com/mount-bachelor-northwest-express-lift/
Didn’t last too long on the first day,,,,,, sounds like it back on the schedule …..
https://centraloregondaily.com/mt-bachelor-northwest-express-chairlift/
Love that chair, look forward to riding it soon
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I hope it does not suffer from the same fate as Skyliner :(
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last time I was on the lift it was running on diesel. Is this normal?
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is this the longest chairlift in Oregon?
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Northwest at Mt. Slowchair Is currently the longest ride at 18 minutes this year due to only operating on backup generator. In terms of distance travelled I believe it is also the longest in the state.
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This made me curious. Looks like it is, by a not insignificant margin. No other chair gets past 7000 feets. The Wallowa Lake Tramway Gondola Lift Thingie over in the Wallowas by Wallowa Lake in Wallowa County is longer, but it is not, in point of fact, a chairlift. Any time I ride this, I definitely start getting antsy about halfway and start counting down the chairs.
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Electric motor is being installed this week.
NORTHWEST LIFT CLOSURE 3/18-3/21
2024-03-18 07:00:00
Operation Update: Northwest will be closed Monday, 3/18 – Thursday, 3/21 as Lift Maintenance teams install a new electric motor with the goal to reopen Friday, 3/22. Stay tuned here and on social channels for updates.
https://www.mtbachelor.com/the-mountain/weather-operations/conditions-report
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