The Northwoods Gondola replaced the original VonRoll gondola at Gore but it travels in a completely different alignment and does not make it to the top of the old one.Bottom terminal and operator house.This is the return station.View up the lift line.Breakover towers.The last section is very steep.Elevators to and from the parking rails.Omega III cabins.Loading area at the return.Tower 1.Top turnaround area.Side view of the upper terminal.View down the line in winter.This lift received new cabins from Sigma in fall 2024.View up the line with new cabins.Sigma Diamond cabin with seating for 8.Storage facility with new cabins.New cabins on the upper part of the line.Close up of a new cabin.Lower lift line with new cabins.The bottom station with new cabins.Upgraded lift overview.New cabins during their first season.
Threes. Omega II and I had only half-height windows. An example of each model of cabin (based off of the images Peter provided me on an article recently): Omega I: Silver Bullet Gondola, Steamboat, CO. Omega II and III: Free Gondola, Telluride, CO. Omega IV: Sweetwater Gondola, Jackson Hole, WY. Omega V: only on promotional renders and a few on a gondola in Grankilbakken, Austria. All but the austrian lift are on this website. You can see X model cabins on the Eagle Bahn gondola in Vail, CO.
I believe this is one of the only lifts ever built with Omega 3 cabins that aren’t level walk in. The cabins are not in very good condition and will hopefully be refurbished or replaced soon. The Gangloff cabins at Whiteface have aged much better and the windows are polished occasionally.
I believe that the Panorama Gondola at Mammoth Mountain features Omega III’s and was one of the last Doppelmayr gondolas to not have level walk-in, as the gondola built in Heavenly only a year or two later was the first in the US to feature level walk-in.
I wonder why this lift doesn’t have a double stack drive like most of the bigger lifts that use first generation Omega terminals.
The Omega had two generations, the first lasting from 1998 to 2002, and the second lasting from 2003 to 2011. From what I’ve heard, the LPA was supposed to debut in 2007 at Vail with the Highline and Sourdough Express but development was delayed and the prototype was built in 2010, also at Vail. This may explain why the 2nd Generation Omega was around for so long and why some LPA features like the plastic foot rests and wood terminal underside skins started toappear on the late model Omega detachables.
This lift has seen its operating hours reduced in recent years. This mainly came from when the Adirondack Express began running in the summer in 2019. Except for one weekend in October, the two lifts never run at the same time. In 2020, this lift ran on Thursdays and Sundays, and the Adirondack Express ran on Fridays and Saturdays. It used to run every operating day, though the schedule varied from year to year.
As of yesterday, I just found out that Gore plans on replacing the cabins in the summer of 2024 with what I would assume would probably be Sigma diamond cabins similar to the ones on the Killington K-1 gondola.
Most busiest lift by far. Try to avoid this lift anyway you can. You get a great view of the upper mountain from the top. The top part of the line is pretty steep as it goes above a cliff.
All of the original cabins are now off the gondola and are currently being stored in the parking lot before many of them will be sent to be refurbished. The new cabins are still sitting it the crates they came in and have yet to be attached to the line.
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Are these Omega IIs?
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Threes. Omega II and I had only half-height windows. An example of each model of cabin (based off of the images Peter provided me on an article recently): Omega I: Silver Bullet Gondola, Steamboat, CO. Omega II and III: Free Gondola, Telluride, CO. Omega IV: Sweetwater Gondola, Jackson Hole, WY. Omega V: only on promotional renders and a few on a gondola in Grankilbakken, Austria. All but the austrian lift are on this website. You can see X model cabins on the Eagle Bahn gondola in Vail, CO.
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The Aerial Gondola at Sterling Vineyards, California, has CWA Omega V’s.
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And Ethos Cabins on the Casino express at Tremblant.
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What did the IIs look like?
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See my comment above. Peter also has a couple of pictures in the comments on his omega V article.
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I believe this is one of the only lifts ever built with Omega 3 cabins that aren’t level walk in. The cabins are not in very good condition and will hopefully be refurbished or replaced soon. The Gangloff cabins at Whiteface have aged much better and the windows are polished occasionally.
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I believe that the Panorama Gondola at Mammoth Mountain features Omega III’s and was one of the last Doppelmayr gondolas to not have level walk-in, as the gondola built in Heavenly only a year or two later was the first in the US to feature level walk-in.
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I wonder why this lift doesn’t have a double stack drive like most of the bigger lifts that use first generation Omega terminals.
The Omega had two generations, the first lasting from 1998 to 2002, and the second lasting from 2003 to 2011. From what I’ve heard, the LPA was supposed to debut in 2007 at Vail with the Highline and Sourdough Express but development was delayed and the prototype was built in 2010, also at Vail. This may explain why the 2nd Generation Omega was around for so long and why some LPA features like the plastic foot rests and wood terminal underside skins started toappear on the late model Omega detachables.
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Also there is a short lived 2nd gen Omega terminal where the bottom half was twice its size to house the drive. It was made only in 2003.
It is found on:
EZ Rider at Alpine Valley WI
Ajax X Aspen at Mountain CO
Tamarack and Summit X at Tamarack ID
Comet X at Granite peak WI
And some More on the top of my head.
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looked like this
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This lift has seen its operating hours reduced in recent years. This mainly came from when the Adirondack Express began running in the summer in 2019. Except for one weekend in October, the two lifts never run at the same time. In 2020, this lift ran on Thursdays and Sundays, and the Adirondack Express ran on Fridays and Saturdays. It used to run every operating day, though the schedule varied from year to year.
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As of yesterday, I just found out that Gore plans on replacing the cabins in the summer of 2024 with what I would assume would probably be Sigma diamond cabins similar to the ones on the Killington K-1 gondola.
https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/adsOpen.cfm?ID=3F522204-0FF5-4A53-B7F9-76F45E84780E
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Anyone know why the gondola has been down the past few days?
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Gearbox issues.
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Is it true that this lift is getting new Sigma Diamond cabins this summer?
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Most busiest lift by far. Try to avoid this lift anyway you can. You get a great view of the upper mountain from the top. The top part of the line is pretty steep as it goes above a cliff.
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All of the original cabins are now off the gondola and are currently being stored in the parking lot before many of them will be sent to be refurbished. The new cabins are still sitting it the crates they came in and have yet to be attached to the line.
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They’re putting the new sigma cabins on right now
Base Area Webcam – Gore Mountain
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Door openers were being installed yesterday!
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I’ve never seen Sigma Cabins with the LPA logo on them. Are there any other lifts that have this?
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What happened to the old cabins?
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I believe they were scrapped unfortunately. On Gore’s website they said that they will not be selling them.
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