This lift was relocated from the former Broadway line to replace a Hall double.Leitner-Poma preformed the relocation work alongside building a new six pack.Loading area.Tower 1.Middle section of the lift line.Tower head with combination assemblies.Upper part of the line.Arriving at the Highlands.Unloading area and return bullwheel.Poma Z station.View from the summit.Middle part of the line.Looking uphill at tower 2.
This lift follows a completely different alignment compared to the E-Lift that it replaced. It follows the Fordham Road and Rip Van Winkle trails, instead of the Central Park North and Central Park trails. This was done to keep lift towers out of Central Park North, the main beginner trail in Hunter East. When this lift was the Broadway Quad, it was top drive, but it was switched to bottom drive here. This results in it being the only bottom drive lift with a Z style return at the top. Most top returns use the same structure that Hunter has on the F-Lift. Also, this lift is running 7 days a week, while E only ran on weekends, which cut off access to all of its terrain.
The tower numbers are painted on the silhouette of the Pennsylvania Railroad logo, an obvious holdover from its time as B-Lift (which was named after the Pensy’s Broadway Limited train).
This lift follows a completely different alignment compared to the E-Lift that it replaced. It follows the Fordham Road and Rip Van Winkle trails, instead of the Central Park North and Central Park trails. This was done to keep lift towers out of Central Park North, the main beginner trail in Hunter East. When this lift was the Broadway Quad, it was top drive, but it was switched to bottom drive here. This results in it being the only bottom drive lift with a Z style return at the top. Most top returns use the same structure that Hunter has on the F-Lift. Also, this lift is running 7 days a week, while E only ran on weekends, which cut off access to all of its terrain.
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The tower numbers are painted on the silhouette of the Pennsylvania Railroad logo, an obvious holdover from its time as B-Lift (which was named after the Pensy’s Broadway Limited train).
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Hunter Mountain should give lifts F, H, and C real names too.
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