This lift replaced a Yan double chair with identical speed and capacity.Leitner-Poma Alpha drive station.Side view of the bottom terminal.View up at tower 1.Riding up the line.This lift has lots of combination assemblies due to its profile.Tower 6 of 12.View back down at T6.Tower 9.Arriving up top with Lenawee and Beavers lifts in the background.Unloading area and top operator hut.An Omega double chair.Breakover towers.View down at T10.Looking up at the top breakover.Leaving the bottom station.T4.The steep lift line.Return terminal.Another view of the top station.Lift overview.
Disagree. The ridge up top is super narrow. There’s barely a road to get up there, and I can only imagine setting an Alpha up there would be a construction nightmare. Besides, the lift maintenance shop is no more then 500 feet away from the bottom terminal.
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A Basin did a great job building this lift. It’s beautiful.
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It sure looks different seeing the lift without any big flyovers on the light side.
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The ride stays the same
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It is a beautiful lift.. Poma can be proud.
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Leitner Poma…
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Why replace if it has same speed and capacity? Was the old lift unreliable?
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https://arapahoebasin.blogspot.com/2020/02/retiring-pallavicini-lift.html
Was kept a double to maintain character. Old lift was getting old so they decided it was time.
Quite similar to Castlerock at Sugarbush in that way..
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And it probably makes things easier from a maintenance perspective since they have an all Leitner-Poma lift fleet.
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I think this should be a top drive the bunny hill lifts drive is at the top.
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Disagree. The ridge up top is super narrow. There’s barely a road to get up there, and I can only imagine setting an Alpha up there would be a construction nightmare. Besides, the lift maintenance shop is no more then 500 feet away from the bottom terminal.
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Agreed with Aidan’s comment. This lift goes far from power lines. Cannot have top drive.
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Call up the local power/electrical contractor and get a quote for a 3500 foot run of three phase over a 1000’+ vertical rise.
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Stunning Lift !
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One of a few lifts that goes straight from the base area to above timberline.
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