The Paradise Express opened in 2011 in a completely new alignment indirectly replacing three older Doppelmayr lifts.Aerial view of the top terminal.The upper station is directly adjacent to the Canadian Rockies Express.Terminal underskin and lift line.Lower station with integrated sheave assemblies.The unload point.Top terminal.Leitner-Poma Omega T Grip.Lower station side view.View up the line near the retired Caribou chair’s top station.Looking down at tower 12.Another view down the line.T14.Lift line overview.Chair 4.Another view of the top station.Arriving at the drive.A crossarm and lifting frame.Riding up.View back down the first part of the line.Lift overview.View up from the base terminal.
9 thoughts on “Paradise Express – Marmot Basin, AB”
Collin ParsonsMarch 28, 2019 / 7:07 pm
This is one of two Omega’s built in 2011 after the LPA entered production. The other is Super Glide at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. It made sense for Marmot Basin to get the Omega for this lift to have parts commonality with the Canadian Rockies Express.
It’s clearly in that state like what Winter Park left Outrigger in for three years before they turned it into Eagle Wind. I’d guess a triple chairlift would probably be useful in the Caribou lift line, since Paradise doesn’t completely replace it.
The run out is somewhat flat and they may have been trying to avoid unnecessary congestion. But both Paradise Express and the Knob chair start in funky spots where you have to be careful not to ski too low.
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This is one of two Omega’s built in 2011 after the LPA entered production. The other is Super Glide at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. It made sense for Marmot Basin to get the Omega for this lift to have parts commonality with the Canadian Rockies Express.
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Did you get any pics of the caribou double?
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Yes. https://liftblog.com/caribou-marmot-basin-ab/
Strange it is still on the trail map when it will obviously never run again.
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It’s clearly in that state like what Winter Park left Outrigger in for three years before they turned it into Eagle Wind. I’d guess a triple chairlift would probably be useful in the Caribou lift line, since Paradise doesn’t completely replace it.
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Does anyone know why this lift was built with the base where it is and not further down at the bottom of Caribou?
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Yeah, starting the lift down where Caribou started would make more sense since some trails in that area can’t exactly cut back to Paradise.
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The run out is somewhat flat and they may have been trying to avoid unnecessary congestion. But both Paradise Express and the Knob chair start in funky spots where you have to be careful not to ski too low.
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I think they mitigated that a little bit with Knob this year with the new quad, as the quad starts slightly downhill from where the double started.
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LOL “chair 4”
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