This lift services a massive terrain pod and replaced a long, slow CTEC quad.The terminals are two tones of blue as part of Powder Mountain’s art program.View up the long, varied lift line.The return station and tower 1.The bottom station is powered entirely by generator with no grid power available.View riding out of the bottom of Powder Mountain.Combination assemblies on tower 6.Riding up the first of a few very steep pitches.Looking back down the line.The towers are painted blue and white rather than being bright galvanized.Support tower 9.European style tower heads.View back down at tower 10.T11.Towers on a rocky point.Middle section of the line.Hold downs on tower 12.American style tower head.Tower 17.Large generator at the summit to provide backup power in case of an outage.Drive station with small maintenance rail.Unloading area.Two tone blue UNI-G station.View down from the summit.The final few towers on a ridge.Steep upper part of the line.View down in steep terrain.Upper lift line.Towers 10 and 11.View down at tower 10.Looking up from tower 11.Tower 9 in very steep terrain.Lower lift line.The bottom station with generator shed.
Has anyone else other than Deer Valley put in painted (vs. galvanized) towers on a new installation in the last 15 years or so? These and the other new ones at Powder Mountain are the only ones I can think of.
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Why is the backup generator at the top if its a bottom drive lift?
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The drive is at the top.
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Maybe because there is power at the summit to charge the generator?
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Oops, I forgot to read Donald’s comment, the lift is top drive.
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Has anyone else other than Deer Valley put in painted (vs. galvanized) towers on a new installation in the last 15 years or so? These and the other new ones at Powder Mountain are the only ones I can think of.
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Feels so rare to see standard EJ carriers with traditional ski rests, were these carriers reused from somewhere?
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Powder Mountain decided not to order the puck ones, standard footrests are still an option, Lake Louise went with them for the new Pipestone lift.
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I think you made a mistake Peter. On the picture captioned “Tower 21”, it says on the tower that it is 17.
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