This was the first new from manufacturer lift built at Lookout in almost 40 years.Peak 1 is the name for the main mountain which opened way back in the 1930s.Riding up the line.Lookout Pass completed installation itself and re-used tower tubes from the previous Riblet lift.View from the summit.The top terminal also re-used some previous structural elements.Unloading area.Riblet-turned-Skytrac station.Big breakover.View down the line.Middle part of the lift line.The first few towers.View back down the line.Tower 11.The same tower looking the other direction.Tower 15.The final few towers.Another view of the main face.Angled tower with new tower head.Lower part of the line.Side view of the drive terminal.Departing the bottom station.Tower 2.Another view of the top terminal.Monarch station design.Lift line overview.
Reusing towers tubes limited the capacity of this lift, I think 1780 pph was the most the existing equipment could handle so adding chairs would require upgrades to the entire line. The capacity was still an decent upgrade from the old lift.
Speaking of reusing towers. . .why the re-angle on the new tower caps? I know Riblet used a much more dramatic tube angle than anyone does today, but at first glance it seems like some of the rope force would be more in shear than directly into the footing.
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Probably the most beautiful SkyTrac ever made.
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Wait until you see today’s Skytrac.
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what do you mean?
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Also very photogenic: https://liftblog.com/colburn-schweitzer-id/
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I feel like they should’ve installed a high speed quad here, sometimes the lift lines get insane.
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I don’t think Lookout has the money to do that. That would be nice though.
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The cheapest option would be to simply add more chairs to boost the capacity to 2400 pph.
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Reusing towers tubes limited the capacity of this lift, I think 1780 pph was the most the existing equipment could handle so adding chairs would require upgrades to the entire line. The capacity was still an decent upgrade from the old lift.
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Speaking of reusing towers. . .why the re-angle on the new tower caps? I know Riblet used a much more dramatic tube angle than anyone does today, but at first glance it seems like some of the rope force would be more in shear than directly into the footing.
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Best Skytrac ever. One of the others should get replaced too, probably Timberwolf.
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Not Timberwolf anymore. It got triple chairs.
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I wish Skytrac would make detachables. Though since they merged with Leitner-Poma, that is not likely. A Monarch would look great as a detach skin.
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Apparently Skytrac was supposed to be friends with Bartholet, and make detachables using their grips. Sad. That would be cool.
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Batholet never had their own grips, they are using the Wopfner grips.
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I forgot about that. That´s what I meant though.
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