This lift is very similar to Keetley Express, built one year earlier.Doppelmayr stat sign.View riding out of the base toward Park Peak.This high alpine alignment sees lots of wind and sunshine.Tower 10.Unloading area.View from the summit back toward traditional Deer Valley and Park City Mountain.Upper station under cover.View down the middle part of the line.Side view of a conical tower.Six place bubble with heated seats.Flat middle section of the line.This lift forms a crucial link between old Deer Valley and the East Village expansion.Tower 6.Tower 3.Return terminal and maintenance bay.Side view of the drive station.Rather than a separate parking facility, chairs are parked in each station at night.Lift line seen from above.Loading area.Drive station operator controls.ABB AC motor.Evacuation drive.Wireless remote control.Traditional gearbox rather than a direct drive.D-Line station.Drive bullwheel and brakes.View from the summit.Top station just below the summit of Park Peak and Revelator.Bottom station along the Ontario ski run.
Being able to park chairs in terminals is a really cool feature, not sure why thats a newer thing that was never tried earlier. At least as far as I am aware, the only lifts I know of that have this capability are other newer D line lifts. Because of it, lifts on windy alignments like this one can go from having huge parking facilities like Harmony and Peak expresses at whistler, to just having a small chair maintenance shed like this one.
It’s been a thing for a while, just not here. Leitner has offered a terminal parking feature that Poma picked up as a result of the partnership, and Doppelmayr has done that as well.
I’m not sure if the features just weren’t offered here, or if mountains were reluctant to pay for it.
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Any idea why direct drive was not used?
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Like with Keetley, I imagine it was a cost-saving decision. Plus, with such a short length, I don’t think that’s enough to warrant a direct drive.
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Being able to park chairs in terminals is a really cool feature, not sure why thats a newer thing that was never tried earlier. At least as far as I am aware, the only lifts I know of that have this capability are other newer D line lifts. Because of it, lifts on windy alignments like this one can go from having huge parking facilities like Harmony and Peak expresses at whistler, to just having a small chair maintenance shed like this one.
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I know some Bartholet lifts in Europe have this feature, but unsure of others.
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It’s been a thing for a while, just not here. Leitner has offered a terminal parking feature that Poma picked up as a result of the partnership, and Doppelmayr has done that as well.
I’m not sure if the features just weren’t offered here, or if mountains were reluctant to pay for it.
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Didn’t even some old Poma lifts and Garaventa lifts from the 80s 90s also have this feature?
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Definitely seems better than having to make a big chair parking garage
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Pinyon has been down for a couple of days, from at least Saturday. “Waiting on a part” was the explanation. Chairs were parked in the terminals.
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