3 thoughts on “Puerto Rico

  1. skier72's avatar skier72 February 24, 2026 / 9:04 pm

    There are a few other (abandoned) lifts in Puerto Rico.

    There is a 1990 CTEC double chair at the abandoned Moisty Skate and Water Park in Caguas. The park closed at least by 2013, though from what I can tell, the chairlift may have been abandoned longer than that. It’s currently still standing, but in extremely bad shape.

    There is another abandoned gondola system near San Juan in the Luis Muñoz Marín Park. The system looks like it could have been Doppelmayr or VonRoll. Not sure the year of closure.

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    • skier72's avatar skier72 February 24, 2026 / 9:15 pm

      Regarding the Luis Muñoz Marín Park gondola, the return station in the park never had a covered roof, and is visible on Google Street view. The lower station of the gondola was covered, and had parking for all cabins.

      Still not sure who the original manufacturer was, but it looks like the towers were at least modified by Doppelmayr.

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      • BB17's avatar BB17 February 24, 2026 / 9:37 pm

        Those photos show two different models of Von Roll grips. I believe Doppelmayr used the grips in the second photo (VR102 might have been the model name?) on its earliest gondolas before the DS grip came along, so the new towerheads and grips could have been part of the same modification. Having dates for the photos might help piece together the history of that lift.

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