I received the following statement from Sandia Peak on Chair 1:
“Thank you for the inquiry. At this time, we do not have a finalized plan but please continue to check in as progress continues. Once we complete the restaurant and know more about the Mountain Coaster, we hope to answer this question.”
Mountain capital partners has partnered with Ben Abruzzo and will be hopefully operational this season and I hope to look forward to new lifts we shall see
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Maybe they closed chair 1 and may rerun it after the new summit lodge is done
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That may make more sense because if they were to decomission it, the towers would have had to have been removed by now.
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It was never able to get new parts although I thought of relocating it with some Leitner-Poma parts.
It would be on a backside expansion area for Ski Santa Fe
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I received the following statement from Sandia Peak on Chair 1:
“Thank you for the inquiry. At this time, we do not have a finalized plan but please continue to check in as progress continues. Once we complete the restaurant and know more about the Mountain Coaster, we hope to answer this question.”
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I like it when they are kind enough to respond like that.
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Now a lost resort :( RIP
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Mountain capital partners has partnered with Ben Abruzzo and will be hopefully operational this season and I hope to look forward to new lifts we shall see
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Looking at the webcams it seems that there is more snow than ever. It’s full of powder, baby!
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At least for THAT day though
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Footage in 2013 with Chair 1 going.
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More from the 97-98 season
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There are some things you might need to change:
Chair 2 was actually built in 1972 (although it has a 1969 vault drive)
Chair 3 was built 1 year later than listed (1981)
To add:
There was also a Constam T-Bar called La Madera that ran from 1948 to 1969 and was left partially standing until 1972 when Chair 2 went in.
There was another T-Bar (possibly Hall or Constam, maybe a 60s or 70s Doppy or Poma) called Beginner which was replaced by Chair 4 in 1987
A beginner Pomalift ran near it as well
Extra:
The mighty mite handle tow was built in 1993 and I did use it in 2016
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There was also a Pomalift called Upper Mountain which was replaced by Chair 3 in 1981
That Pomalift I was talking about that ran near Chair 4 was called Beginner 2/ Lower Mountain
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My mistake!
Corrections:
Lower Poma’s actual name was Poma #2
The lower t-bar was a Poma lift (other name for platter) called Poma #1 hence the 1985 ski map:
Chair 1 had a mid-loading station on that map as well.
The Constam t-bar (La Madera) was built in 1946. It ran in a current section of Chair 3.
Vs now:
Sandia’s first lift was a rope tow installed in 1937.
Upper mountain was not actually called that. Although the location of it existed.
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Chair 3 in 1998:
And Chair 1 in 1997:
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I have the full database of installation years (2 and 3) and chair counts (1 and 2):
Installation years:
Chair 2: 1972
Chair 3: 1981
Seen here on pages 31 and 32
Click to access fseprd588724.pdf
Chair counts (missing from the database):
Chair 1: 156
Chair 2: 107
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In the database, in the Notes section, Chair 3 should say “Accident in 2023” because a tree fell on it. Happenned while I was hiking a few weeks ago.
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Edits and corrections:
Chair 1 actually had 166 chairs before it’s removal
The bottom lodge was built in 1983
The old upper restaurant was torn down in 2017
Chair 1 used to have a mid load from 1977 until 1993
Chair 2 was built in 1972 and has 107 chairs
Chair 1 was removed due to lack of parts
A tree fell on tower 31 of Chair 3 in summer 2023, causing the comm line to get tangled and a derailment
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