Top terminal at Silver Lake Lodge.Another view of the top.Silver Lake terminal from above.Upper lift line.Offset tower.Silver Lake station.Another view of the drive station.View down the line.Tower 12.Tower 9.Lower lift line.Bottom terminal adjacent to Carpenter Express.View up the line.
The front half of this lift reuses most of the Yan triple tower tubes, which had numbers attached to the plate between crossarm and tower that are still there, leaving two numbers on most of the lift. The back half has mostly new towers because Clipper (which this replaced) had a mid-unload station on the downhill side where the current breakover is. Clipper didn’t let you ride all the way back down (it hardly ever ran anyway). Silver Lake is more useful in the summer – hardly used in the winter except when Carpenter is backed up in the early morning on holidays. It opens 15 minutes earlier than Carpenter in the morning.
The power line makes much more sense than the run underneath being the reason for the offset tower – there are other towers on this lift in the middle of the same run, and that area is roped off anyway by the top terminal. Have always wondered about that
This lift would make much more sense as a gondola. It has no pod and is used primarily for multi-directional transport. Also, gondolas make a lot of sense for summertime operations and this lift is used heavily in the summer. The components from this lift should be in good enough condition to then be used for a Mayflower Express lift with a top terminal at the top of Bald Mountain.
My first ever Download lift. Doesn’t usually get much people compared to the nearby Carpenter Express. It does slow down a lot at times. Any reason? You can see the entire mountain in addition to Park City. A lot of options off this lift.
The reason Silver Lake can be slow is beginners sometimes use it to shuttle themselves between Snowflake and Viking/Judge as they both exist on Deer Valley’s Beginner Pass. Since Silver Lake allows downloading, that means it’s twice more likely to get a misload or encounter someone who needs assistance.
Well the reason Silver Lake doesn’t get crowded as much, it’s neighbor Carpenter directly accesses the Bald Eagle pod, St Regis and Mountaineer Lifts whereas you can theoretically take Silver Lake to Homestake but it takes longer.
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I’ve always wondered why there is that offset tower at the silver lake terminal. Does anybody know why?
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The one in the second and fifth photos…
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Probably to make way for the ski run that runs right infront of the lift line at the climbout. Park city’s Jupiter lift has one too.
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I could be wrong, but for some reason I remember the reason why this specific tower is offset is due to an underground power-line.
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Moose Creek at Jackson Hole too.
https://liftblog.com/moose-creek-jackson-hole-wy/
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The front half of this lift reuses most of the Yan triple tower tubes, which had numbers attached to the plate between crossarm and tower that are still there, leaving two numbers on most of the lift. The back half has mostly new towers because Clipper (which this replaced) had a mid-unload station on the downhill side where the current breakover is. Clipper didn’t let you ride all the way back down (it hardly ever ran anyway). Silver Lake is more useful in the summer – hardly used in the winter except when Carpenter is backed up in the early morning on holidays. It opens 15 minutes earlier than Carpenter in the morning.
The power line makes much more sense than the run underneath being the reason for the offset tower – there are other towers on this lift in the middle of the same run, and that area is roped off anyway by the top terminal. Have always wondered about that
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This lift would make much more sense as a gondola. It has no pod and is used primarily for multi-directional transport. Also, gondolas make a lot of sense for summertime operations and this lift is used heavily in the summer. The components from this lift should be in good enough condition to then be used for a Mayflower Express lift with a top terminal at the top of Bald Mountain.
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Really? The bottom terminal is compacted into the base. I don’t think they could possibly do that.
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My first ever Download lift. Doesn’t usually get much people compared to the nearby Carpenter Express. It does slow down a lot at times. Any reason? You can see the entire mountain in addition to Park City. A lot of options off this lift.
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The reason Silver Lake can be slow is beginners sometimes use it to shuttle themselves between Snowflake and Viking/Judge as they both exist on Deer Valley’s Beginner Pass. Since Silver Lake allows downloading, that means it’s twice more likely to get a misload or encounter someone who needs assistance.
Well the reason Silver Lake doesn’t get crowded as much, it’s neighbor Carpenter directly accesses the Bald Eagle pod, St Regis and Mountaineer Lifts whereas you can theoretically take Silver Lake to Homestake but it takes longer.
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