The Tesuque Peak Platter operated to the public till about 1995 (I last used it in 93). The platter lift remained a backup and for patrol till 03 when it was removed due to unavailability of parts. Interesting note the lift was supposed to be removed when millenium lift was completed in order to maintain access to the upper mountain if the TP Triple went down….BTW the TP Triple did go down for an extended period after the Poma was gone and before the new lift was built.
The Alpine bowl Platter also was operational in 1993 when I last used it I believe it was removed in the late 90s
Easy Street was originally a 1968 Miner-Denver double chair (that’s where the towers on the current one are).
It never ran as much when the Pomalift went in (both removed in 1988).
Easy street was served by a fixed platter that ran right past the cat shop and the mid station of the Sierra lift there was no chair on easystreet trail till the current lift was built, the towers for the current easy street lift did come from the Aspen Peak lift which was a MD -telecar, they also used some towers for the building at the top of the quad and to support the deck at the mid lodge. The baby poma came out when new double whent in.
The original Aspen Peak was built in 1963/64, and Miner-Denver started in 1967. The thing about where I said they had a 1967 MD on their beginner hill is false. I got the info from the history marker at the Sandia Peak Tramway, next to the green chair
The chair itself came from Blue Mountain, Ontario, as their Badlands double (1969 Poma), which was removed in 2017, the same year Sandia purchased the green chair. Badlands had a slightly altered version of the hanger arm, compared to Aspen Peak
Here’s a comparison
Sandia’s green chair:
Aspen Peak:
(You can see the hanger arm pole doesn’t bend vertically, unlike the green chair above)
Badlands:
Badlands being removed the same year Sandia bought the chair for their ski museum
The picture you keep referencing of Aspen peak is in school of mines archive, it was taken by Charles Dwyer in 66′ and labeled by him as a MD, he tends to be a good source as he was likely the insurance inspector of the tramway. Yes the museums chair is likely a 60s poma one unfortunately in 88 they didn’t sell chairs the way they do now.
The bars are technically not “comfort” bars. They’re safety bars. Easy Street and Super Chief got them in 2011, and I’m pretty sure Tesuque Peak got them in 2009?
There’s a couple shots of the original bi-cable double chair, and a very rare shot of the lift line looking back down. Also, at one point, the chair’s hanger arms looked different, and a few years after the video, the lift was put into counterclockwise rotation, with the newer hanger arms rotated
From what I’ve found, the original 1951 red chair (custom built) ran to the right of Sierra, up the Thunderbird trail. If you look closely, Thunderbird is straight, almost like a lift line. Hint: Thunderbird is right near the upper half of the Super Chief quad
It’s been confirmed by me, Aspen Peak/Green/Chair 1 was a 1963 Telecar. Towers went on Easy Street/Chair 4. Also in the spreadsheet should include the Red double that was custom built in 1951
Their first lift was custom built in 1949. It was a bi-cable lift that ran up the Thunderbird trail. It received chair upgrades in 1958-ish. The hanger style was redone and looked like what was seen on a Riblet lift, sorta. Its rotation was converted in 1965-ish, from loading and unloading on the right, to doing it on the left. Sierra replaced it in 1975, starting at the new base
Sierra was originally red colored for a short period of time and was built for the 1975/76 season. Its midstation starts slightly further up from the previous Red chair that ran further to the right
Aspen Peak was also known as Chair 1. It was green colored and built for the 1963 offseason
The Tesuque Peak platter was removed in 2002, but public access stopped in the mid 90s. Locals called it “The Big Poma”. I was told beginner skiers were terrified of riding it and they stayed away from it
Here’s a fun fact
Did you know that the Tesuque Peak triple’s bottom terminal sits in the original parking lot? They moved it downhill to the current location in the mid 70s
Here are some plans I made for this place within 10 years
Tesuque Peak would get replaced with a SkyTrac triple. Original Doppelmayr triple would get relocated
Millennium would receive newer towers from the company that built Millennium itself (basically the kind seen on Pioneer at Taos)
Sierra would get new terminals and chairs (as well as a few towers) from Big Powderhorn in Michigan. The drive terminal, as well as the first and last tower (and a few on the upper half of the lift) would come from Lift 4. The return would come from Lift 6? If so, the guidage would be realigned to fit the direction the lift runs. It’d be a bottom drive after the modifications. Chairs would come from Superior Tramway. They’d look like the ones from the old Red chair at Red River, with the flat (not curved) backrests with those stubs on the ends. Those would fit the bars on them, as Sierra is the only lift there without bars
I’d also have a double chair that would run parallel with the new TP triple from SkyTrac. It’d have Borvig towers, LP chairs, Riblet bullwheel on LP Alpha terminal, a couple Stadeli towers (first tower and last 3 towers), and a Stadeli return terminal from Sandia
Also, I forgot to add about the TP triple replacement, the chairs would have cushioned backrests (the current lift’s backrests are painful) and bars with footrests (ex. Peachtree at Crested Butte)
The original Red chair was built in 1949. It was replaced by Sierra in 1975 in a new alignment. The restaurant next to where Red started has a few chairs from the lift used as benches. Another chair when to the Sandia Peak Tramway ski museum
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The Tesuque Peak Platter operated to the public till about 1995 (I last used it in 93). The platter lift remained a backup and for patrol till 03 when it was removed due to unavailability of parts. Interesting note the lift was supposed to be removed when millenium lift was completed in order to maintain access to the upper mountain if the TP Triple went down….BTW the TP Triple did go down for an extended period after the Poma was gone and before the new lift was built.
The Alpine bowl Platter also was operational in 1993 when I last used it I believe it was removed in the late 90s
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So it seems the triple was down for 2-3 years? That’s nuts
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It was down from January so it missed the remainder of a season so about 3 months it reopened the next season.
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I’m not sure if this is even the right resort but here is a supposed photo of their original lift. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/here-is-an-over-all-view-of-the-double-chair-ski-lift-and-news-photo/837307608
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Ah it is the right one! Before being heavily modified in the mid 1960s and Easy Street & Aspen Peak!
Photo, yes from 1951. It used to run Clockwise but ran Counterclockwise in the 1960s after it’s chairs were modified
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Here’s something you could add:
Easy Street was originally a 1968 Miner-Denver double chair (that’s where the towers on the current one are).
It never ran as much when the Pomalift went in (both removed in 1988).
Here are some photos (First one is an old chair. Second is the lift in it’s old location)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51-rS9NtBa4R6FUsllnrfw/community?lb=Ugkxv1sHtsWpeO3teqwiQSWPHs4I-KQ-Ar0E
I also noticed in the Chipmunk Corner area an old Pomalift tower with a Riblet chair on it.
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Easy street was served by a fixed platter that ran right past the cat shop and the mid station of the Sierra lift there was no chair on easystreet trail till the current lift was built, the towers for the current easy street lift did come from the Aspen Peak lift which was a MD -telecar, they also used some towers for the building at the top of the quad and to support the deck at the mid lodge. The baby poma came out when new double whent in.
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The original Aspen Peak was built in 1963/64, and Miner-Denver started in 1967. The thing about where I said they had a 1967 MD on their beginner hill is false. I got the info from the history marker at the Sandia Peak Tramway, next to the green chair
The chair itself came from Blue Mountain, Ontario, as their Badlands double (1969 Poma), which was removed in 2017, the same year Sandia purchased the green chair. Badlands had a slightly altered version of the hanger arm, compared to Aspen Peak
Here’s a comparison
Sandia’s green chair:
Aspen Peak:
(You can see the hanger arm pole doesn’t bend vertically, unlike the green chair above)
Badlands:
Badlands being removed the same year Sandia bought the chair for their ski museum
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The picture you keep referencing of Aspen peak is in school of mines archive, it was taken by Charles Dwyer in 66′ and labeled by him as a MD, he tends to be a good source as he was likely the insurance inspector of the tramway. Yes the museums chair is likely a 60s poma one unfortunately in 88 they didn’t sell chairs the way they do now.
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Old video of the ski resort 1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv_yulaj4TU&t=9s
At 0:04 you can see Easy Street just after it newly opened.
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You can also see Tesuque Peak at 8:26
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The towers to the left of the chair at 8:26 in the background are from the former TTP poma lift
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More footage of the lifts:
8:26: Tesuque Peak triple
11:04: Bottom of Easy Street and Sierra
11:06: Easy Street and Santa Fe Super Chair
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R.I.P. to the video as it appears to have been removed or hidden
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In the video, Tesuque Peak triple appears at 8:26. Note it didn’t have bars yet
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Comfort bars were added to Tesuque Peak, Super Chief, and Easy Street in summer 2010
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The bars are technically not “comfort” bars. They’re safety bars. Easy Street and Super Chief got them in 2011, and I’m pretty sure Tesuque Peak got them in 2009?
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Here’s Aspen Peak sometime in the 80s. 1983?
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Here’s a video of the place in 1961
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xdyfM6KcJs
There’s a couple shots of the original bi-cable double chair, and a very rare shot of the lift line looking back down. Also, at one point, the chair’s hanger arms looked different, and a few years after the video, the lift was put into counterclockwise rotation, with the newer hanger arms rotated
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Here’s another video of it during summer operations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v7bEqbTA2w
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From what I’ve found, the original 1951 red chair (custom built) ran to the right of Sierra, up the Thunderbird trail. If you look closely, Thunderbird is straight, almost like a lift line. Hint: Thunderbird is right near the upper half of the Super Chief quad
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Here’s another picture of Aspen Peak
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There was an issue with the picture. I’ll resend it
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It’s been confirmed by me, Aspen Peak/Green/Chair 1 was a 1963 Telecar. Towers went on Easy Street/Chair 4. Also in the spreadsheet should include the Red double that was custom built in 1951
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I’ve got more info of the original lifts
Their first lift was custom built in 1949. It was a bi-cable lift that ran up the Thunderbird trail. It received chair upgrades in 1958-ish. The hanger style was redone and looked like what was seen on a Riblet lift, sorta. Its rotation was converted in 1965-ish, from loading and unloading on the right, to doing it on the left. Sierra replaced it in 1975, starting at the new base
Sierra was originally red colored for a short period of time and was built for the 1975/76 season. Its midstation starts slightly further up from the previous Red chair that ran further to the right
Aspen Peak was also known as Chair 1. It was green colored and built for the 1963 offseason
The Tesuque Peak platter was removed in 2002, but public access stopped in the mid 90s. Locals called it “The Big Poma”. I was told beginner skiers were terrified of riding it and they stayed away from it
Here’s a fun fact
Did you know that the Tesuque Peak triple’s bottom terminal sits in the original parking lot? They moved it downhill to the current location in the mid 70s
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Here are some plans I made for this place within 10 years
Tesuque Peak would get replaced with a SkyTrac triple. Original Doppelmayr triple would get relocated
Millennium would receive newer towers from the company that built Millennium itself (basically the kind seen on Pioneer at Taos)
Sierra would get new terminals and chairs (as well as a few towers) from Big Powderhorn in Michigan. The drive terminal, as well as the first and last tower (and a few on the upper half of the lift) would come from Lift 4. The return would come from Lift 6? If so, the guidage would be realigned to fit the direction the lift runs. It’d be a bottom drive after the modifications. Chairs would come from Superior Tramway. They’d look like the ones from the old Red chair at Red River, with the flat (not curved) backrests with those stubs on the ends. Those would fit the bars on them, as Sierra is the only lift there without bars
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I’d also have a double chair that would run parallel with the new TP triple from SkyTrac. It’d have Borvig towers, LP chairs, Riblet bullwheel on LP Alpha terminal, a couple Stadeli towers (first tower and last 3 towers), and a Stadeli return terminal from Sandia
Also, I forgot to add about the TP triple replacement, the chairs would have cushioned backrests (the current lift’s backrests are painful) and bars with footrests (ex. Peachtree at Crested Butte)
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Also, I have TONS of pictures of the old Aspen Peak double, but there’s none showing the top terminal. I have about 9 pictures
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Santa Fe Express should be listed as Operating, since it completed the load test over a month ago
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Santa Fe Express also has 12 towers
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Sierra runs at about 385 FPM. Tesuque Peak is 405. Millennium is usually around 410-425. Easy Street is 350-ish. The former Super Chief was 400
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The original Red chair was built in 1949. It was replaced by Sierra in 1975 in a new alignment. The restaurant next to where Red started has a few chairs from the lift used as benches. Another chair when to the Sandia Peak Tramway ski museum
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Red was also homemade :)
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