This relocated Poma detachable quad services an expansive alpine zone formerly accessed by snow cat only.Equipment came from Sunshine Village, where the Tamarack double also originated.1988 Poma detachable in its new location.Loading area and short maintenance rail.View up the steep first section of the line.Work carrier with TB grip.View leaving the bottom station.Tower 3.Looking back down the first pitch.Riding up the line at tower 9.The line briefly mellows out before rising steeply again.Hold down tower 14.Tower 18 near the summit.T20.The top terminal sits on Mt. Haig but below the true summit.Return station and tower 21.View from the top.Middle section of the line.View up at tower 14.Tall tower 13.View up at T11.Tower 9.Outside controls at the drive station.Arriving at the summit.Side view of the return, which has no grid power.Upper station overview.Large hold down tower.Drive station powered by a nearby generator.The tank in the background holds fuel for the generator that powers the lift.Lift overview.
This modification to Poma lifts from the 80s, like Grizzly at (relatively) nearby Lake Louise, is easier to perform tower maintenance, so you don’t have to use a separate piece when lifting the rope off the sheaves.
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I like what they did with the terminal, a great relocation!
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Looks nice, also see some new bits welded onto the lifting frames to better resemble the new tower heads.
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This modification to Poma lifts from the 80s, like Grizzly at (relatively) nearby Lake Louise, is easier to perform tower maintenance, so you don’t have to use a separate piece when lifting the rope off the sheaves.
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2028 for its 50th year checkpoint!
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40th….
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Yeah, it was built in 1988, not 1978.
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Im glad that such a unique lift has gotten a new lease on life
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OH MY GOD THEY KEPT THE TERMINAL DESIGN LET’S GO YIPPIE!!! Unnamed terminal design lives another generation…
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Curious why they covered a few of the windows. Thank god they kept the terminal design, one of the coolest terminals Poma has built!
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