Bottom drive terminal.Leaving the base.Riding up the line.View back down the lift.Tower 9.Top return station.Leitner-Poma Omega detachable terminal.Drive terminal and maintenance rail.The lift line.Top station from below.
8 thoughts on “Standish Express – Sunshine Village, AB”
skier72January 13, 2021 / 5:01 pm
This is probably my favorite lift at Sunshine. It’s a quick ride up, it’s almost never crowded (unlike Angel), and the terrain of this lift is really fun.
the other T-E lift (they only built 2, rest were tbars) sits abandoned in Wawa, Ontario. These are photos from around 15 years ago that I found ok Flickr showing the terminal, which says skyway on it suggesting that it was licenced? Anyways, figured you might be interested, as the sunshine one probably was similar at one point. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wa2wider/3142276921/in/photostream/
also, Wawa might be a cool vid for your abandoned ski zone videos, which I have enjoyed very much so far, particularly the Akloo one. Couldn’t find a historical society in Wawa but I did reach out to someone who runs a newspaper there.
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This is probably my favorite lift at Sunshine. It’s a quick ride up, it’s almost never crowded (unlike Angel), and the terrain of this lift is really fun.
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More photos of the old Timberland/Hall/Mueller chair:
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Here’s another picture of the original Timberland-Ellicot double chair before the Hall (and Mueller) retrofits:
Still have yet to find a picture of the original terminals
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I don’t see the original gondola, how did people get up here before 1979?
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There was an access road that is now more or less the where the ski out runs.
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the other T-E lift (they only built 2, rest were tbars) sits abandoned in Wawa, Ontario. These are photos from around 15 years ago that I found ok Flickr showing the terminal, which says skyway on it suggesting that it was licenced? Anyways, figured you might be interested, as the sunshine one probably was similar at one point. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wa2wider/3142276921/in/photostream/
also, Wawa might be a cool vid for your abandoned ski zone videos, which I have enjoyed very much so far, particularly the Akloo one. Couldn’t find a historical society in Wawa but I did reach out to someone who runs a newspaper there.
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more photos here of the TE at Wawa
https://www.snowjournal.com/discussion/1389/ciscokid-where-am-i-9-2-3-17-wawa-trestle-ridge-ontario
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