These pictures were taken during Summit’s last few weeks before a gondola replaced it.This was one of three Mueller doubles that once lived at Silver Star.Lift overview. Note the gondola whale’s tail behind the counterweight.Tower 1 is a portal-style.Single leg top return bullwheel.Lift line view.Lattice towers.There used to be a mid-station between towers 4 and 5 with two tubular towers but it was later removed.Looking back down the line.Breakover towers with lights for night skiing.Unloading at tower 10.For one season, Summit operated alongside the half-finished new gondola.
I miss this lift a lot. While the new gondola is cool, taking off your ski’s to go on a lift short like the current gondola is really annoying. Personally I think they should of made it a chondola fixed or detachable so it could accommodate everyone.
It’s a classic GMD Mueller lift. Many Muellers were built in British Columbia, but few remain operational. There was once even a Mueller gondola up Mt. Hays with the classic lattice towers, but that is long abandoned.
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I miss this lift a lot. While the new gondola is cool, taking off your ski’s to go on a lift short like the current gondola is really annoying. Personally I think they should of made it a chondola fixed or detachable so it could accommodate everyone.
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You always have the option of using the Comet Express.
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This lift looks interesting. The chairs look really awful though!
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It’s a classic GMD Mueller lift. Many Muellers were built in British Columbia, but few remain operational. There was once even a Mueller gondola up Mt. Hays with the classic lattice towers, but that is long abandoned.
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Here’s the old mid-station at tower 4:
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How much of this remains in 2023?
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Tower 10 in pic 11 is the shortest Mueller tower that I have ever seen.
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