Bottom terminal and maze area.Lift line view from Sun Peaks Village.Bottom station.Early ’90s Doppelmayr Uni drive station.Chair maintenance building with loop rail from the top terminal.Drive station from above.Return terminal.View down the line.Lower lift line.Bubble chair.View up the line.Doppelmayr combo tower.View up the upper third of the line.Lower line seen from Morrisey Express.The entire lift seen from Mt. Morrisey.
Why does this lift have extra height even on the return? Usually the returns on these models look like a U shape, with the middle exposed. Also, these bubbles are basically useless now. Since there is no covered parking area And they are old, they are so scratched and exposed to sun, making it impossible to see through. I think Sun Peaks could keep this lift because it never gets that busy, but when the chair gets too old, they should replace it with a six pack bubble, as long as they remember a chair parking bin so the bubbles don’t get ruined. Maybe the capacity will be more of an issue with the new crystal chair, because burfield Will have less traffic
Ours has the same ‘raised stack’ as Sunburst as well.
The tunnels look cool from an aesthetic perspective but they suck to work on as as a mechanic. There’s already no outside space on these terminals, so having no inside as well must be a right pain in the neck.
The raised stack on the return appears on second generation Uni terminals. The first generation looks like Thunder Wolf at Big Sky, and the second like Dipper Express at Heavenly.
She’s showing her age, but is still running very well. Though I wonder what the future holds for this lift as when my wife & I visited this winter we noticed it’s neighbor/sister lift got a heck of an upgrade with Doppelmayr Connect controls, an AC drive, I’d imagine a fine spacing Cyclo motor over the OEM clutches at the drive, and what looked like a fairly recently replaced haul rope. My counterparts have done well with this 1993 beast, and the haul rope here looks recently replaced too, but it’s showing it’s age as the EJ bubble chairs have seen better days and it’s run summer and winter most of it’s life.
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This lift is actually 2,800 pph or 2,400 pph, not 1,500.
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Why does this lift have extra height even on the return? Usually the returns on these models look like a U shape, with the middle exposed. Also, these bubbles are basically useless now. Since there is no covered parking area And they are old, they are so scratched and exposed to sun, making it impossible to see through. I think Sun Peaks could keep this lift because it never gets that busy, but when the chair gets too old, they should replace it with a six pack bubble, as long as they remember a chair parking bin so the bubbles don’t get ruined. Maybe the capacity will be more of an issue with the new crystal chair, because burfield Will have less traffic
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That’s not unique to Sunburst. Jersey Cream and Glacier Express also have the raised stack on their return terminals, and they’re of the same vintage.
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Ours has the same ‘raised stack’ as Sunburst as well.
The tunnels look cool from an aesthetic perspective but they suck to work on as as a mechanic. There’s already no outside space on these terminals, so having no inside as well must be a right pain in the neck.
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The raised stack on the return appears on second generation Uni terminals. The first generation looks like Thunder Wolf at Big Sky, and the second like Dipper Express at Heavenly.
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The bubbles on this lift don’t actually look too out of shape.
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So I looked at the 2020 sun peaks masterplan, turns out its replacement is a 8 chair 10 gondola combi lift which will happen in 15-20 years from now!
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Why does every lift with the name Sunburst have bubble chairs?
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I don’t know, but Okemo’s also has bubbles.
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Bubbles came from Wizard Express at Whistler in 2018.
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She’s showing her age, but is still running very well. Though I wonder what the future holds for this lift as when my wife & I visited this winter we noticed it’s neighbor/sister lift got a heck of an upgrade with Doppelmayr Connect controls, an AC drive, I’d imagine a fine spacing Cyclo motor over the OEM clutches at the drive, and what looked like a fairly recently replaced haul rope. My counterparts have done well with this 1993 beast, and the haul rope here looks recently replaced too, but it’s showing it’s age as the EJ bubble chairs have seen better days and it’s run summer and winter most of it’s life.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJbhRw9HEIY&t=6s
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