Modified CTEC top terminal.This lift came from Mt. Hood Meadows via Mt. Ashland.View down the upper part of the line.CTEC bail chairs with no safety bars.Middle lift line.View down into Sunrise Basin.Looking up from the base.Side view of the bottom terminal.This was height-adjustable when it was at Mt. Hood Meadows.Another view up the line.Loading area and operator house.
It was painful due to it being fixed grip (relatively slow), and the wind screamed down the line, head on, due to shooting stars alignment on the mountain. Sounds like the motor is still loud as hell.
Was there a specific reason the machinery was so loud? I can’t imagine how awful a ride this must have been when it was at Meadows. I’ve probably spent more time lapping Shooting Star than I have anywhere else on any other mountain and on windy days it can still be miserable. The days when they’ve required 4 people to a chair because of the wind speed / direction are especially memorable (not in a good way).
Looks like the old shooting star lift. Painful to ride. Wonder if it’s machinery is as loud as it used to be?!
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Between Mt. Hood Meadows and 49 North, it sat at Mt. Ashland for awhile.
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Sat, as in never installed?
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Correct. It sat at Lithia Motors for several years over environmentalist saying it would harm wet lands.
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Ride is smooth as glass and quiet as heck, the motor is noisy as a sports stadium but the ride is nice, smooth, & quiet.
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It was painful due to it being fixed grip (relatively slow), and the wind screamed down the line, head on, due to shooting stars alignment on the mountain. Sounds like the motor is still loud as hell.
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Yep, loudest motor on the mountain by far, you can hear it from quite a ways down the line.
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As Shooting Star, it had a lot of side hill.
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Was there a specific reason the machinery was so loud? I can’t imagine how awful a ride this must have been when it was at Meadows. I’ve probably spent more time lapping Shooting Star than I have anywhere else on any other mountain and on windy days it can still be miserable. The days when they’ve required 4 people to a chair because of the wind speed / direction are especially memorable (not in a good way).
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