This is the oldest and most frequently operated lift at Arctic Valley, servicing the center of the mountain.Interestingly, many of the Ts have been replaced with platter carriers for just one person.Towers are metal but supported by wooden poles.The bottom terminal is very loud when the lift is operating and can be heard around the mountain.View up the line.Lift overview.Drive terminal with tensioning.The other side of the bottom station.Towers feature lights for night skiing.Upper part of the lift line.The top terminal.Unloading is well below the top bullwheel.Another view of the return terminal.Tower 1.The final tower.Side view of the top bullwheel.The track.
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14 thoughts on “T-Bar – Arctic Valley, AK”
WillMarch 14, 2020 / 11:24 pm
That top terminal is pretty cool. Seems like something Yan would have done in the early to mid 80s.
It is I believe it survived the 64 earthquake. I don’t recall if it has an combustion engine. Chair 1 had a ford v8 backup and chair 2 has a Chrysler v8 backup. T-bar sounds like it has a combustion engine but the reason why it’s so damn loud is because the gearing from the electric motor. You can hear t-bar from the top of chair 2 on the right day ha.
Also, the pair of Franken-Constams (though they both have Hall carriers, and one has some Poma parts) at Titcomb in Maine, the abandoned machines at Ossipee Mountain, NH, and Tater Mountain, ME, the T-bar at Veterans Memorial, NH, and at least one out west.
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That top terminal is pretty cool. Seems like something Yan would have done in the early to mid 80s.
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It looks like it might be early Doppelmayr.
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It is I believe it survived the 64 earthquake. I don’t recall if it has an combustion engine. Chair 1 had a ford v8 backup and chair 2 has a Chrysler v8 backup. T-bar sounds like it has a combustion engine but the reason why it’s so damn loud is because the gearing from the electric motor. You can hear t-bar from the top of chair 2 on the right day ha.
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It must have really low gearing so the electric motor has to run at max rpm, kind of similar to early detachable lifts.
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I found a video, how did they make an electric motor sound like a diesel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqq28yVP1Js
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The carriers look like Mueller, similar to the one on the Lake Louise platter (R.I.P.).
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Are there any other operating overhead cable lifts with wood or wood-and-metal towers left?
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well, Bazora in Gurtis (Austria) has still wooden towers
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is there any constram t bars left?
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This one.
https://liftblog.com/bateau-sugarloaf-me/
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Also, the pair of Franken-Constams (though they both have Hall carriers, and one has some Poma parts) at Titcomb in Maine, the abandoned machines at Ossipee Mountain, NH, and Tater Mountain, ME, the T-bar at Veterans Memorial, NH, and at least one out west.
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There’s one in Quebec, but I don’t think it is used anymore.
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T-Bar? Those carriers are platters!
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Never mind, now that I saw the video I can tell that they are in fact T’s.
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