Tower 9 with 20 sheaves on it.The lower portion of the line.Depression tower #3.The bottom terminal is longer than the top and also where the drive is located.Tower 1.Side view of the drive station.Tee Pee Town LX doesn’t have indoor parking, but at least the rail is covered.Top terminal.Another view of the top.Lift line seen from WaWa.Unloading area.Bottom terminal and lift line with Delirium Dive in the background.Riding up. Even on a warm day the seat heating is noticeable.Upper lift line.Bubble chair with seat heating equipment and battery underneath.Tower 14.The four opening/closing rails raise and lower automatically depending whether the chair is occupied or not.Return station underskin.
18 thoughts on “Tee Pee Town LX – Sunshine Village, AB”
Cameron HalmrastOctober 20, 2017 / 5:00 pm
With such a low capacity and being an elite lift (bubbles + heated seats), does Sunshine have intentions of developing this area or was it a marketing thing?
What they do is put stickers saying that if you scratch the covers it will make a lift ticket more expensive and it seems to work because the bubbles weren’t very scratched up this year.
I’m stealing this idea. We have had to deal with etched graffiti on the Flyer, and it is so difficult to remove. There’s still one out on line that has several square feet clouded over on account of the graffiti was so obscene my manager told me to take the angle grinder to it. Immediately. I obliged.
The limited capacity was due to Parks Canada only allowing replacement of “Like with Like.” The new lift has similar capacity to the double it replaced. The option to add more carriers is still on the table, but would need to be approved by Parks Canada.
The heated bubbles were definitely NOT to do with marketing, as this lift is in a very exposed area.
Doppelmayr recommended placing this lift where Continental is located and using Continental to replace the TP double. The reasoning was that the regularly high winds would be problematic with the bubbles. The lift does close due to winds occasionally, however they seem to keep it open most of the time.
I was worried about this too, but I was just there and it was pretty windy yet they were running it near full speed. The seat heating really does make a difference!
Even with limited carriers, TP LX rarely backs up as it shares most of the terrain pod with Angel.
Angel has long been rumored to be replaced with a six pack, probably for wind resistance. Despite its age and serving as Sunshine’s most criticial lift after the gondola, it rarely backs up, but does close due to wind on occasion. The Angel HSQ is in pristine condition (as are Goat’s Eye and Divide).
Sunshine could really use a short lift rising from the TP bottom terminal to the ridgeline along Angel’s alignment:
1) push more skiers into underutilized terrain that typically has excellent snow conditions
2) better service beginner terrain with constant gentle pitch and no flat spots (much of Sunshine’s beginner and lower intermediate terrain suffers from flat spots)
3) quicker transit between Goat’s Eye and the Village. Right now, one would have to take the Gondola or a combo of Wolverine and TP to get make to the Village. Many riders may not want to endure the wind and often wind scoured terrain off TP to get back to the Village.
I’m disappointed that Sunshine isn’t persuing the Haye’s Hill/Lower Delerium lift in the short term as it would unlock lots of terrain with excellent snow cover
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With such a low capacity and being an elite lift (bubbles + heated seats), does Sunshine have intentions of developing this area or was it a marketing thing?
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Probably marketing.
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This area also gets really cold as far as I know so that may be why there are bubbles and heated seats too.
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It is a candidate for the coldest lift in Canada and likely the world
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I really wanted to ride this lift when I went to sunshine, but it was very windy and they had to close it.
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They should really get indoor parking for this lift.
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What they do is put stickers saying that if you scratch the covers it will make a lift ticket more expensive and it seems to work because the bubbles weren’t very scratched up this year.
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I’m stealing this idea. We have had to deal with etched graffiti on the Flyer, and it is so difficult to remove. There’s still one out on line that has several square feet clouded over on account of the graffiti was so obscene my manager told me to take the angle grinder to it. Immediately. I obliged.
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I’m not sure if it’s worked; the gondola cabins are still pretty scratched up already. But yeah the bubbles do seem to be in good condition so far
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The limited capacity was due to Parks Canada only allowing replacement of “Like with Like.” The new lift has similar capacity to the double it replaced. The option to add more carriers is still on the table, but would need to be approved by Parks Canada.
The heated bubbles were definitely NOT to do with marketing, as this lift is in a very exposed area.
Doppelmayr recommended placing this lift where Continental is located and using Continental to replace the TP double. The reasoning was that the regularly high winds would be problematic with the bubbles. The lift does close due to winds occasionally, however they seem to keep it open most of the time.
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I was worried about this too, but I was just there and it was pretty windy yet they were running it near full speed. The seat heating really does make a difference!
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Even with limited carriers, TP LX rarely backs up as it shares most of the terrain pod with Angel.
Angel has long been rumored to be replaced with a six pack, probably for wind resistance. Despite its age and serving as Sunshine’s most criticial lift after the gondola, it rarely backs up, but does close due to wind on occasion. The Angel HSQ is in pristine condition (as are Goat’s Eye and Divide).
Sunshine could really use a short lift rising from the TP bottom terminal to the ridgeline along Angel’s alignment:
1) push more skiers into underutilized terrain that typically has excellent snow conditions
2) better service beginner terrain with constant gentle pitch and no flat spots (much of Sunshine’s beginner and lower intermediate terrain suffers from flat spots)
3) quicker transit between Goat’s Eye and the Village. Right now, one would have to take the Gondola or a combo of Wolverine and TP to get make to the Village. Many riders may not want to endure the wind and often wind scoured terrain off TP to get back to the Village.
I’m disappointed that Sunshine isn’t persuing the Haye’s Hill/Lower Delerium lift in the short term as it would unlock lots of terrain with excellent snow cover
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Are you talking about the green mountain flyer at jay peak?
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pbropetech works at Copper Mountain, so I would assume that he was referring to the American Flyer bubble six at Copper
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They have given up I think on getting more chairs and the extension for the parking rail.
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Definitivly my Favorite lift, I hope Upper Juniper at Louise turns out the same way.
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