The lone Doppelmayr at this Poma mountain, Tesuque Peak paralleled and eventually replaced a platter lift of the same name.The drive terminal with hydraulic tensioning.Upgraded controls.Tower 1.The top station.Return bullwheel and an ’80s-style slatted chair.Chairs near the summit at over 12,000 feet.Upper terminal with integrated sheave assemblies.The lower half of the line.Uphill end of the drive station.Lift line overview next to Millennium.View down the steepest part of the line.Looking up the middle part of the line.View riding over the Millennium loading area.
I think you misunderstood me. It wasn’t loud *because of* the tape. There are at least three levels of volume on those Sonalerts; most that are supplied with controls initially are of the deafening variety. It’s easier to put a layer of tape over the beeper to muffle it than to swap it out, especially if you don’t have a quieter one on hand.
They don’t build high speed triples these days and I doubt that Ski Santa Fe would have had the money to install one. This lift is majorly expert terrain so it wouldn’t need one either.
You can mark a chair for the other op to remember to not forgit to slow that thing down or what have you. Usually a toboggan going up or a meathook heading down. Sometimes it’s for if there’s somebody that shouldn’t have gotten on but you missed them for one reason or another. Or if the Big Boss is heading up. Although usually then you’d give a courtesy call so the top op can get to shoveling the ramp like half a lap ahead so it looks like he or she’s been out a while rather than kicking back. Or if it’s Rory Osher and yer lookin to hang him up with his toe pieces on the ramp but not heel pieces in the hopes he tries to get off anyway and falls in the net. Oh wait. Did I say that out loud?
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What a beautiful old lift and lift line. E-Max controls. I miss ol Max from the old skilift site. May he rest in peace. He had a hard life.
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What is with the orange tape on the controls?
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The buzzers are probably earspittlingly loud.
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Is that the “upgrade” Peter mentioned in the caption?
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Actually, I’ve heard them up close and since the tape is pretty thin, it wasn’t that loud
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I think you misunderstood me. It wasn’t loud *because of* the tape. There are at least three levels of volume on those Sonalerts; most that are supplied with controls initially are of the deafening variety. It’s easier to put a layer of tape over the beeper to muffle it than to swap it out, especially if you don’t have a quieter one on hand.
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Ah I see. Very well then
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They don’t build high speed triples these days and I doubt that Ski Santa Fe would have had the money to install one. This lift is majorly expert terrain so it wouldn’t need one either.
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This lift now runs faster
It originally ran slightly slower
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Whoops! I was there a few weeks ago and it ran at it’s original speed. Does anyone know why it ran faster than normal for a couple years?
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I as here a few days ago and I got a great shot of the terminals
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New lift footage:
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What’s the Mark button for?
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You can mark a chair for the other op to remember to not forgit to slow that thing down or what have you. Usually a toboggan going up or a meathook heading down. Sometimes it’s for if there’s somebody that shouldn’t have gotten on but you missed them for one reason or another. Or if the Big Boss is heading up. Although usually then you’d give a courtesy call so the top op can get to shoveling the ramp like half a lap ahead so it looks like he or she’s been out a while rather than kicking back. Or if it’s Rory Osher and yer lookin to hang him up with his toe pieces on the ramp but not heel pieces in the hopes he tries to get off anyway and falls in the net. Oh wait. Did I say that out loud?
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Here’s some pictures of it being built
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