This bottom drive detachable quad features an angle station with double grooved bullwheel and two haul ropes.Chair parking and maintenance platform at the bottom terminal.This station houses drive equipment and one of two tension systems for the lift.Tower 17.The top terminal next to Legacy Lodge with tensioning for the upper haul rope loop.View from the summit. The steep hillside in the background is why the alignment needs an angle station.Top station and tower 17.There are only a few towers above the mid-station.Side view of the turn station.Another view of the top terminal.Lower end of the mid-station.View from the mid.Upper line overview.Tower with combination assemblies.Middle section of the lift line at tower 6.Lower lift line.The lift connects Bear Den Lodge to Legacy Lodge.Another view up the low angle lift line.Lift overview.Loading area.View riding out of the bottom station.Looking back at tower 1.Riding up the line.Upper lift line.View back down.Nearing the mid-station.Arriving at the angle station.Optional unload at the mid.Mid-station overview.Lower station overview.
This lift feels like a mellower version of the Treeline Cirque: bottom segment is longer, then a mid-station with sharp turn and double-grooved bullwheel, and a short final climb to the upper return station.
Was a straight-line alignment a wind issue? I feel like a lot of Western resorts would send lifts over a ridge like that. Also wondering if a Supreme-style turning apparatus was considered. I guess no one has done it since Supreme.
I like this new dark-blue color scheme for Whiteface even if it won’t match Face Lift. Impressed that they dropped the cash for a turn station on a detach. Should save loads of time coming over to the main mountain from Bear Den.
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This lift feels like a mellower version of the Treeline Cirque: bottom segment is longer, then a mid-station with sharp turn and double-grooved bullwheel, and a short final climb to the upper return station.
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Any ideas why this lift uses an Agamatic grip while Whiteface’s other lifts are DT’s? Are DT’s not manufactured anymore?
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They may not be. Even if they were, perhaps Whiteface wanted to change up to the current standard.
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Was a straight-line alignment a wind issue? I feel like a lot of Western resorts would send lifts over a ridge like that. Also wondering if a Supreme-style turning apparatus was considered. I guess no one has done it since Supreme.
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I heard it was to minimize tree cutting rather than being a wind issue.
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I like this new dark-blue color scheme for Whiteface even if it won’t match Face Lift. Impressed that they dropped the cash for a turn station on a detach. Should save loads of time coming over to the main mountain from Bear Den.
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anybody know why this is closed for the rest of the season?
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I feel like the only other lift to come to mind with a Uni-G angle station is the Blackcomb Gondola at Whistler Blackcomb.
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https://liftblog.com/massif-express-le-massif-qc/
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I stand corrected
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six pack line gauge
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Nope
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The part between the mid and the top is shorter than the quads at Alpine Valley Wi
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