Doppelmayr operator house at the bottom.Arrival side at the bottom and view up the line.View down the line from tower 16.Inside the bottom station on the departure side.Tension unit.Departure side of the bottom terminal.Work chair with Agamatic grip.Doppelmayr Uni-G detachable terminal.Contour load at the base.Turnaround up top.Drive motor inside the top station.Tension rams and return bullwheel.Maintenance rail at the top station.Riding up the lift line.Doppelmayr EJ chairs with child-friendly safety bars.Arriving at the drive.Side view of the top terminal.Uni-G station.Upper part of the lift line.Middle lift line.Lower line.Top station overview.
The concept is that with the bar down there is a peg in the center of each seating area that will prevent children from sliding out of the chair. The problem I see is that most children that slide out of chairs do it as the result of a mis-load, which occurs before the bar is down…😲
To date I think this is the only Doppelmayr in Colorado that uses this style of footrests. Kokomo and Elkhead also have this bar design, but they don’t have footrests.
It was just this fall, actually. It was an operational decision rather than maintenance, so I never heard the rationale behind it, but my guess is it improved the maze flow in the rather restricted space at the bottom.
I hate those pucks. They are so uncomfortable. Also about the “child-friendly bar”, it doesn’t compare to LPA’s thick child-safety bar that seems to appear on every new LPA detachable at least. Maybe all.
Unless you’re talking about the two separate listings for lifts only and for regions of the hill, in which case there’s a double listing for all, I’m only counting one. Otherwise, you’ll get no argument about the pucks. Biscuits belong on the ice.
Not sure what you’re referring to. A quick glance shows only one. Our terrain park conglomerate is called Woodward, which this lift was renamed after- perhaps that’s what you’re seeing?
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Those bars look ugly in my opinion. I do not see the sense on “Child Friendly”.
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The concept is that with the bar down there is a peg in the center of each seating area that will prevent children from sliding out of the chair. The problem I see is that most children that slide out of chairs do it as the result of a mis-load, which occurs before the bar is down…😲
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Copper is changing this lift’s name to “Woodward Express” for this upcoming ski season.
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I guess they want to associate the lift more with the terrain park than with the base area it starts at.
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To date I think this is the only Doppelmayr in Colorado that uses this style of footrests. Kokomo and Elkhead also have this bar design, but they don’t have footrests.
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Heres a few other lifts in with puck footrests in Colorado that I can think of
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Sometime in the past few years, they converted this to inline loading.
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It was just this fall, actually. It was an operational decision rather than maintenance, so I never heard the rationale behind it, but my guess is it improved the maze flow in the rather restricted space at the bottom.
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I hate those pucks. They are so uncomfortable. Also about the “child-friendly bar”, it doesn’t compare to LPA’s thick child-safety bar that seems to appear on every new LPA detachable at least. Maybe all.
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The puck rests are awful. they do nothing to help with the feet and resting. especially for snowboarders which this lift mostly services
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And why does copper list two Woodward express’s on their website?
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Unless you’re talking about the two separate listings for lifts only and for regions of the hill, in which case there’s a double listing for all, I’m only counting one. Otherwise, you’ll get no argument about the pucks. Biscuits belong on the ice.
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Not sure what you’re referring to. A quick glance shows only one. Our terrain park conglomerate is called Woodward, which this lift was renamed after- perhaps that’s what you’re seeing?
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It was removed. I do not see it any more. Thanks for the answer
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