The Village Express and Sky Cab run parallel at the base of Snowmass.Bottom terminal at the new Snowmass Base Village.90-degree loading.Return seen from the Sky Cab.Very long lift line.Below the mid-station unload.First breakover.Half-mid for unloading.Upper lift line to Sam’s Knob.This lift is not very steep but has almost 3,000 vertical.Upper line.Nearing the top.Last three towers.Unloading ramp.Top station with drive equipment.Two breakovers.View down towards Snowmass.Above the mid-station.Half towers.Side view of the mid.Lower lift line.Another view of the mid-unload.Upper line next to Coney Glade.Half station.Tower 13.Another view of the lower line.Sam’s Knob from Big Burn.One more view of the unique first offload.
That’s the snowmaking building, and 9A was added in a relative hurry during the initial load test. They dug the hole, formed it and poured the footer one day, then dropped the tower and anchored the comline the next. Apparently loaded carriers would drop almost to the roof during a stop.
Neither, actually, that building is the water treatment facility for Snowmass village. Source: worked there for a summer demo-ing new treatment methods
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Vertical is stated at 2,174 Capacity is 3,000 per hour FYI
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Chair count?
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169
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It’s actually 34 towers, not 33. There’s a tower 9A for that combi right before you cross over the powerplant at the base of Coney Glade.
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That’s the snowmaking building, and 9A was added in a relative hurry during the initial load test. They dug the hole, formed it and poured the footer one day, then dropped the tower and anchored the comline the next. Apparently loaded carriers would drop almost to the roof during a stop.
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Neither, actually, that building is the water treatment facility for Snowmass village. Source: worked there for a summer demo-ing new treatment methods
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The little building next to the pond is a micro hydro power plant
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Copy that. My source was misinformed, apparently.
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Video of the chairlift running on diesel. Video and audio is **** but hey the Detroit diesels sound really good.
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for Donald M Reif, the chair count is 169(found out myself)
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What are the clocks on the bottom terminal for?
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Only the one on the right is a clock. L to R- Summit temperature; Barometric pressure; Summit wind speed; Snowmass time of day. 👍
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