Before the Mt Judah side opened (In the mid 1990s), the double chair was used to get more people across the railroad tracks to the base. Now that folks can drive direct to Judah, there are not as big back ups on the Gondola, the the chance people will be stranded if the Gondola goes down.
The village tow has two separate purposes 1) is it connects the Royal Gorge XC ski system into the resost
2) it provides easy transport for homeowners/guests and increase the number of units they can call “ski-in/ski-out”
I remember as a kid getting off the chair in the building and thinking that was really cool. I also for some reason have this memory of a poster in the gondola building where it was a tree with a pair of skier tracks going on either side of the tree and discussing how thats not possible with my Dad.
I don’t go to Sugar Bowl regularly, but I haven’t ridden the gondola in a very long time as I always just park on the Judah side.
Utah Lost Ski Area ProjectApril 4, 2022 / 10:36 am
Odd that this lift is listed as a CTEC on the spreadsheet, the only CTEC manufactured parts on this lift appear to be the counterweight tensioning. Wouldn’t the majority of the parts be VonRoll rather than CTEC?
Why close down the double for a shorter platter lift?
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Before the Mt Judah side opened (In the mid 1990s), the double chair was used to get more people across the railroad tracks to the base. Now that folks can drive direct to Judah, there are not as big back ups on the Gondola, the the chance people will be stranded if the Gondola goes down.
The village tow has two separate purposes 1) is it connects the Royal Gorge XC ski system into the resost
2) it provides easy transport for homeowners/guests and increase the number of units they can call “ski-in/ski-out”
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That double had a very roller coaster-like profile at the point where it crossed the tracks. https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tcd4-village-gondola-ctec-3929.html
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There was a rather abrupt descent so that the Village Chair could cross over the tracks and then go under the power lines.
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I remember as a kid getting off the chair in the building and thinking that was really cool. I also for some reason have this memory of a poster in the gondola building where it was a tree with a pair of skier tracks going on either side of the tree and discussing how thats not possible with my Dad.
I don’t go to Sugar Bowl regularly, but I haven’t ridden the gondola in a very long time as I always just park on the Judah side.
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I can only imagine if a train passed under you, that you would be blasted by exhaust and noise
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Odd that this lift is listed as a CTEC on the spreadsheet, the only CTEC manufactured parts on this lift appear to be the counterweight tensioning. Wouldn’t the majority of the parts be VonRoll rather than CTEC?
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There’s more CTEC than that their is also the sheeves, bullwheel, and the engine room
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Is the drive of the double still in place?
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Does the current gondy still use the old Heron return?
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