Vista Bahn Express #16 – Vail, CO View up from Vail Village. Riding up the line. Upper lift line. Arriving at Mid-Vail. Top station with parking/maintenance rail. Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like Loading...
New England Chairlifts & Skiing November 10, 2019 / 6:13 am What was the disposition of this lift? It had high hours so it probably couldn’t be reused in total. My guess is they kept some parts to use as spares for their other 80s doppelmayr HSQs. LikeLike
Donald Reif December 25, 2020 / 1:28 pm Some of the parts may have been used for the Doppelmayr FGQs at Mt Brighton in Michigan. LikeLike
Windows 95 May 19, 2024 / 10:14 am This was the first detachable bubble chairlift in North America. LikeLike
Anders October 31, 2023 / 8:01 pm That second picture really gives a sense of how steep the front side chutes really are. LikeLike
Windows 95 May 19, 2024 / 10:14 am You can find pictures of the Vista Bahn Chairlift with bubbles here. http://www.skilifts.org/old/images/resort_images/co-vail/vistabahn/vistabahn.htm LikeLike
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What year were the bubbles removed?
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2004 I think.
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2005 or 2006
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2004 according to Peter’s spreadsheet and chairlift.org
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What was the disposition of this lift? It had high hours so it probably couldn’t be reused in total. My guess is they kept some parts to use as spares for their other 80s doppelmayr HSQs.
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Some of the parts may have been used for the Doppelmayr FGQs at Mt Brighton in Michigan.
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Was this the first high speed bubble?
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This was the first detachable bubble chairlift in North America.
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That second picture really gives a sense of how steep the front side chutes really are.
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You can find pictures of the Vista Bahn Chairlift with bubbles here.
http://www.skilifts.org/old/images/resort_images/co-vail/vistabahn/vistabahn.htm
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