Sun Peaks replaced a rarely-used T-Bar with this high speed quad in 2024. The new lift starts much lower and ends higher, running daily.Due to the profile, numerous towers feature combination assemblies on both sides.The upper part of the line.View down at tower 9.View down the line at tower 7, below where the old T-Bar ran.View up at tower 6.Tower 5.Tower 1, one of two with European style tower heads on this lift.Parking rail for all 81 chairs.This lift needs parking due to its exposure and high elevation near the tree line.UNI-G station with Sun Peaks logo colours.Riding toward tower 1.Middle section of the line.Tower 10.European and American style tower heads next to each other.View down at tower 14.Tower 13.The top station seen from below.This is the ninth Doppelmayr quad chair built at Sun Peaks, an all-Doppelmayr mountain.Upper lift line.Lift line near the old T-Bar line.Looking down the steepest part of a not very steep lift.Middle part of the line.Return station overview.Tower 1.Looking back down the lower line, new terrain below the old T-Bar.Riding toward the summit.View back down from the top.Large 16 sheave assembly.Upper few towers.Loading area.Doppelmayr Connect controls.Tower 14.Arriving at the summit.Unloading area.Side view of the drive station.The old T-Bar ran on diesel but this lift’s drive station has grid power.View from the top breakover.Another view of the high alpine summit.
This is one of those rare detachable chairlifts only reachable by fixed grip lift, as you have to use Crystal or Burfield to get back here. With egress being via Five Mile back to the base village or the Roundabout back to Burfield’s midstation.
What is the cost difference to bury the comline vs. running it on the towers, and also to add the full catwalks instead of the “Poma pass” style ones included on this lift? Surprising to see them spend the money for full parking and burying the comline (both probably for weather reasons) but skip the catwalks.
Also is this the first Doppelmayr lift without catwalks since 2001 to have a double combo assembly? 2 to be exact on towers 12 and 14
I believe this is also the first non catwalk equipped lift with 500mm sheaves to have double combo assemblies. Since non of the 5 Whistler lifts with 500mm sheaves and no catwalks (Big Red, Emerald, Creekside, Harmony, and Blackcomb Gondola), the Sea to Sky Gondola, Skyliner Express at Bachelor, and the 2 soon to be 3 Lake Louise Doppelmayr high speed lifts have them
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This is one of those rare detachable chairlifts only reachable by fixed grip lift, as you have to use Crystal or Burfield to get back here. With egress being via Five Mile back to the base village or the Roundabout back to Burfield’s midstation.
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What a nice lift!
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What is the cost difference to bury the comline vs. running it on the towers, and also to add the full catwalks instead of the “Poma pass” style ones included on this lift? Surprising to see them spend the money for full parking and burying the comline (both probably for weather reasons) but skip the catwalks.
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I’ve been told the ‘access rails’ are significantly less expensive than catwalks, and that’s why we didn’t put them on our H and K quads.
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Also is this the first Doppelmayr lift without catwalks since 2001 to have a double combo assembly? 2 to be exact on towers 12 and 14
I believe this is also the first non catwalk equipped lift with 500mm sheaves to have double combo assemblies. Since non of the 5 Whistler lifts with 500mm sheaves and no catwalks (Big Red, Emerald, Creekside, Harmony, and Blackcomb Gondola), the Sea to Sky Gondola, Skyliner Express at Bachelor, and the 2 soon to be 3 Lake Louise Doppelmayr high speed lifts have them
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