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I've never seen anything like it. What lift, where?
(And list the brands if you know)
This post has been edited by NHskier13: 16 November 2014 - 02:52 PM

Not sure of the particular lift, but looks like WSO/Stadeli judging by the terminal and carriers.

EDIT: I know Snowbasin has/had a couple of WSO triples, but they both had tubular steel towers not lattices, and terminated below the treeline so it can't be there.
This post has been edited by brad82: 17 November 2014 - 01:27 PM

So did/does Taos. Perhaps Europe?

I've cheated a little and found the lift in question. Its definitely in Europe and is a ~1980s WSO Fixed Triple. It'll probably be incredibly hard for anyone to get that hasn't skied that area before (which I suspect not many [if any] people on this forum have!), without looking it up. I'll wait a couple of days to see if anyone gets it before posting the answer.
This post has been edited by brad82: 18 November 2014 - 04:23 AM

The 2 WSOs at Snowbasin (Becker & Porcupine) are 1985/86 Vintage. This one is a bit older.

The lift in question is a 1984 Stadeli Fixed Triple in Arosa, Switzerland. Its name is Alp Stätz
This post has been edited by brad82: 20 November 2014 - 04:29 AM

We have 1984 Stadeli triple, 1965 center pole double rebuilt in 1990 old lift 1 & 2 parts, and a parts Stadeli built in 91 with old lift 1&2 parts and some parts from back east a bullwheel and gearbox which we just rebuilt, 1971 stadeli double beginner lift, 1973 double, and 76 double both old AC drum controller drives. Good solid lifts New Elctramics installed on the 84 triple this year and new grips in 2011

The 1984 triple has tube towers and the 1971 beginner double has tube towers everything else is Lattice on our Stadelis
This post has been edited by Nate214: 29 November 2014 - 09:10 AM

The Stads remind me of the YAN FGs... overbuilt, and because of that, they tended to be more reliable. But that is just my biased opinion.