Mt Hood Ski Bowl lift questions
mrskifriend
27 Jul 2015
Hey guys! I have a couple questions about My Hood Ski Bowl's lifts.
1. The original upper bowl chairlift was moved to become the Cascade chair, and was replaced by another Riblet double. I believe the reason was because the original Upper Bowl lift did not go quite as high up the bowl as the current one does, a slightly different angle. But, what I'm curious about is if the former Upper Bowl chairlift had lattice towers all the way, or just those two lattice towers? I know they kept two of those old lattice towers on the replacement lift as a testament to the engineers of the day. Where those the only lattice towers or were they all lattice towers back then?
2. I attached an old Ski Bowl map. You can see the Lower Bowl chairlift as we know it. But to the right of it is another chairlift. Was that the old single chair, and if so, when did they remove it? (I'm assuming they removed it because the double was in a better location and had a higher capacity, but how long did the single last with the current double chair there?)
3. I saw an old historic Ski Bowl video. Back before the former upper bowl lift was removed and placed on Multorpor Mountain to become the Cascade chair, there was a rope two that went up the run Raceway. What kind of rope tow would you use to ride up a black diamond? Additionally, I remember hearing there was also a T-Bar on Multorpor Mountain. Is that true?
4. The first ever Ski Bowl lift was a rope tow that went from the warming hut to halfway up the upper bowl. To get to it.... did you have to hike up the whole lower bowl with skis over the shoulder and a gallon of gas if you wanted to ski free?
This post has been edited by mrskifriend: 27 July 2015 - 12:11 AM
1. The original upper bowl chairlift was moved to become the Cascade chair, and was replaced by another Riblet double. I believe the reason was because the original Upper Bowl lift did not go quite as high up the bowl as the current one does, a slightly different angle. But, what I'm curious about is if the former Upper Bowl chairlift had lattice towers all the way, or just those two lattice towers? I know they kept two of those old lattice towers on the replacement lift as a testament to the engineers of the day. Where those the only lattice towers or were they all lattice towers back then?
2. I attached an old Ski Bowl map. You can see the Lower Bowl chairlift as we know it. But to the right of it is another chairlift. Was that the old single chair, and if so, when did they remove it? (I'm assuming they removed it because the double was in a better location and had a higher capacity, but how long did the single last with the current double chair there?)
3. I saw an old historic Ski Bowl video. Back before the former upper bowl lift was removed and placed on Multorpor Mountain to become the Cascade chair, there was a rope two that went up the run Raceway. What kind of rope tow would you use to ride up a black diamond? Additionally, I remember hearing there was also a T-Bar on Multorpor Mountain. Is that true?
4. The first ever Ski Bowl lift was a rope tow that went from the warming hut to halfway up the upper bowl. To get to it.... did you have to hike up the whole lower bowl with skis over the shoulder and a gallon of gas if you wanted to ski free?
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This post has been edited by mrskifriend: 27 July 2015 - 12:11 AM
