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 DonaldMReif, on 14 January 2014 - 06:23 AM, said:

The coil spring grip option seems to be the only remaining holdover from the CTEC merger. Other than the general layout of the towerheads, everything else is Doppelmayr these days, even for the old CTEC loyalists like Deer Valley, which has 4 Uni-GS lifts with Garaventa chairs, but installed a Uni-G with Doppelmayr EJ chairs (and coil spring grips) in 2012.

Beaver Creek is the only old CTEC customer that comes to mind that started using the Doppelmayr designs right away, starting with the Birds of Prey Express in 2003. What's the last lift to have the Uni-GS and Garaventa chairs?

 floridaskier, on 14 January 2014 - 09:53 AM, said:

Don't the fixed grip drive terminals still have some CTEC designs in them? This is the Lookout Mountain Triple at Whiteface which appears to have a Galaxy drive terminal, yet everything else is Doppelmayr. The return is also CTEC. This lift was built in summer of 2008 and opened in January 2009.




This post has been edited by snoloco: 14 January 2014 - 04:17 PM

 snoloco, on 14 January 2014 - 04:16 PM, said:

I believe both of these terminal designs have been discontinued since that lift was built. The CTEC lift shacks live on though

This is the Skyline Quad at Sugarloaf, ME. It appears to have a slightly different drive and return, although they still use similar aspects to the ones from the Whiteface, NY lift above.




The image insert isn't working for the picture of the return, so here is a link to it.
http://data:image/jp...IQgK0IQmp//2Q==
This post has been edited by snoloco: 14 January 2014 - 04:42 PM

Let's get back on topic.......

A couple new pictures from the Sea to Sky Gondola Facebook page. I would definitely check this out passing through on the way to Whistler.

I guess the Sea to Sky Gondola is not for the faint of heart.

Or those afraid of heights.

That was kind of what I meant. That gondola would probably give me a lot of reminders of what it was like when I went up the Jackson Hole tram in the summer of 2010. I mean, that was a tram and this is a gondola, but still....

What's up at the top of the Sea to Sky Gondola, is that a restaurant up there?

 floridaskier, on 22 January 2014 - 07:51 AM, said:

Sounds like it will be your typical scenic lift with a restaurant, gift shop and trails at the top. There is also a trail from the base to the top but no free ride down if you hike up.

Cabin spacing on the Sea-to-Sky reminds me a bit of photos I have seen of Crystal Mountain's gondola.

I mentioned that A-51 and Checkerboard at Keystone both received additional modifications from Doppelmayr in the form of new lifting frames on their towers.

This link has better pictures:
http://www.remontees...rtage-1615.html

The photos firmly establishes A-51 as being a frankenlift as it is a Lift Engineering double chairlift, with used Riblet bail-chairs, and Doppelmayr sheaves, upper bullwheel, and lifting frames.

I am surprised they used the original Yan grips with those Riblet replacement carriers. Were the Riblet internal grips not compatible with the haul rope or was there another issue?

 DonaldMReif, on 05 March 2014 - 06:57 AM, said:

Those aren't Doppelmayr sheave on the towers and Joe Grumunger who came from LE designed the lifting frames.

Yan sheaves: http://www.skilifts....werstation2.jpg

Doppelmayr sheaves: http://www.skilifts....werstation4.jpg

The Sea to Sky Gondola is operating and open. They do ski touring on it which I didn't know they did. This video shows some of the trip up as well as the stations. It also confirms that the Sea to Sky Gondola is a bottom drive lift.

https://www.youtube....h?v=8ReU9p4bDCY

I hiked up the Sea to Sky gondola about a month ago, while it was still closed. I measured the vertical rise at about 845m (from 40m to 885m). Here are some pictures.

 martinnv, on 21 May 2014 - 03:00 PM, said:

Thanks for the pictures, Martin!

Great shots. Anyone know why it has European style towerheads?