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RibStaThiok's Photo RibStaThiok 15 Aug 2018

Wagon Wheel at Kirkwood Resort is one of the longer FG YANs out there. What are some other long YANs still in operation that come to mind?
https://liftblog.com...10-kirkwood-ca/
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Allan's Photo Allan 15 Aug 2018

View PostRibStaThiok, on 15 August 2018 - 06:46 PM, said:

Wagon Wheel at Kirkwood Resort is one of the longer FG YANs out there. What are some other long YANs still in operation that come to mind?
https://liftblog.com...10-kirkwood-ca/


Ours is 6800' feet long.. It sure feels long haha
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Lift Dinosaur's Photo Lift Dinosaur 17 Aug 2018

View PostRibStaThiok, on 15 August 2018 - 06:46 PM, said:

Wagon Wheel at Kirkwood Resort is one of the longer FG YANs out there. What are some other long YANs still in operation that come to mind?
https://liftblog.com...10-kirkwood-ca/

Alpine Lift at Copper Mountain, CO is a 1979 Double designed as a triple. 5586' L by 1726' V. 214 +/- carriers.
Dino
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vons's Photo vons 17 Aug 2018

View PostLift Dinosaur, on 17 August 2018 - 08:23 AM, said:

Alpine Lift at Copper Mountain, CO is a 1979 Double designed as a triple. 5586' L by 1726' V. 214 +/- carriers.
Dino

218 chairs I spent many a day watching them go by :wacko:
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RibStaThiok's Photo RibStaThiok 18 Aug 2018

Alpine is a good lift. You've taken good care of her over the years.
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vons's Photo vons 19 Aug 2018

View PostRibStaThiok, on 18 August 2018 - 06:39 PM, said:

Alpine is a good lift. You've taken good care of her over the years.

I left Copper in 2012 but John H. still wrenches on her from time to time, I am now With Skytrac as a mechanical engineer.
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RibStaThiok's Photo RibStaThiok 19 Aug 2018

Good deal!!
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