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[floridaskier]

Are they gonna cover up the bottom of the terminal or leave it open? (I hope they leave it open, fun to look up and see the inner workings of it

That's one long ladder to get up inside the top terminal

[edmontonguy]

Judging by seeing The Flyer and other vault drive lifts the main equipment will probably not be covered.

[liftmech]

I would doubt it, seeing as LL had the opportunity when they built their own overskin but didn't take it. I think it's cool that LL built their own terminal; there aren't too many variations on the theme these days with only two models being offered in the US (the Poma Omega and the D-CTEC UNI-GS).

[SkiBachelor]

Don't forget Partek now and you can still order the UNI-G along with the MCS if you want it from Doppelmayr CTEC.

[edmontonguy]

Isn't the MCS a leitner product? it would have to be shipped in from Europe. Also if you could afford the shipping costs there is also the Satalit termial Produced by Poma Europe.

[SkiBachelor]

MCS is the Garaventa detachable design. All the resorts in NA that purchased a UNI-G terminal design this year, the terminals had to be shipped over from Europe btw.

But I presume you can order some of the L-P of Europe terminal designs, it would cost extra, just like the UNI-G terminal.

[Whistler]

So the old Von Roll gondola still is opertaional? Does it have all its cabins on the line or just a few?

[Zage]

The old Von-Roll gondola has not been in operation since the early eighties I think. ;) And it is being ripped out this summer.

[Whistler]

Ok, I just remember someone saying that it was used to transport supplies.

[Zage]

Was at LL on Monday, and the gondola was running, not open to the public just running. It was operating smoothly doors opened and closed fine. This may be difficult to explain, but the rails inside the terminal rise and lower. So when the cabin comes in the terminal and detaches it rises up, because the door mechanism is hidden. So when the cabin is exiting the terminal it lowers. I will try to get a diagram.

[SkiBachelor]

I know what you're talking about, because the Bridger gondola at Jackson Hole is the same way. However, I think it's another way of slowing down the cabins as they enter the terminal, rather than opening up the doors. Because the doors will open or close before that process even happens.

[vons]

if the LL gondi is anything like Flayer than the rails have an inclined section just before and after the loading area which helps the tyres speed up and slow down the carriers. Most new detachable lifts use level rails vs. inclined ones.

[liftmech]

The gondi is exactly like the Flyer in that regard. Poma used that method up until about 1992 or so, whenever they went to the tyre turnaround instead of the chains. The theory was that the incline helped out the tyres both in slowing and accelerating the carriers.

[Zage]

The gondola uses tires all-around in the terminal.

[orangegondola]

can someone grab some shots of the old gondi before they tear it out. Towers terminals etc. Also are the old cabins still around. Whe i was last there around '94 it was running as a summer only gondola.

[poloxskier]

I would really like to see some pics of the old gondola as well. All that I ever saw of it was the line where it crossed the road and the top station. When I was up there, I believe it was '96, they had no cabins visible on the line and they were using the Friendly Giant with gondola cabins on the line for summer gondola rides. There were still signs up for the old gondola and I really wanted to ride up from town but I was told it had been closed a couple of years back.

[liftmech]

Zage, on Feb 2 2005, 03:24 PM, said:

The gondola uses tires all-around in the terminal.
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I would too, if I was rebuilding it. It's not all that expensive and pays for itself after only a few years (costs versus those of maintaining the chain system).

[poloxskier]

If anyone is going to Louise this year to ski and could get some more pics of the old gondola I would really appreciate seeing some.

Does this gondola have two separate bull wheels in the upper station? It seems like one is driven dirrectly in this pic and there is a short cable that drives the bullwheel that actualy has the haul rope on it. Is this the way it is driven or does it just look like it from the pic?

[Zage]

There is two bullwheels in the top.

[highspeedquad]

Was the gondola not running just because of its mechanics, or are there other reasons? Also, why is there a chair on the E-rail on the Top of the World lift?