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[liftmech]

The wind normally does come from the south on Skyliner, but the last time I rode that lift, it was due north. Perhaps it's there for those days? Nice photos, Cameron. I'd forgotten how much I miss skiing Bachelor- thanks for reminding me, you :---:

[KZ]

I sure hope i get to go over my feb. break. Bachelor seems so fun

Yesterday i saw that Northwest was on standby, so its probably opening today or tommarow

[Eric]

Wow, nice pictures

Conditions on that day were looking great :)
I like those Doppelmayr terninals

[SkiBachelor]

I have uploaded all my pictures into the Mt. Bachelor photo gallery, so pictures of other lifts like Pine Marten, Outback, Carrousel and Red can be found in there.

http://www.nw-skilif...-mtbachelor.htm

[floridaskier]

I really want to ski at Bachelor someday

What's the closest airport to Bachelor?

[KZ]

I believe its in eugene

[SkiBachelor]

Fly into PDX, and rent a car and drive to bend. On the way, you will go by Mt. Hood, so you could stop there for a day also or on the way back. Timberline doesn't offer that much, so Meadows is your best place to ski. It's about a 3 hour drive to bend from Portland. But Bend also has an airport which flights fly into, it's just more expensive and better to rent a car. :)

[liftmech]

Doesn't Redmond have an airport? I recall seeing connecting flights from Sea-Tac and PDX there, although that was in the early 90s. I lived 6 1/2 hours by car from Bend, so I never flew in.

[SkiBachelor]

I think that's where the airport is, but it's just a lot cheaper to fly into PDX and drive to Bend rather than fly there. You would be saving like $500 or more. And I think there's only one flight a day there.

[liftmech]

That's typical of a regional airport... To fly into DIA and then transfer to Vail/Eagle County costs an arm and a leg, and it's still faster to drive up.

[SkiBachelor]

I guess I'm going to be going back to Mt. Bachelor tomorrow. Does anyone want any specific pictures? The Northwest Express is now open and I think the Summit will open tomorrow too.

[Bill]

Looking at the "wind guard", it could be just that, a wind guard. Notice how its on the uphill side, so if you were coming into the terminal and a gust of wind hit it, it could have twisted a chair away from the terminal, thus it would not be needed on the downhill side. Also if the wind came from the other direction, the terminal would help block it from affecting the inbound chair.

[Dr Frankenstein]

I don't know what's this sound.

[floridaskier]

Cameron- Could you get some pics of the Summit Express lift, on the inside of the terminal?

[Dr Frankenstein]

...and ask what causes this weird sound in the sunshine accelerator?

[KZ]

im guessing its some sort of friction

[SkiBachelor]

What Ryan B told me.

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As the chair enters the terminal the loud clunk with the long slow rumble that fades is the grip roller contacting the ramp that pushes the springs that open the grip. This takes plenty of force hence the loud clunk. This sound is slightly out of sequence with chair movement because of distance away from the source the video is being recorded and also because the sound has a tendency to reverberate inside the terminal.
The same sound sequence but at a lower volume is the chair leaving the terminal - just a reverse sequence.
The constant background sound is a combination of gearbox, electric motor hum and a dash of accelerator in the mix.

Also there is a slight rhythmic pulse to the whole mixture. This is caused by the electronic drive control constantly searching to find the right torque (power to the electric motor) and the "float" of everything mechanical in the drive system. The dynamics of pulling the haul rope up the hill are quite elastic. An experienced lift mechanic can actually feel this while standing in most drive terminals. An example would be driving a car on a level road and lifting the gas petal until the car just starts to decelerate then giving it a small amount of gas to maintain speed. The pulse or "wandering float" will gradually fade as the load increases.

Also quite noticeable from your video is the "pitch-back" of the bull wheel. This provides room for the accelerators and for the conveying system to go around the bull wheel without taking up to much room.

[SkiBachelor]

Here are some pictures of the Summit Express. Today I got questioned again for taking lift pictures. The operator in the lower terminal asked me what I was doing and I said just taking some pictures. And I was on the chair on the way up before I could tell him what I was doing since he asked me when I sat down on the chair. Then when I got up to the top a guy was waiting for me to ask me a few questions. He asked me why I was taking pictures and what I took pictures of and I told him that I took pictures of the chair parking and lower terminal from inside but did it from the loading zone and not from any restricted areas. So the guy was like oh OK and I told him I was taking some pictures for this site. He's like well you know you should go down to marketing office and talk to them and maybe they will sign you off on a waver and you could maybe get clearance to go up into the terminal with a lift mechanic if you wanted. I guess the guy in the lower terminal over reacted, but the guy up top was really cool. So I went down to the marketing office but the lady that runs it was out of her office, so I will try the next time I go. Well, here are the pictures that I took that got my questioned.

Chair parking area.

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[SkiBachelor]

The lower terminal. (As you can see I was in the loading area so I wasn't off wondering around the building)

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[SkiBachelor]

The lift line.

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