Possible new lifts for Summer 2006
SkiBachelor
03 Nov 2006
Here's a lift that we missed that's currently being installed at Showdown Ski Area.
http://showdownmonta.../new-chair-lift
http://showdownmonta.../new-chair-lift
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SLUICE-GOOSE CABOOSE CHAIR LIFT
On Saturday, September 9, 2006, Showdown Montana Mountain Staff, under the direction of Jim Hoxter, Mountain Manager, set 11 lift towers and 12 cross-arms for the area’s new beginner chair lift. Heliquest, based in Edmonton and Boulder, assisted with a K-MAX helicopter beginning at approximately 11:00 am.
The K-MAX helicopter is capable of lifting up to 5,000 pounds at Showdown’s altitude, and has two rotors which each turn in a different direction. The 23 lifts that took place in the estimated 5 hours of work on Saturday ranged in weight from 2,500 to 3,400 pounds each. Work began from the top down with the towers, followed by the cross-arms.
The Sluice-Goose Caboose is the first new lift to be installed at Showdown since 1978. Together with a 150-foot conveyor lift, the Caboose is replacing the area’s rope tow and poma lift. The lift was purchased from Alta Ski Area in Utah in 2004, where it was known has the Collins Lift. Refabrication under the plans drawn up by Gmuender Engineering, based in Carson City, Nevada, has taken Showdown Staff most of the summer. George Willett, President of Showdown, estimates the project to be completed by November 15, at a cost of approximately $400,000.
Lift Stats:
Yan Lift, originally installed as the Collins Lift, Alta Ski Area, Utah
12 towers (11 support, 1 downhold), plus bottom drive and top return terminal
Length 3,151 feet; Elevation gain of 634 feet
127 double chairs at 8-second intervals on 1.25 inch cable
Bottom elevation 7,283 feet; Top elevation 7,916 feet
Capacity: 960 people per hour
Lift Speed:400 feet per minute
On Saturday, September 9, 2006, Showdown Montana Mountain Staff, under the direction of Jim Hoxter, Mountain Manager, set 11 lift towers and 12 cross-arms for the area’s new beginner chair lift. Heliquest, based in Edmonton and Boulder, assisted with a K-MAX helicopter beginning at approximately 11:00 am.
The K-MAX helicopter is capable of lifting up to 5,000 pounds at Showdown’s altitude, and has two rotors which each turn in a different direction. The 23 lifts that took place in the estimated 5 hours of work on Saturday ranged in weight from 2,500 to 3,400 pounds each. Work began from the top down with the towers, followed by the cross-arms.
The Sluice-Goose Caboose is the first new lift to be installed at Showdown since 1978. Together with a 150-foot conveyor lift, the Caboose is replacing the area’s rope tow and poma lift. The lift was purchased from Alta Ski Area in Utah in 2004, where it was known has the Collins Lift. Refabrication under the plans drawn up by Gmuender Engineering, based in Carson City, Nevada, has taken Showdown Staff most of the summer. George Willett, President of Showdown, estimates the project to be completed by November 15, at a cost of approximately $400,000.
Lift Stats:
Yan Lift, originally installed as the Collins Lift, Alta Ski Area, Utah
12 towers (11 support, 1 downhold), plus bottom drive and top return terminal
Length 3,151 feet; Elevation gain of 634 feet
127 double chairs at 8-second intervals on 1.25 inch cable
Bottom elevation 7,283 feet; Top elevation 7,916 feet
Capacity: 960 people per hour
Lift Speed:400 feet per minute
skierdude9450
14 Nov 2006
Any word on the Riverfront Gondola at Beaver Creek? I drove past there on Sunday, and it wasn't any more completed than when I saw it in early September. The terminals are still bare bones, and the towers are standing like lonely lamp poasts. It also says coming soon on the trail map. Is the bottom going to be built into the Westin Riverfront, because that would explain it being 15 feet off the ground.
SkiBachelor
14 Nov 2006
I presume Doppelmayr CTEC's crew is vey busy trying to finish up other lifts around North America and since this lift wasn't in that big of a hurry to be finished, DC left it.
skierdude9450
14 Nov 2006
Yeah. But, do you have any clue as to what's going to happen with the bottom station?
Peter
14 Nov 2006
Doppelmayr seems really busy this year. Last year they had 7 detachables and 11 fixed grips. This year, they have an aerial tram, 12 detachables and 19 fixed grips. Poma is busy as well, with 3 gondolas (with 6 separate sections) and 4 other detachables as well as a fixed grip lift.
This post has been edited by Skier: 14 November 2006 - 07:13 PM
This post has been edited by Skier: 14 November 2006 - 07:13 PM
SkiBachelor
14 Nov 2006
Does anyone know if Doppelmayr CTEC reopened its Golden facility that it shut down 2 years ago with all the lifts it built this summer?
Peter
14 Nov 2006
I don't think so because they have a new office in Arvada, CO. I think I remember reading that they chose SLC to be headquarters after the merger because they own the property. The Golden facility was leased, so it is probably gone. They also expanded the SLC factory a couple years back.
lastchair_44
15 Nov 2006
I think the office in Arvada is a sales office for skyrides? I'd imagine they'd have some service reps there as well.
vons
17 Nov 2006
Due to the hotel development at the bottom of the River Front Gondola, dopplmayr is not finishing the lift this year. The bottom terminal is 35' in the air till the parking garage is built and the lift doesn't serve anything till the hotel/condos are done
