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[edmontonguy]

i found another picture too its the lift in the background the tall tower is very visable

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[iceberg210]

Supreme @ Alta

[KZ]

Its 5 Breakovers at june

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[Skidude]

I would say chair 23 at Mammoth is the steepest I have been on.

[edmontonguy]

riblets seem to have more breakovers than other lifts why is this

[KZ]

maybe when they were built differently, or maybe when they were planned, it was the safest way to do it. It may also just be coincidence that they get some steeper sections than other lift brands. When some of these old riblets get replaced, we will see if it really was nescessary or not.

[Dr Frankenstein]

A Poma gondola @ Méribel : 7 breakovers!

This post has been edited by Dr Frankenstein: 20 January 2004 - 02:11 PM

[edmontonguy]

maybe its the fact that riblet towers rarely have more than 4 sheves

[KZ]

they have more then 4, usually 4-8 with one or 2 holding it down (combination)

[Dr Frankenstein]

the maximums per tower are:

Riblet, Hall, PHB, Heron: 4 sheaves
Older Pomas and Doppelmayrs, Yan, Newer Riblets and Halls, Samson, etc.: 8 sheaves
Müller: 12 sheaves
Doppelmayr, Poma, Leitner, CTEC, etc.: 16 sheaves
Garaventa: 24 sheaves
Hall portals: 8 sheaves
Doppelmayr lattices: 24 sheaves?
Most of the portals: 32 sheaves

This post has been edited by Dr Frankenstein: 21 January 2004 - 02:17 PM

[KZ]

you sure?

[Allan]

I know for a fact Muellers are more than 12. Maybe newer ones are different.

[Dr Frankenstein]

I'm not 100% sure, but it's what I know.

Müller Towers description on www.chairlift.org

You can see there is a limit of 12 sheaves per side on line 14.

This post has been edited by Dr Frankenstein: 21 January 2004 - 05:29 PM

[orangegondola]

Before it was removed a few years ago this was the official steepest lift in the world. It was located at the Diablerets Glacier (Glacier 3000) in switzerland. I took this picture in 1993 from one of the cabins as the visable one passed.

This post has been edited by orangegondola: 21 January 2004 - 08:33 PM

[vancouverguy]

Wow.

[KZ]

crazy

[Allan]

Here's Granite with more than 12 :)

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[Dr Frankenstein]

Weird.

[Eric]

That crazy lift must have very strong grips :P

[bramat]

the old Beaver Lake Chair at Summit West on Snoqualmie Pass, was quite steep, atleast from what i remember when i learned to ski at Summit West. It seemed to immediately go over this huge drop off with water below and the lift way above the ground, straight up the mountain, and with only maybe 300 vertical feet of elevation gain, and a ride time of perhaps a minute