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[edmontonguy]

paradise is a very slow chair

[Eric]

Another shot of the frendly giant

Bottom terminal

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[vancouverguy]

Very nice. I'm wondering if the operator's cabin was included with the lift, as Whistler's Yan HSQs had that type of cabin.

[Eric]

I saw this lift running one of the 3 days that I visited Lake Louise last March.
On the pictures the frendly giant express was close due to the low attendance.

[edmontonguy]

if its replaced i wonder what they will put in

[edmontonguy]

check this chair out
its the siver queen @ silver star
observe the terminal it is what appears to be an FG version of the Yancake

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[SkiBachelor]

Thats just like the Viking Triple at DV.

[KZ]

intersting

The other yan hsq's were yancakes, so it works together nicely

[SkiBachelor]

Well Lake Louise has plans of installing a new gondola from a new base village, however I think they should keep this lift around since it's the real last Yan HSQ.

[Eric]

What is a yancake ?

[Bill]

Its kind of a nickname. You see Yan came up with the flat terminal idea that kind of looks like a pancake, and so you add YAN+PANCAKE and get Yancake. Also been known to see LEITNER+PANCAKE and get Leitnercake. Get it? :)

[edmontonguy]

lake louise had a gondi from the village several years back but it was since demolished. A smart idea might have been to hold off the six pack and replace both yans with a gondi with a midstation

[vancouverguy]

That would be a good idea.

BTW: The original gondola only ran to a parking lot 1/2 way down the road from the base, not to the village.

[Eric]

Do you guys have more pictures of yan Chairlifts? BC, CA, UT?

[vancouverguy]

I have some, most of them have already been posted on this or a previous incarnation of the NWS forum.

[Kicking Horse]

i hope to have one Yan Triple this weekend if i don't do a brake job.

[SkiBachelor]

I have a lot of Yan pictures, I will try to post them tomorrow. I've done a lot of work today with the site. Check out the new glossary. :)

http://www.nw-skilif...om/glossary.htm

[Kicking Horse]

nice. :)

[Allan]

Here's some YAN's! My trademark pic ;)

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[Allan]

The breakover towers

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