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That looks more like a farm field than a 'back bowl!'

Huntsville, UT - Snowbasin Resort will begin construction in June on a new detachable quad chair lift at the Utah ski and snowboard resort.



The new chairlift will replace the Little Cat lift which services beginning terrain. The bottom terminal will be located above Earl’s Lodge and the upper terminal will end at the upper parking lot. The new lift will be 1,578 feet in length with a vertical rise of 173.5 feet. A 1,000 foot per minute line speed will yield a carrying capacity of 2,600 people per hour.

The new lift will better accommodate the beginning skier by reducing the intimidation from downhill skier traffic and easing loading and unloading due to the detachable lift's design.

Construction is scheduled to be completed in October in time for the 2008-09 ski season.
This post has been edited by Skier: 26 April 2008 - 10:54 PM

Well shoot. There goes the lift I learned to ski off of. Not bad for a 35 year old lift.

http://www.skilifts.org/images/resort_imag...t/littlecat.htm

What a waste of technology! That's almost as bad as Quarter Dollar Express.

skierdude9450, on Apr 27 2008, 09:34 AM, said:

skierdude,

I have to disagree with you... Can You picture Gemini at Winter Park being a FG lift?

Before saying that it's a waste of Techology think about why it will be 100% better!

Well, I guess there would be fewer loading problems, but still, detachable beginner lifts don't make much sense to me.

Easy loading & unloading is probably the most important factor for a lift that is used by "limited ability passengers" ?
This post has been edited by mjturley34: 27 April 2008 - 04:56 PM

skierdude9450, on Apr 27 2008, 04:13 PM, said:

If you have to run an FG at a slow .5 m/s in order for beginners to load, then the entire line has to ride at that speed. If it is a detachable lift, it can be slowed down in the terminal and the line will still go fast. I can only see the problem with unloading perhaps.

2008 Leitner-Poma Projects in North America

Gore Mountain Ski Area
North Creek, New York
Burnt Ridge 700 HP Omega
Detachable Chair

Revelstoke Mountain Resort
Revelstoke, British Columbia
Lower Gondola 600 HP Omega
8 Place Gondola

Snowmass Ski Area
Aspen, Colorado
Sheer Bliss 600 HP Omega
Detachable Chair

Killington Resort
Killington, VT
Skye Peak 600 HP Omega
Detachable Chair

Winter Park Resort
Winter Park, Colorado
Base Transport 200 HP Omega
8 Place Gondola
This post has been edited by Skier: 28 April 2008 - 07:00 PM

Did Steamboat decide against the Thunderhead replacement with HSS and relocating the existing HSQ to replace Elkhead or has it been pushed ahead?

That's it!!?? I thought they were planning on installing three detach quads at Revelstoke.

Also, Leitner-Poma installed a detachable quad at Cardrona in New Zealand this past winter.

boardski, on Apr 28 2008, 11:17 PM, said:

I haven't heard anything recently, most of the lift discussions here lately have been about the 2nd gondola. going from a pulse design to a full detach has created issues with terminal locations, etc. I did see thunderhead running on 4/24 - probably inspection of some sort.

This list is rapidly shrinking...

Boreal, CA DoppelmayrCTEC Quad Castle Peak
Heavenly, CA DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Galaxy Express
Jackson Hole, WY DoppelmayrCTEC 100 Passenger Tram Tram
Keystone, CO DoppelmayrCTEC Gondola 8 River Run Gondola
Kirkwood, CA DoppelmayrCTEC Platter Covered Wagon
Kirkwood, CA DoppelmayrCTEC Platter Lookout Vista
Mont Tremblant, PQ DoppelmayrCTEC Gondola 8 Connection
Mt. Baker, WA DoppelmayrCTEC Quad Chair 1
Park City, UT DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Crescent Express
Saddleback, ME DoppelmayrCTEC Quad Kennebago
Solitude, UT DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Apex Express
Solitude, UT DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Moonbeam Express
Sun Valley, ID DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Elkhorn Express
Sun Valley, ID DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Half Dollar Express
Sunday River, ME DoppelmayrCTEC Chondola 4/6 Lift 7
Whistler Blackcomb, BC DoppelmayrCTEC Tri Cable Gondola Peak to Peak
Whistler Blackcomb, BC DoppelmayrCTEC Cabriolet Timing Flats
Whistler Blackcomb, BC DoppelmayrCTEC Gondola 8 Kadenwood
Whiteface, NY DoppelmayrCTEC Triple Lookout Mountain
Gore Mountain, NY Leitner-Poma High Speed Quad Burnt Ridge Express
Killington, VT Leitner-Poma High Speed Quad Skye Peak Express
Revelstoke, BC Leitner-Poma Gondola 8 Lower Gondola
Snowmass, CO Leitner-Poma High Speed Quad Sheer Bliss
Winter Park, CO Leitner-Poma Cabriolet Village
Bridger Bowl, MT Used Double Slushman's
Poley Mountain, NB Used Triple
Nub's Nob, MI Used Superior Triple Pintail Peak

What about Alyeska and Welch Village?

I have found nothing official about Alyeska, so I deleted it. I presume it would be on their website by now.

Anyone have any pictures of the new gondola at Mont Tremblant?

From this article it sounds like Alyeska is building this summer....

http://www.adn.com/play/recreation/feature...ory/378433.html

""We will be replacing Chair 3 with a quad, adding a midway station to Chair 7, a carpet loader to Chair 7 and increasing our hiking and biking terrain," Lott wrote. "

"So they contacted the resort, which said that it decided not to offer May skiing this year because it did not make financial sense. Also, the extra month would provide time for the renovation project."

The Lift Maintenance Manager at Snowbasin shot me back a reply regarding an e-mail I had sent awhile back asking about the Littlecat Double and any other possible changes comming for Snowbasin.

Thanks to Coe @ Snowbasin for his response!
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Your E-mail was forwarded to me a while ago and I wanted to wait until I knew for sure. I would have hated to continue with the rumors about a new Littlecat lift. Fact is we are going to replace Littlecat lift and move it to the east near the original location of a T-bar I am told. Lift stats: Doppelmayr/CTEC detachable Quad out of Canada, 1564 feet in length, vertical rise 173 feet, 1000 feet per minute, 2600 pph, 43 chairs with a ride time of 2.3 minutes. I would think that if you are coming out this way this summer you will see some real progress on the construction, provided the snow finally melts.

Thank you for your interest in Snowbasin. I will get with the GM sometime and inquire about joining skilifts.org, we all visit the site from time to time. Next rumor... detachable Quad from just below Strawberry Gondola up to Dan's Saddle.
This post has been edited by RibStaThio: 30 April 2008 - 03:48 PM

Mont Saint-Sauver in Quebec is getting a new Doppelmayr Fixedgrip Quad with loading carpet, to be installed this fall after the waterpark closes.

Except from Dave's Blog:

Telluride Announces the New Revelation Lift and ANOTHER New Terrain Expansion
April 30, 2008

Hi Folks,

It is our pleasure to announce that Telluride Ski and Golf is installing a new fixed-grip quad chairlift and again expanding advanced terrain. The new lift - called "Revelation" - will expand into the long-awaited and anticipated "Revelation Bowl" terrain and add vertical rise to the entire ski resort.

Environmentally responsible helicopter construction techniques will be used on this project. Construction is scheduled to be completed by November 15, 2008.


Check out this link for photos and blog comments:

http://blog.tellurideskiresort.com/blogs/d...n.aspx#comments

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