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Does anyone have information/pictures of the Rendezvous chairlift at Crystal Mountain, WA?


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#1 Fixed Grip Quad

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Posted 08 April 2017 - 09:57 AM

I can't seem to find any information/images about it.

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Posted 08 April 2017 - 12:01 PM

Found a video ... is this the right lift?

https://www.youtube....h?v=lPMXwtGGzBM

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Posted 08 April 2017 - 12:14 PM

 _litz, on 08 April 2017 - 12:01 PM, said:

Found a video ... is this the right lift?

https://www.youtube....h?v=lPMXwtGGzBM


I don't think so. The lift I am thinking of was removed in the nineties.

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Posted 08 April 2017 - 12:27 PM

No photos, but check out the info on Peter's site.

https://liftblog.com...al-mountain-wa/
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Posted 10 April 2017 - 10:32 AM

Info-- 1983 CTEC triple, fixed top drive/bottom counterweight tension. 180-ish carriers (memory's a bit fuzzy at this remove). Very dynamic carriage movement on a stop, which caused several people to panic and jump off the load board (directly on my toes, usually). Removed 1997 and stored until sent to Big Sky as the Cascade lift http://www.skilifts....ade/cascade.htm
I was the ops foreman on that lift for its last two seasons and have no photos that I can find (and I've looked).
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Posted 10 April 2017 - 12:48 PM

 liftmech, on 10 April 2017 - 10:32 AM, said:

Info-- 1983 CTEC triple, fixed top drive/bottom counterweight tension. 180-ish carriers (memory's a bit fuzzy at this remove). Very dynamic carriage movement on a stop, which caused several people to panic and jump off the load board (directly on my toes, usually). Removed 1997 and stored until sent to Big Sky as the Cascade lift http://www.skilifts....ade/cascade.htm
I was the ops foreman on that lift for its last two seasons and have no photos that I can find (and I've looked).
Thanks for the anecdote.

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Posted 10 April 2017 - 03:51 PM

 _litz, on 08 April 2017 - 12:01 PM, said:

Found a video ... is this the right lift?

https://www.youtube....h?v=lPMXwtGGzBM

Ha! Just looked at this and it's R (or Rendezvous) at my current place, Copper.
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Posted 10 April 2017 - 06:54 PM

 _litz, on 08 April 2017 - 12:01 PM, said:

Found a video ... is this the right lift?

https://www.youtube....h?v=lPMXwtGGzBM


Me and my Copper Mountain Crew built that lift in 1982. Took a break from YAN installations and left right after Load Test to do 6 weeks of haul rope installs in the Western US and Canada
I'll find a photo of the Crew to post.
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