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Tallest Lift Tower
Started by Backbowlsbilly, Jun 09 2017 02:49 PM
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#1
Posted 09 June 2017 - 02:49 PM
Does anybody know what the tallest lift tower is in North America? I thought it would be interesting to start a topic of the tallest towers on lifts in North America, I would have to guess it would be on the Peak 2 Peak or a tram but I'm not sure.
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Posted 12 June 2017 - 07:01 AM
Interesting question. I don't know the answer for sure but below are a two tall towers, both of which span a gap between peaks. I suspect that tallest is a tram tower but exactly which, I couldn't tell you.
Tall tower at Whitecaps, WI. Might be the tallest chairlift tower.
Aspen's Gondola has a high tower:
Tall tower at Whitecaps, WI. Might be the tallest chairlift tower.
Aspen's Gondola has a high tower:
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#11
Posted 18 July 2017 - 05:54 PM
Wow, that is certainly planted into the mountainside.
What's the elevation difference between the uphill leg, and the downhill leg, of that tower?
What's the elevation difference between the uphill leg, and the downhill leg, of that tower?
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#12
Posted 20 September 2017 - 11:33 AM
The Emirates gondola in London has towers over 90 metres (300 feet) high to allow ships to pass beneath it.
Okay it's not in North America and it's not used for skiing, but this could be the highest lift tower anywhere?
Okay it's not in North America and it's not used for skiing, but this could be the highest lift tower anywhere?
This post has been edited by Bogong: 20 September 2017 - 11:38 AM
Details of every Australian ski lift ever built. http://www.australia...ralianskilifts/
#13
Posted 22 September 2017 - 03:11 PM
Courtesy liftblog.com. Looks like the tallest tramway tower is a monstrous 619 feet! Located on the new Doppelmayr Nu Hoang Cable Car in Vietnam
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Posted 30 September 2017 - 08:01 AM
The Gipfelbahn built in 1960s at Kitzsteinhorn (Austria) was the highest lift tower of it's type till 2015 (at 113m currently, originally 103m):
https://www.remontee...-biro-1113.html
This tower can be seen from a long way away down the main valleys.
Austria has some other very high towers on gondolas over glaciers:
https://www.remontee...lmayr-5955.html
https://www.remontee...lmayr-4881.html
https://www.remontee...lmayr-1115.html
https://www.remontee...-biro-1113.html
This tower can be seen from a long way away down the main valleys.
Austria has some other very high towers on gondolas over glaciers:
https://www.remontee...lmayr-5955.html
https://www.remontee...lmayr-4881.html
https://www.remontee...lmayr-1115.html
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