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[floridaskier]

Allan, on 14 February 2015 - 08:00 PM, said:

Embedded in concrete, Yan style! Lifting the rope is actually no problem. It'll have to double check if the two towers lower down that are on a steep angle have their lifting frames like this, I don't think they are.

Red Cloud and Crown Point at Deer Valley are both relocated Yans with the same thing, angled tower tubes and vertical crossarms. Crown Point has this all the way up the line (very steep lift) and Red Cloud has it on the breakovers and one tower before. These were both 1991 relocations from parts of the 1981 Carpenter triple chair, which didn't have lifting frames at all, so they were added for the relocations. Viking was a new install from 1990 also that has it too, on one half-tower with depression sheaves

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NHskier13, on 13 February 2015 - 02:00 PM, said:

What in the world...


It appears that this lift climbs up one mountain, goes over a monster sheave assembly, then makes the steep climb back down. That's pretty impressive.

Looks like Val D'isere, when I was younger I had the pleasure of riding that lift when it was a double, one of the coolest lifts I've ever ridden...

[NHskier13]

I kind of like the one on the Bethlehem Express. Suprising angle of the towers for such a flat lift though

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[NHskier13]

Alpauris Chairlift (above)
Andes Express (below)

[Backbowlsbilly]

This is the Trogkofelbahn at Nassfeld-Hermagor, Austria, a 1995 Doppelmayr Gondola with 15 passenger CWA Conus cabins. (http://www.remontees...rtage-1925.html)

[brad82]

NHskier13, on 13 February 2015 - 02:00 PM, said:

What in the world...


It appears that this lift climbs up one mountain, goes over a monster sheave assembly, then makes the steep climb back down. That's pretty impressive.

That would be Leissieres Express at Val D'Isere/La Fornet. It does indeed go up one side of the valley, straight over the ridge and back down using a 5 tower sheave assembly. Sure turns the stomach upside down the first time you ride it.

[Liftkid99]

Some good ones I know of are
-The peak chair at whistler which is also pretty stomach churning to download on
-Symphony chair also at whistler
-Peak chair at Grouse Mountain
-not sure if it counts but both the Grouse mtn skyrides have 30-40 degree slants after the breakover towers
-Morrisey chair at sun peaks
-Sea to sky gondola has 2 sets of breakover towers after each steep part in the line

[Snowy Ferries]

Liftkid99, on 17 April 2015 - 09:15 PM, said:

-The peak chair at whistler which is also pretty stomach churning to download on

I can tell you this from experience.

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[Liftkid99]

Snowy Ferries, on 18 April 2015 - 09:08 AM, said:

I can tell you this from experience.

Haha yeah. I've done it a few times in the summer and it's just crazy.

[Altatech]

and which manufacturer has the most out of all these? Dopp,?

[ajan]

Mt. Hood Meadows - Blue Chair

[Nof]

ajan, on 14 May 2015 - 05:31 PM, said:

Mt. Hood Meadows - Blue Chair

When I worked at MHM's (early/mid 90's), boarders weren't allowed to ride Blue unless Express/Jacob's Ladder/Mt. Hood Express (same lift, different name and configurations) was closed for obvious reasons. The offload ramp was usually a sheet of ice and it made for a pile of people about 2/3rds of the way down. Now they don't care and I ride it every time it's open just for the thrill of it. Old school, center rectifier pole for the ignorant. Ribblets rule!

This lift and Red/Easy rider are the only two ribblets left at MHM's. Yellow was tore down a number of years ago and replaced with a LP HS quad.

Destruction of Yellow: https://www.youtube....h?v=ZZXR1fy1h-U

In with the New: https://www.youtube....h?v=YFith51nR4I

[NHskier13]

I saw this on liftblog and was surprised it wasn't mentioned here -


Hold on tight :p

[Smacpats]

Had to make some entries here:
Telluride lift 14 (Gold Hill express):

Snowbird Little cloud express:

And the old lift also had them:

Sublette at JHMR:

Collins at Alta:
http://www.skilifts....topstation2.jpg

[julestheshiba]

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Number of downloads: 99The new siberia has an interesting brakeoover tower.

[NHskier13]

Not sure where this is but it looked pretty neat

[julestheshiba]

that is the L'Olympique lift at Espace Killy. http://www.skiresort...gnes/ski-lifts/

[Backbowlsbilly]

I couldn't find any pictures but the old Riblet Loge Peak double at Aspen Highlands had a spectacular set of breakover towers near the top of line that spanned a large gap on the ride. There were pictures of it all around Highlands and I am sorry I couldn't find any but it made for one awesome looking lift.

[Smacpats]

Plunge at Telluride has a few throughout the line.

[NHskier13]

This is a bubble lift in Switzerland. I wonder how fast those chairs are moving too lol