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[skier691]

Transfer rope tow at Hanson Hills, MI approx 400' long, 0' vertical change.
Works great for making backside powder runs laps off the 1000 long', 150' tbar.

[SkiDaBird]

I ski Alta and I didn't realize the tow was that flat...

[llamborghinii]

American Flyer at Copper - While you do gain almost 2k of vert, the near 2 mile ride makes it feel (and look) very flat

This post has been edited by llamborghinii: 21 January 2015 - 08:05 PM

[DonaldMReif]

We're talking about flattest lifts in the sense of "long length, but not a lot of vertical rise." That's why I say Quicksilver Super6 is a pretty flat lift: it's over a mile long, but it only gains 640 feet in altitude between the Village base area and Ten Mile Station.

[SuperRat]

Peter, on 18 January 2015 - 06:02 PM, said:

Some simple math with all of the SAM lift install data yields these as the top 10 flattest lifts...

1. Peak 2 Peak at Whistler
2. Fandango Platter at YC
3. Over Easy Gondola at Stowe
4. Spruce Lake at Holiday Valley
5. Texas Skyway at Texas State Fair
6. Gondola Village Parking at Telluride
7. River Crossing at YC
8. Village Gondola at Sugar Bowl
9. Riverfront Gondola at Beaver Creek
10. Homer Platter at Big Sky

This is based on feet of length per foot of vertical. The steepest lift is Allen Peak Tram at Snowbasin at 1.1 while Peak 2 Peak is 121. Note this does not take into account any ups and downs in the middle of the line as it is only the average between the two terminals.

I think some of SAM's construction surveys do take middle ups and downs into account. For example they say Loon's Tote Road Quad has 95 feet of vertical and I know the elevation difference between the terminals is less than 20 feet so they must be taking into account the elevation changes in the middle of the line.

This post has been edited by SuperRat: 22 January 2015 - 04:05 PM

[nathanvg]

The "mile long" double at whitecap, WI has almost exactly zero vertical end to end. (although the lift survey lists 652' vert, which must be some odd math because the whole ski area has less than 400' vert.)

It would be more interesting to exclude all lifts that you can't ski from top to bottom (on a marked trail without hiking). And maybe also exclude lifts less than 200' vert to exclude bunny hills.

[Tramway Guy]

The lift at Whitecap loads at both terminals, the vertical rise comes from both sides to their respective unloading points.

[boardski]

Kokomo (K-lift) at Copper has to be pretty flat also. It is one of the best beginner areas though,offering a longer run so people can learn to ski without having to load the chair as frequently.