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[teachme]

Hello,

Bit of a strange one here and wondering if anyone knows more. Lake Louise Larch chair was closed for at least a few days last week. It is a HS quad 1998 Leitner. I was trying to figure out why and all I can find is from their site:

Good news. Larch Chair will commence operation today (Fri, Feb 19) and until further notice will operate as a double chair. Just in time for the weekend.

and facebook:

The Lake Louise Ski Resort Hi, Janice. Larch Chair was not operating for a short time last week due to a power surge in the village of Lake Louise. The good news is that it's back running as of today.

My question is why get it running but as a double? (I assume the chairs are still quad just only 50% upload)

Anyone know more?

TME

[Mike12164]

Might not have anything to do with the lift itself but rather the power infrastructure, if the substation that supplies the backside of the mountain was damaged by a surge it may be operating at reduced capacity (ie one or more transformers offline), loading the lift at 50% greatly reduces the current draw, especially when starting the lift from a dead stop.

Please note this is pure speculation based on what I've seen at other hills.

This post has been edited by Mike12164: 23 February 2016 - 02:29 PM

[_litz]

I would be surprised if there was a power issue within the lift that they'd be operating it at all, from a liability standpoint.

Gotta be an issue of "being a good customer to the power company" by reducing their draw/load on the power supply.

[doubrown]

I know that AltaLink which owns the powerlines between Banff and Lake Louise is going a major upgrade right now. Could be the reason.

http://www.thecragan...ine-replacement

When the Larch HSQ first opened, it ran loading every second chair for much of the first season because Parks Canada hadn't approved the additional capacity.

This post has been edited by doubrown: 23 February 2016 - 11:53 AM