I was looking at a map I have in my collection, this may be a simple question for those who have skiied at snowmass but on the 02-03 trail map there is a lift marked, "Cirque", however in the gallery on the main page this lift is not shown. What happened to it and doesanyone have pictures of it?
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Cirque lift at Snowmass
Started by crazyskier91, Jul 19 2004 05:49 PM
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Posted 19 July 2004 - 05:49 PM
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Posted 19 July 2004 - 07:31 PM
Cameron....... How could u screw that one up after i told u about it....
It's a Poma Detachable Lift that has a turn in it. And is powered by Wind.... (i think)
U can see for miles up there......... And when it's snowing u can maybe see 5ft in front of u..............
It's a Poma Detachable Lift that has a turn in it. And is powered by Wind.... (i think)
U can see for miles up there......... And when it's snowing u can maybe see 5ft in front of u..............
Jeff
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Posted 22 July 2004 - 03:52 AM
Not really.
The solar panel is for powering the upper station, as it was easier to transport that up there than dig a trench and run mainline power. C-chair at Breck's lower station is also solar powered, although that doesn't run a computer like at Cirque. I think that's going to be the new trend at remote lifts, because it's basically free energy (after the initial expense, of course) and there's no disturbance related to digging a powerline.
Holy Cross Energy, which provides power to Vail, BC, Sunlight, and the four Aspen areas, does use quite a bit of wind generation and is considering building a wind farm on Vail's sumit near chair 7. It would be used to power the lifts and buildings on Vail's welst side, and any excess would be put into the grid.
The solar panel is for powering the upper station, as it was easier to transport that up there than dig a trench and run mainline power. C-chair at Breck's lower station is also solar powered, although that doesn't run a computer like at Cirque. I think that's going to be the new trend at remote lifts, because it's basically free energy (after the initial expense, of course) and there's no disturbance related to digging a powerline.
Holy Cross Energy, which provides power to Vail, BC, Sunlight, and the four Aspen areas, does use quite a bit of wind generation and is considering building a wind farm on Vail's sumit near chair 7. It would be used to power the lifts and buildings on Vail's welst side, and any excess would be put into the grid.
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Posted 22 July 2004 - 08:24 PM
Aside from the solar collectors that provide power to small applications at terminals like John was describing, the areas that claim to operate certain lifts by alternative energy sources are typically paying a premium cost for the purchase of kwh generated somewhere else on the grid. The actual electrons generated by the wind turbines likely never reach the lifts in question but the theory goes that each kwh paid for here, subsidises the generation of power somewhere else so that additional coal fired or nuclear or hydro produced power is not needed. The net result is that alternative energy sources are being used.
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