what do u think the shortest high speed lift is? if you have an answer and a pic of the lift please post it. i think the discovery chair at mammoth is pretty short.
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Shortest high speed lift?
Started by spunkyskier01, Jul 31 2004 12:24 PM
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 12:44 PM
There are two
1. Is the Bretton Woods Rosebrook Summit Exspress Quad
2. Is Stratton's Shooting Star Exspress Quad (No picture)
1. Is the Bretton Woods Rosebrook Summit Exspress Quad
2. Is Stratton's Shooting Star Exspress Quad (No picture)
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 01:04 PM
It actually appears that the WORLD'S shorest high-speed quad is being built this summer at the Canada Olympic Park. It has a line length of only 620 feet and a vertical rise of 114. That's a ride time of only 40 seconds. :---:
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 03:43 PM
Did the HSQ at Bretton Woods replace an FG?
First time at Park City is already a pretty short FG at 620m. This one at the Canada Olympic Park is 620 FEET. That's going to be about 3 towers B)
First time at Park City is already a pretty short FG at 620m. This one at the Canada Olympic Park is 620 FEET. That's going to be about 3 towers B)
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 05:46 PM
Maybe it's better for beginner lifts, because it slows down to a lower speed than FGs in the terminal to practice getting on and off. But for Olympians, who definetly have enough experience to ride a FG lift for 600 feet, it seems like a bit of a waste
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 05:47 PM
I have no clue, but it was either for marketing purposes or that lift was really busy. The world's shortest high-speed eight pack is at pershire blue in Australia and it only has 5 towers or something crazy like that.
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 06:34 PM
There are no 8 pack high-speed lifts in North America yet, although there were talks about installing one at a ski resort in the state of New York, but in the end, the ski resort decided that there were too many problems with people loading the lift.
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 07:42 PM
From what I've seen, most 8 packs have automatic loading carpets which transport the skiers/snowboarders up to the loading zone of the lift so it's easier getting on and people arn't constantly running into each other while they load the lift. However, there are only a few ski areas/resorts with these loading carpets, Diamond Peak, NV being one of them.
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 08:40 PM
620 feet- and I though E-lift was short! It's huge by comparison at 800' vertical and 3200' slope length.
Loading carpets suck. They get covered up with snow and you have to station an operator at the end with a shovel all day to keep it clean. Of course, stand-alone carpets don't seem to have that problem so I don't know why Crystal's did.
Loading carpets suck. They get covered up with snow and you have to station an operator at the end with a shovel all day to keep it clean. Of course, stand-alone carpets don't seem to have that problem so I don't know why Crystal's did.
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 08:55 PM
QUOTE FROM FLORIDASKIER:
"Maybe it's better for beginner lifts, because it slows down to a lower speed than FGs in the terminal to practice getting on and off. But for Olympians, who definetly have enough experience to ride a FG lift for 600 feet, it seems like a bit of a waste"
Olympians don't use Canada Olympic park (or more commonly refferred to as COP)to train or anything, it's open to the public... it's just the site that was used for the 88 olympics, it has bobsleds n' such. The ski hill is small and basically a bunny hill.
ps. I couldn't get the quoting thing done right...i posted it and then i realized i quoted the wrong person.
"Maybe it's better for beginner lifts, because it slows down to a lower speed than FGs in the terminal to practice getting on and off. But for Olympians, who definetly have enough experience to ride a FG lift for 600 feet, it seems like a bit of a waste"
Olympians don't use Canada Olympic park (or more commonly refferred to as COP)to train or anything, it's open to the public... it's just the site that was used for the 88 olympics, it has bobsleds n' such. The ski hill is small and basically a bunny hill.
ps. I couldn't get the quoting thing done right...i posted it and then i realized i quoted the wrong person.
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Posted 31 July 2004 - 10:03 PM
I dont remember Stump Alley being too bad, but if they put in a 6 or 8, that trail as well as the parks would be even more crowded then they already are.
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