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[asohn]

Lifts at Mountain Creek, NJ

Vernon Triple - c1985 Borvig Triple
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South Peak Express & Bear Peak Express - 1998 Dopp HSQ
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The Cabriolet - 1998 Dopp 8-passenger Cabriolet Gondola
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Granite Peak Quad - 1998 Dopp Fixed Grip Quad
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Sojurn Double - 1971 Borvig Double
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This post has been edited by asohn: 17 October 2004 - 12:12 PM

[SkiBachelor]

Cool pictures Ashon.

[snowboardguy]

I have never seen godola cabins like that before. Looks pretty crowded.

[SkiBachelor]

I personally don't understand why Intrawest chose to use the Cabriolet style cabins on a decent length lift. I would have just made that a high-speed quad. It's too much of a hasle to take your skis off and put them back on riding that lift everytime.

[snowboardguy]

yea and it defeats the whole purpose of the gondola. They could have put in a HSS

[edmontonguy]

Of the other Cabriolets that i know of all are only people movers. I've ridden these lifts before and they're really not that much of a hastle to use at least no less than a regualar gondola.

[snowboardguy]

does a gondola or a HSS have a bigg capacity?

[SkiBachelor]

HSS have a greater capacity than a gondola, but it all depends on the gondola's cabin size. For example, a 15 person gondola can have the same capacity of a high-speed six pack, both at 3,600 skiers per hour. But an 8 person gondola has the capacity of a high-speed quad.

[asohn]

The eventual goal is to convert the Cabriolet to a six-pack, replace the triple with an HSQ and use the cabriolet cabins as a people mover from the parking lot to the village (which is being built on the existing parking lots)

[SkiBachelor]

I also remember reading in SAM that the Granite Peak Quad was designed to be upgraded to a high-speed quad too.

However, the Cabriolet doesn't look like it can be switched to a HSS unless there will be new terminals because the current UNI terminal is too small.

[floridaskier]

If that was the plan, why didn't they start off with a HSS instead of dealing with all that later? There would be a lot of extra cabins

[snowboardguy]

thats what I was thinking. It would be a lot easier on the people just to get on the chair

[orangegondola]

snowboardguy, on Oct 18 2004, 04:16 PM, said:

thats what I was thinking.  It would be a lot easier on the people just to get on the chair
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I think it was pretty much a marketing thing. That and it is very easy to take your downhill rig on board with you in the summer.