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[SkiBachelor]

What is the longest fixed-grip quad in North America? BTW, it's probably the world's longest fixed-grip quad too. :P

[coskibum]

this isn't the answer, but telluride back in the mid-1990's had the longest high-speed quad.

[edmontonguy]

The longest High speed Quad has to be Challenger @ Sun Valley. Pin Rouge in Quebec i think wins this with a Doppelmayr Quad registering in at 6300' feet.

[SkiBachelor]

Sorry, the longest high-speed quad in the world is the Side Brook Express at Sugarbush. Even though the Challenger lift is long, I still know a lot of lifts that are longer than it.

Sorry Max, the Quad lift at Pin Rouge isn't correct.

[KZ]

The lift is quite the beast.

[edmontonguy]

Is this lift out east? It seems most quads in the west are either very steep or Short and are thereffore not very long.

[SkiBachelor]

Nope, it's actually over here on the west coast.

[liftmech]

There are plenty of HSQs longer than 6300'- the Chili Express at Angel Fire is 8900', the flyer is 9950', Chair 4 (Peak 8 SuperConnect) is in the 8000' range, etc. Longest fixed quad? That's tougher; Chair 9 at Loveland is pretty long but I don't know if it's the longest.

[SkiBachelor]

Well this fixed-grip quad is about the length of the Flyer if that helps.

[liftmech]

Two miles at 450 FPM? Slow ride...

[coskibum]

is it at taos nm?

[SkiBachelor]

Sorry, but the lift was built by Doppelmayr if that helps.

[edmontonguy]

After much digging i think i've found the answer. No where is it even mentioned but i think the longest Quad is Burnfeild @ sunpeaks. it's over 9000 ft! that's 3/4 of the Gondola at kicking horse! Also it's probably got the biggest vertical of any FG lift in the world at 881 m.

This post has been edited by edmontonguy: 18 January 2005 - 04:43 PM

[Kicking Horse]

Yep u r right.

[KZ]

I think its a 22 minute ride and look at the capicity: 470.

My theory on that is they load one of 3 or 4 chairs at the bottom because im guessing more people load the lift at the midstation.

[SkiBachelor]

What do you mean Max by "No where is it even mentioned?" It's listed in the 1997 lift installation survey. :)

[Kicking Horse]

i think he means far as it's being the longest fgq around.

[edmontonguy]

Yeah that's what i meant. If i had the world's longest FG quad i'd definately want to show it off or at least use it to attact visitors.

[SkiBachelor]

Yea, it's pretty cool on how long it is, but I don't know if I would really want to promote something that long when it's a fixed grip lift that takes 22 minutes to get up. I would personally stick to one of the high-speed quads.

[edmontonguy]

It'd be a nice lift to do once in a day or because there are a lot of double blacks in the area it would be good for resting on. I'm not sure if the midstation is a Load/Unload but if it was a multi function midstation you could exit halfway up. The green run down is also 8km long which would take the average skiier probably close to the ride time if not longer to complete. For a comparison It's a 10 @ kicking horse isn't the easiest Green but it takes over a half hour to ski its 10 Km.

Here's a shot near the top of the lift i think? The photographrer dubbed it the chair that never ends as the lift is often engulfed in thick fog.

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