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[floridaskier]

The chain system is really cool in person. It's on Solitude's CTEC/VonRoll Eagle Express

[Eric]

They are very uncomfortable.

[SkiBachelor]

I wonder why they didn't put new chairs on the lift when they rebuilt it.

[Kicking Horse]

cuz it's cost some $$$$$$ to put new chairs on. I think that chair had somewhere around 80 to 90 chairs on it when it was @ breck. BTW that was the first chairlift i was ever went on. :) other then the rope tow. but i don't count that as a chairlift

[KZ]

cool

the chain system is also at squaw, and its funny when the grabbers miss the chair

[Kicking Horse]

speaking of the chain system. we have two lifts @ WP that are chain system. They are Pioneer Express, and Summit Express.

[floridaskier]

They look very similar to the the plastic-slat seats on the Snowbird doubles

[KZ]

and at squaw on solitude and newport. Thos are from the 70s :(

[Whistler]

yes, a few lifts including the whistler village gondola, also use the chain system.

[CAski]

They are everywhere... From what I remember, the Gondola at Northstar is also chain-driven.

[KZ]

yes, i believe so, as well as the old squaw gondola, and the 3 poma hsq's

[floridaskier]

The old Gondola at PCMR was driven through the terminal by lifties pushing the cabins.

[Whistler]

cheap

[floridaskier]

It was built in 1965, so what can you expect

[Dr Frankenstein]

The chain system is used on almost all detachables in Québec, probably because they are old.

I think only Doppelmayr made this system.

But, how they accelerate?

[coskibum]

poma uses the same caydence chains in their older lifts. vail's doppelmayr hsqs have it too since they are older.

most older gondolas have the push system in the terminals, i know that the phb/hall gondola like you suggested at park city had this. also, if anyone remembers the von roll gondola at disney world it also had this system.

[SkiBachelor]

The chain system really only carries the carrier (chair) around the countour and then drops it off at the brake rail which then tires which are above accelerates the lift. On top of the grip is a flexible plastic grip . Hope this helps, and welcome to the forum. :)

P.S. The glossary also has some useful info: http://skilifts.org/glossary.htm

The tires that accelerate the lift.


Flexible plastic grip.

[Dr Frankenstein]

But I never saw this plastic grip.

This post has been edited by Dr Frankenstein: 22 November 2003 - 06:04 AM

[Whistler]

The Banff Gondola, Still uses the manual "pushed by operators mode". It's a PHB Hall built in 1958. it was retrofitted by Garaventa in 1998, with new cabins.

[floridaskier]

Around the same time as PCMR's gondola