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Longest High Speed Quad in the World

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#1 Jonni

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Posted 29 May 2005 - 08:50 AM

I'm sure that there has been a thread on this in the past, but what lift is it? So far the longest I've seen is the Slide Brook Express at Sugarbush in Vermont. This HSQ doesn't have to be a ski lift or service any terrain, I just want to know which one it may be.
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 10:08 AM

I think the Gem Lake @ Big White is/was the longest in Canada (North America?)
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 11:11 AM

telluride's sunshine express by doppelmayr used to be the longest in the world. but i think it lost that status in like 1992 or 3.
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 11:24 AM

Slide Brook is still the longest high-speed quad in the world to my knowledge.
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 12:24 PM

Everyone keeps talking about it, but how long is it?
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 12:41 PM

It has a length of 11,012 feet.
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 01:39 PM

Damn throw a couple of thousand feet on that and you got the distance from sea level to the top Mount Rainier (14,410FT).
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 02:02 PM

It's a one of kind ride. The lift connects Sugarbush North (Mt. Ellen) with Sugarbush South (Lincoln Peak). Skiers/riders board the lift at either end and the trip takes about 12 minutes. Riding from Sugarbush North (Mt. Ellen) the lift goes up, then down, then up, then down, then up again, and finally down one more time. It has 102 chairs, spaced about every 200 ft. and 40 towers, 12 of which are compression towers. It's worth the $65 ticket to ride it when it's open.
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 02:49 PM

$65 just to ride the lift, or 65 for a lift ticket for all the lifts?
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 03:18 PM

$65 for ticket to all lifts both at Mt. Ellen and Lincoln Peak.
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Posted 29 May 2005 - 04:08 PM

Gem lake is still to my knowlege the longest HSQ in Canada. It's just over 8000 ft long.

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Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:01 AM

Does any one have pictures of the Slide Brook Express?

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Posted 30 May 2005 - 10:15 AM

I found a trail map for Sugarbush resort, were you can see the lift runs. That is awesome!

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Posted 30 May 2005 - 01:39 PM

Here's one to wet your appetite. I have others, but I'm reserving those for when Bill and John get a chance to upload them to the site. The weird thing about the whole set up is that driving south towards the resort you can see both sides of the ski area (Sugarbush North and Sugarbush South), and they are literally 2 miles away from each other. It's hard to believe that there is a lift that connects them.

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Chairlift n. A transportation system found at most ski areas in which a series of chairs suspended from a cable rapidly conveys anywhere from one to eight skiers from the front of one line to the back of another.

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Posted 30 May 2005 - 01:51 PM

What about The "Le Express De Sud" at Mont-Sainte-Anne, QUE?? How long is that? Or what about The High Lonesome Express or Olympia Express Quads at Winter Park, CO?? How long are they?



Well, I can take a guess on the shortest one: The "First Time" Express at Park City, UT.
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Posted 30 May 2005 - 02:00 PM

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Posted 30 May 2005 - 02:09 PM

Comparitively speaking those lifts are only between 5000 and 7000 feet long.
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Posted 30 May 2005 - 02:13 PM

What about the Chile Express built by Poma at Angle Fire, NM??
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Posted 30 May 2005 - 02:26 PM

That lift is only 10,500 feet long. It's still a very long lift.
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Posted 01 June 2005 - 06:15 AM

skiPhreak, on May 30 2005, 02:01 PM, said:

Does any one have pictures of the Slide Brook Express?
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here's a link to my photo album on the Slide Brook Express at Sugarbush-these are the same pics that I will upload to the gallery on this site at some point.

Slide Brook Express Pics

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