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[Bill]

Nope. There is Daisy (Stevens Pass) and Gold Hills (Previously Bullion Basin) at Crystal.

The Crystal one was installed in 1976. Daisy was installed in 1973.

[SkiBachelor]

Gold Hills was installed in 1974.

[Bill]

Yeah Yeah Yeah... Thought it was 1976. The pic of the Counterweight says... 19.. so yeah yeah yeah... I might be wrong.

[liftmech]

Stevens also had Hogsback, built in '78 or so. Triples didn't seem to catch on in Washington. Around here, they're everywhere. We have five (previously six) at Copper alone. No fixed quads, though.

[boardski]

FGTs seemed to be the lift type of choice at most of the CO areas back in the late 70's/ early 80's until the installation of lifts 4,7,11, & 16 at Vail and Summit Express at Mary Jane in 1985 (all HSQ's) I think Fanny Hill and Coney Glade at Snowmass may have been built that year also. Gents Ridge at Ajax was installed as a FGQ which I have always thought should be high speed due to the length. Prior to 1985, CO areas only had the original Quicksilver (A-1) HSQ at Breck and a couple of FGQ but mostly triples were the newer chairs. I'm glad to see ski areas are still installing HSQs even though HSS's are now available. An area must be very careful where to put a HSS if they don't want everyone skiing in congestion resembling rush hour traffic.

[Snoqualmie guy]

For the amount of lifts at Snoqualmie Pass there seems to be a fair amount of triples there. Triple 60, Sliver Fir, Wild Side and Easy Rider. But the doubles get the award there.

This post has been edited by Snoqualmie guy: 27 May 2007 - 01:02 PM

[P01itiC4lR3B31]

Don't forget that there is also Discovery lift at Crystal. Speaking of Bullion Basin, was there ever a lift that went from Bullion Basin?

[WBSKI]

Whistler had double doubles on Green. That was the only set in BC to my knowledge.

[skierdude9450]

About quads out west, I just realized that there hardly are any. In Colorado there are only just a handfull. I find it interesting how Colorado's first HSQ (Quicksilver 1981) came three years before the first FGQ (Elkhead 1984). Until the early 90s, there wasn't the need for huge uphill capacity, and a double was sufficient. Now, at places such as Keystone, sometimes 4800 pph with Summit and River Run still creates a 10 minute line at each.

[floridaskier]

There aren't many more in Utah, The Canyons is the place to go if fixed quads are your thing with 4. Deer Valley has 2, Solitude has 2, Brighton has one from DV, and I think that's it, so there's 9. I can think of at least 20 doubles

[Peter]

Sundance has one, Powder Mountain has one

[mikest2]

We built the first 4CLF in BC in 1986 (Plaza)

[EagleAce]

Dodge Ridge has plans on installing a HSQ by 2012. Their last new lift was in 1998. It was Chair 8, the FGQ in Boulder Creek Canyon.

This post has been edited by EagleAce: 27 May 2007 - 08:03 PM

[Snoqualmie guy]

Does Badger plan to upgrade any of its lifts soon? such as Eagle to a FGQ or a HSQ?

[EagleAce]

Snoqualmie guy, on May 27 2007, 09:08 PM, said:

Does Badger plan to upgrade any of its lifts soon? such as Eagle to a FGQ or a HSQ?

They say within a few years Eagle is going to get retrofitted with line machinery from Doppelmayr. One of our mechanics told me it's the last Series 3 Yan in California. Our other Yan is a Base 10

[EagleAce]

As long as they leave the business end alone! That lift has the cleanest motor room I've seen on an older one. There's also talk about replacing the carriers. I don't see the need. I say upgrade the line machinery and give it a new paint job. I'd love to see us get a Magic Carpet !

[Peter]

I would imagine some extreme permitting issues with trying to put in a detachable in a National Park. Even Lake Louise in Canada has had issues with permitting in their National Parks, which are less protected.

[EagleAce]

I doubt we'll get a detach. We don't need one. We're too small. On busy days we open Red Fox. Last season we hardly opened it, as Eagle and me handled the busy days just fine. And I don't plan on leaving anytime soon! Besides, Badger has a reputation for being informal, with nothing fancy. A detach would change that, in my humble opinion.

[liftmech]

P01itiC4lR3B31, on May 27 2007, 12:49 AM, said:

Don't forget that there is also Discovery lift at Crystal. Speaking of Bullion Basin, was there ever a lift that went from Bullion Basin?

Yes- look to the north (left) of the main base area next time you ski through Kelly's Gap, and you'll see the original chair 7 pod. The trail setup looks like a figure 8. I don't think anyone mentioned old chair 9, either- it was a triple as well, same year as chair 8 (CTEC).

[Snoqualmie guy]

I looked at the old trail map on this site and the lifts seem to make way more sense then they do now.