Old F-lift was basically the same as the current Eagle in length, which means ride time was around 12 minutes.
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Started by Skidude, Jan 16 2006 08:04 PM
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Posted 19 February 2006 - 10:22 AM
Do you know where the Andesite lift might have been located on Big Sky because I do remember seeing a long Riblet chair installed at Big Sky in the old SAM Installation Surveys but it never fit the lift profile for the Challenger lift. I presume the Andesite lift was relocated and is now the Challenger lift. That would explain the upgrades by Superior Tramway.
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Posted 19 February 2006 - 12:18 PM
Here's seconding the old Granite at Red - 8,200' long (according to an old lift map) and a 17-18 minute ride, I believe. Marmot's Caribou chair in its original full length seemed to go on forever as well - but that could have just been due to the impatience of youth!
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Posted 19 February 2006 - 04:15 PM
SkiBachelor, on Feb 19 2006, 09:22 AM, said:
Do you know where the Andesite lift might have been located on Big Sky because I do remember seeing a long Riblet chair installed at Big Sky in the old SAM Installation Surveys but it never fit the lift profile for the Challenger lift. I presume the Andesite lift was relocated and is now the Challenger lift. That would explain the upgrades by Superior Tramway.
The mountain that is south of the main mountain is called Andesite mountain so I think it was where the ramcharger quad is now.
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 06:28 PM
The longest I have been on is definately chair 10 (Highline) at Vail which takes at least 15 minutes. It has 263 carriers. I can't imagine the maitenece on the inlaid grips. I know that's 
but it was on my mind.
Chair 2 at Loveland is long. It keeps stopping and slowing down all the time for unknown reasons.
Another long one is A lift at Breck. It's an old Riblet triple with 36 towers and 206 carriers. But here's the catch. It has a vertical rise of 600 feet and if it were a HSQ, it would have 15 towers. It runs at no faster than 300 fpm and takes 12+ minutes to ride
but it was on my mind.Chair 2 at Loveland is long. It keeps stopping and slowing down all the time for unknown reasons.
Another long one is A lift at Breck. It's an old Riblet triple with 36 towers and 206 carriers. But here's the catch. It has a vertical rise of 600 feet and if it were a HSQ, it would have 15 towers. It runs at no faster than 300 fpm and takes 12+ minutes to ride
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Posted 01 March 2006 - 05:19 AM
skierdude9450, on Feb 23 2006, 07:28 PM, said:
I can't imagine the maitenece on the inlaid grips. I know that's but it was on my mind.
Chair 2 at Loveland is long. It keeps stopping and slowing down all the time for unknown reasons.
but it was on my mind.Chair 2 at Loveland is long. It keeps stopping and slowing down all the time for unknown reasons.
It's not the maintenance but the moving that takes forever on Riblet clips.
Chair two is a beginner lift and as such will stop a lot.
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Posted 02 August 2006 - 03:26 PM
Yep, A @ Breck is the longest I've been on. I checked the map, and it said it takes around 14 minutes.
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Posted 03 August 2006 - 08:48 AM
highspeedquad, on Aug 2 2006, 03:26 PM, said:
Yep, A @ Breck is the longest I've been on. I checked the map, and it said it takes around 14 minutes.
I totaly agree! Once while I was riding A, it took about 22 minutes because of all of the stops.
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Posted 03 August 2006 - 06:01 PM
skierdude9450, on Feb 23 2006, 08:28 PM, said:
The longest I have been on is definately chair 10 (Highline) at Vail which takes at least 15 minutes. It has 263 carriers. I can't imagine the maitenece on the inlaid grips. I know that's but it was on my mind.
Chair 2 at Loveland is long. It keeps stopping and slowing down all the time for unknown reasons.
Another long one is A lift at Breck. It's an old Riblet triple with 36 towers and 206 carriers. But here's the catch. It has a vertical rise of 600 feet and if it were a HSQ, it would have 15 towers. It runs at no faster than 300 fpm and takes 12+ minutes to ride
but it was on my mind.Chair 2 at Loveland is long. It keeps stopping and slowing down all the time for unknown reasons.
Another long one is A lift at Breck. It's an old Riblet triple with 36 towers and 206 carriers. But here's the catch. It has a vertical rise of 600 feet and if it were a HSQ, it would have 15 towers. It runs at no faster than 300 fpm and takes 12+ minutes to ride
A way to get around the length of lift 2 at Loveland is to ride lift 1 and ski down the catwalk and cut over to the midway load for lift 2 (near bottom of lift 6). Then load chair 2 at the midload, that way you can get some turns in between the long ride to the top.
Also, how about Sheer Bliss at Snowmass. I think I noticed 282 chairs + or - on it. Does anyone know if there are any lifts with over 300 chairs?
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Posted 06 August 2006 - 09:08 PM
Today I rode up Ray's lift at Sundance. It is really long with 2 midstations.
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Posted 29 October 2006 - 08:29 AM
SkiBachelor, on Feb 19 2006, 05:45 PM, said:
I thought that lift was a Heron-Poma though before it was replaced by the Ramcharger.
The Heron-Poma triple is up in "the bowl" and gets you access to the Lone Peak Tram.
The Andesite lift was a really long Riblet double.
JH has a very similar Heron-Poma as their Casper Bowl lift.
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Posted 29 October 2006 - 10:52 AM
I think he is talking about Mad Wolf, the lift where Thunder Wolf Express is now.
Mad Wolf:
Built 1979
Length: 6169 ft
Vertical: 1733
Speed: 500 fpm
Ride Time: 12.34 minutes
Mad Wolf:
Built 1979
Length: 6169 ft
Vertical: 1733
Speed: 500 fpm
Ride Time: 12.34 minutes
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Posted 30 October 2006 - 08:58 AM
The old NEP at Killington said it took 17 minutes but it was actually over 20. The only good thing was it rarely ever stopped because no one rode it. Most of the few people that did were first thing in the morning the guests at the Sunrise village. The midstation was about a 9 minute ride to it and if i was skiing there I'd get off there until i returned to the main area. it had 324 (plus or minus) chairs. Now the shortened version has 100 or so.
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