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[skierdude9450]

My question for discussion is: what is the longest lift that you have been on. It can either be in time or in length. Mine are:
Longest in time: Highline lift at Vail (takes about 15 min)
Longest in distance: American Flyer at Copper (9907 feet)

These are just the longest lifts that I have been on. That's why I want to hear from you!

[Jonni]

I've been on the Longest HSQ in the world: The Slide Brook Express @ Sugarbush, VT 11,012 ft long (15 minute ride)

and the longest gondola in NE: The Skyeship Gondola @ Killington, VT 12,958 ft long

[SkiBachelor]

The Village Gondola at Whistler Mountian applies to both for me.

[floridaskier]

Longest distance: one of the gondolas / John Paul Express at Snowbasin
Longest time: old Park City gondola, 23 minutes

[WBSKI]

Whistler Village Gon i guess, Gem Lake Express at Big White is shorter right?

[skierdude9450]

WBSKI, on Feb 21 2006, 08:14 PM, said:

Whistler Village Gon i guess, Gem Lake Express at Big White is shorter right?

I think that Village Gondi is longer. It is over 16,000 feet.

[Skidude]

Distance: J6 at June Mountain
Time: Chair 9 at Mammoth

[neskier]

Both are removed lifts at Kmart, VT

Killington Gondola and the Northeast Passage Triple.

[carrietride]

One of the longest lifts...Lift 10 HSQ in Telluride ..13 min. ride at 5 meters
Telluride's fixed lift 9..awsome terrain
Steamboats Fixed Quad..Sunshine, I just about jumped off
Bachelors Northwest X in 80 mph winds at 2.5 meters...agony

[edmontonguy]

Gem lake is half the distance of The Vilage gondola, both in vertical and length.

For me Until Two days ago it would have been the Sunshine Gondola (14 000 ft long) and probably Gem Lake (right around 10 minutes of ride time)

Now it's the Village Gondola at Whistler for both.

[Dawson]

Which is longer, Golden Eagle at Kicking Horse or Village at Whistler?

[edmontonguy]

The second stage of the Whistler Gondola is nearly indentical in length to entire Godlen Eagle Express.

[liftmech]

Village gondi at Whistler, no idea how long but the second stage alone has 40-some towers. Longest fixed-grip would be chair 10 at Vail- although I didn't mind the time as my legs hurt after several of those runs.

[edmontonguy]

The Village gondola is around 16 000 ft long.

[ceo]

Longest in both time and distance is probably the old Killington Gondola (which in its day was billed as the longest ski lift in the world). Though the West Mountain Chair at Sugarloaf (late-80s Borvig 1-sided dual) is a bloody long ride.

[Powdr]

- Challenger HQS @ Sun Valley. Gotta be up there in length, certaintly for vertical.

- Super Squaw HSQ

- Tram @ JH. Tops in vertical for any lift.

- Bridger Gondola @ JH

[102Terry]

High Speed six pack in Zermatt Switzerland,you get on in Switzerland and unload in Italy, no joke.

[WBSKI]

Alot of new people to Whistler think that the midstation is the top of the mountain the first time they come! I prefer Fitz and Garbanzo cause it doesnt seem sooo long then plus theres normally no line for Fitz.

[DonaldMReif]

Silver Queen at Crested Butte and Storm Peak at Steamboat in regards to vertical count for me (they both have 2,000 foot vertical rises)

Distance wise, the Beaver Run SuperChair at Breckenridge counts.

I haven't been on them, but map measurements tell me that about a lot of Snowmass's high speed quads are pretty long. Sheer Bliss is about the same length as Beaver Run (1.7 miles). Big Burn and Elk Camp are about 1.5 miles (for midmountain lifts, that's long). I could go on longer, but still...

Riva Bahn at Vail counts in distance.

[teachme]

Time has got to be the old Burfield at Tod Mountain (23 min)
Vertical - Aiguille du Midi in Chamonni (2310 - 3850m with not towers)???
Length - Whistler village gondola??? Sunshine Village Gondola???