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[rodo_af]

Just Back from a trip in Argentina :

This is a Double Cable Gondolla,

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3176

And full reports of the ski center



A antic One-seat Chairlift,

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3184

All the resorts is at looking here : http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...hp?showforum=57

GOOD LOOKS , next week the other ski-rports with the famos : and the

This post has been edited by rodo_af: 29 August 2007 - 01:32 PM

[rodo_af]

I start a serie of 10 reports from the ski-center of , in Pentagonia, Argentina.



1 Gondolla6 Poma
1 HSQ Doppelmayr new JUNE 2007
2 FGQ Leitner

and more

Gondolla6 Telecabina

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3243

Platter Del Filo

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3246

FGq Graeff

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3245

All the reports from south america are here : http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...hp?showforum=57

Ciao

This post has been edited by rodo_af: 28 September 2007 - 03:51 AM

[rodo_af]

New reports from Chile



This is the first FGQ Satellit Station, the n°001 FGQ Andes Express

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3271

FGQ Mirador Very few models in exportation for the french compagny SKIRAIL

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3266

This post has been edited by rodo_af: 28 September 2007 - 03:49 AM

[rodo_af]

New reports

from the Andes mountain : Chili,




Ski map :

The Poma FGQ Alpha,

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3307

The Riblet FGT Tortolas

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3318

This post has been edited by rodo_af: 28 September 2007 - 03:49 AM

[Peter]

Interesting, a Riblet in Chile. Thanks for posting those.

[Bill]

Ditto what Skier said.

[rodo_af]

Skier, on Sep 25 2007, 12:55 PM, said:

Interesting, a Riblet in Chile. Thanks for posting those.

In France we don't know the Riblet Tramway compagny. So i'm looking about informations from the Riblet Lift??
I find this web site : http://www.riblet.com/index.html
So if you're pictures, and can you confirm me this compagny stop the chairlift activities in 2003 !! ???

And the only two Riblet chair lift we know are in Chile :

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3318


http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3139

[Dr Frankenstein]

I know they discontinued recently, although I can't say when exactly. Someone else here can give more details about that.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the pictures , there's a whole bunch of interesting ones.

Bon, pour que ce soit un peu plus facile à comprendre pour nos américains, voici quelques équivalences au niveau des abréviations...
TSD6 = HSS
TSD4 = HSQ
TSD3 = HST
TSD2 = HSD
TSF6 = FGS
TSF4 = FGQ (etc...)
TCD... Gondola
TK2/TKE2 = T-bar
TK1/TKE1 = Platter
TKD1 = Poma-lift (j'imagine qu'il y a une raison...)

J'en ai vu d'autres abréviations, différentes, en anglais, par exemple sur le site de Doppelmayr et sur d'autres sites européens, j'imagine qu'ici, c'est par habitude qu'ils se sont mis à utiliser leurs propres acronymes à eux, enfin...

Bonne saison de ski ! (Si les pelouses veulent bien passer du vert au blanc ici, je serais pas déçu...) ;)

[skierdude9450]

Riblet was for a while the most popular ski lift company in the US. They had some installations in Canada, but I'm quite surprised to hear that there are Riblet lifts in South America. There were over 500 lifts installed by Riblet. Here's a few pages:

Miner's Basin

Peak 2

Snow Ghost

[SkiBachelor]

At one time, I believe Riblet was the World's largest lift manufacturer.

Riblet was originally in the street car business until a company hired him to build a mining tramway. He actually didn't know they wanted a tramway until he showed up to the job site and just expecting that this company wanted a street car. However, he took up the challenge of designing and building the tramway and it was a success. It wasn't long until Riblet mining tramways were going up all over the place in the Northwest and Alaska. While still building mining tramways, Riblet received a request to build a ski lift (single chair) and that also proved to be successful. As the mining industry started to collapse, Riblet started to manufacturer more chairlifts as the demand of mining tramways dropped. The rest is history and it's too bad that Riblet is no longer around.

[Peter]

They built 531 chairlifts. In addition to South America, I know there are some in Australia, and I think some in Asia too.

[Snoqualmie guy]

I didn't know Riblet was world wide.

[Carl]

Mais Oui! The images are wonderful!

Those "Overseas" Riblets really "crack me up", er, make me laugh very hard!

Carl - with a little Francais Skiing Experience

[rodo_af]

Dr Frankenstein, on Sep 26 2007, 03:04 AM, said:

Bon, pour que ce soit un peu plus facile à comprendre pour nos américains, voici quelques équivalences au niveau des abréviations...
TSD6 = HSS
TSD4 = HSQ
TSD3 = HST
TSD2 = HSD
TSF6 = FGS
TSF4 = FGQ (etc...)
TCD... Gondola
TK2/TKE2 = T-bar
TK1/TKE1 = Platter
TKD1 = Poma-lift (j'imagine qu'il y a une raison...)

Thanks, MERCI pour la traduction des abréviations...J'éspere te lire sur RM.net avec des reportages du Canada !!!!

skierdude9450, on Sep 26 2007, 02:40 PM, said:

Riblet was for a while the most popular ski lift company in the US. They had some installations in Canada, but I'm quite surprised to hear that there are Riblet lifts in South America. There were over 500 lifts installed by Riblet. Here's a few pages:

Thanks for the 3 links : very enjoy to see that

SkiBachelor, on Sep 26 2007, 04:49 PM, said:

At one time, I believe Riblet was the World's largest lift manufacturer.
Riblet was originally in the street car business until a company hired him to build a mining tramway. He actually didn't know they wanted a tramway until he showed up to the job site and just expecting that this company wanted a street car. However, he took up the challenge of designing and building the tramway and it was a success. It wasn't long until Riblet mining tramways were going up all over the place in the Northwest and Alaska. While still building mining tramways, Riblet received a request to build a ski lift (single chair) and that also proved to be successful. As the mining industry started to collapse, Riblet started to manufacturer more chairlifts as the demand of mining tramways dropped. The rest is history and it's too bad that Riblet is no longer around.

Thanks for the speach, excellent information for me....

Next time i 'll show you the very special TKE5 in Portillo, Chile

[rodo_af]

News from Chile

A beautiful ski-center in two parts:


FGQ Laguna, a CTEC-Garaventa lift

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3341

FGQ El Plateau, a Poma lift



http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3346

This post has been edited by rodo_af: 01 October 2007 - 11:38 PM

[rodo_af]

But the very special lift in
is the TKE5 a special Poma lift, the Fabulous Rocca Jack




http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3343

The TKE4 Condor :



http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3351

The TKE5 Las Vizcachas



http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3355

Fantastic Lift, direct to the blacks sloppes and to the paradise of free-ride

This post has been edited by rodo_af: 01 October 2007 - 11:49 PM

[rodo_af]

My last visit this summer, in Argentina :



The FGQ Caris, Doppelmayr

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3371

The FGD Marte, Poma

http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3363

[rodo_af]

lol

This post has been edited by rodo_af: 05 October 2007 - 10:38 AM

[rodo_af]

This is my final report of the season 2006/2007 !! So, i'll bach for the next season : 2007/2008

[rodo_af]

A votation to know witch ski center you prefer in South America : http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/forums...?showtopic=3372

This post has been edited by rodo_af: 05 October 2007 - 10:40 AM