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[liftmech]

Pulling together some threads we have going in the Trivia section:

Sunshine Accelerator (Bachelor) 254'vert, 1888' length
Surprise (Terry Peaks)
Armstrong's Express (Alpental)- which I seem to remember being a more or less average length lift but anyway-

and one that's not in there-
Excelerator or E-lift (Copper) 11 towers, 64 chairs, 3.1 minute ride, 823' vert, 3410' length.

Not knowing how long the Surprise lift is, I'd guess from the picture that it's about the same length as the Sunshine. Anyone have some stats on it, as well as Armstrong? Sunshine wins the shortest detach prize so far...

[SkiBachelor]

I dunno, I found a POMA gondola over in Europe that just crosses a road and over a few houses. The lift basically just conected two ski resorts together. What about the Cabriolet at The Canyons. That's also pretty short.

[KZ]

Easy Rider Express at Sierra has 4 towers and like 32 chairs

[SkiBachelor]

Well if you guys wanted to use the "Lift Construction Survey" pages, this would make the job a lot easier. B) The Surprise's lift stats are on there too.

http://skilifts.org/install_na.htm

Don't forget Squaw's six pack, Far East. Then I think Bromont has a short HSQ and Camelback has a HSQ that is 2686'.

[KZ]

Alright, Easy Rider Express is 1065 Feet long with about 140 vertical

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[coskibum]

here is a picture i took in austria

the lift only has 3 towers and is a leitner double chair

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[jibij]

The discovery chair quad at mammoth is pretty short, as is the bruno double at Timberline (only 1 tower)

[edmontonguy]

All the lifts in the praries here are short by mountain standards

[iceberg210]

Well the amstrong lift at Alpental may have been fairly long I just thought it was fairly short comparitivily to what i see.

[edmontonguy]

the new standish express is rather short @ just under 2900 feet

[floridaskier]

DV's Ruby HSQ is 2386' long, with a 750' vertical. 54 chairs, 11 towers

[Whistler]

Not a HS lift, but it's still short. The Easy Rider Quad at Cypress Mountain.
Four Towers and 28 chairs, it replaced a rope tow.

[edmontonguy]

not the shortest but an impressive vertical
Pathfinder Express @ Norquay is just over a kilometer long with a 390 m vertical

[Eric]

The Jackrabbit Quad at Sunshine Village has only 4 towers and 59 chairs