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[Eric]

Hi,

I think the longuest chairlift in thr world (not a gondola) is the Slide Brook Express at Sugarbush in Vermont

It has 41 towers and last for 15 minutes. Yeah, it was running at 5.08 meters/sec on Sunday when I was there :D

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[Eric]

Almost the other side

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[iceberg210]

Great Western at Brighton sure seems long as well as Powderhorn at Solitude.

[Eric]

This HSQ is over 13000 ft long

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[iceberg210]

Ok niether of the ones I listed were that long.

[Dr Frankenstein]

Is it long enough? :

4-BGD, 13 km, 2.7 m/s, so 1 hour 30 to ride!

Website.

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[iceberg210]

Ok that gondola is long.

[mbernstein]

:eek: WOW!!!

That is a very long lift!

Also, I have gone on the Slide Brook Express that Eric mentioned above.

[Eric]

mbernstein, on Mar 30 2004, 07:57 PM, said:

Also, I have gone on the Slide Brook Express that Eric mentioned above.

What were your feelings during the ride ?

It's so high. It's like a roller coaster. It goes up and then down, then after back up and after back down and finally one last time up and down :)

I wouldn't like to stay stuck on this chairlift :help:

[KZ]

Northwest at Bachlor is pretty long, but not that long at 2 miles

For a fg, Echo at Northstar has 41 towers and takes about 12 minutes

[mbernstein]

The last time I went on the Slide Brook Express was about 4 years ago, but I still can remember the feeling of wondering "How much longer until I get off?"

That was one long chairlift! After I got up the first hill, I was about to open the bar, but then I see an entire valley the chairlift goes through! I forgot, but how many peaks did this chairlift go over?

[Eric]

3 peaks

Wheh this lift was build ?

[SkiBachelor]

1995.00

[Eric]

for 1995-96 ?

[SkiBachelor]

Yes, hopefully I will get all those lift construction surveys done in the near future.

[Kicking Horse]

seems to me Telluride has a hsq that has some 40+ towers. (sunshine express) going off my memory from 1999 spring break.......

[liftmech]

13,000' makes the Flyer seem short, even though at 9900' it's longer than any other lift in the Summit/Eagle county area.

[skiracing]

the old GAD I at snowbird was about 15 mins but no where near as long.

[ccslider]

coski, on Mar 30 2004, 09:34 PM, said:

seems to me Telluride has a hsq that has some 40+ towers.  (sunshine express) going off my memory from 1999 spring break.......

Telluride's Lift 10 (Sunshine Express) is 10,400' horizontal length and 10,544' slope length. When it was installed in 1986 it was the longest HS lift, but obviously, not any more.

[edmontonguy]

In Canada as far as i know the Gem Lake Express is the longest @ 8020' ft