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[Walt Askier]

Andoman, on Apr 26 2009, 08:54 AM, said:

It's a 300' vertical ski bump in SE michigan that has the areas only HSQ, it was a joke.

Actually, about 100 miles west of Mt Holly there's a HSQ at Bittersweet (another 300' bump) . Same owners, so I guess it must work from a business perspective or they wouldn't have done it twice.

As for whether it's iconic or not, well, it looks pretty much exactly like every other HSQ Poma out there, with the added advantage that you can get the whole damn thing in one photo. Maybe that's your icon right there.

[cfrankrun58]

The silver MT gondola.

side note I dont think there is a detachable double chair at mt spokane I checked there history and it said first double chair in the world. not sure if that is true eather but I read that on wikipedia hear is the quote "The first double chair lift in the world is put into operation on the south face of the summit" it was in 1947

cfrankrun58

[SkiBachelor]

cfrankrun58, on Apr 30 2009, 10:39 AM, said:

The silver MT gondola.

side note I dont think there is a detachable double chair at mt spokane I checked there history and it said first double chair in the world. not sure if that is true eather but I read that on wikipedia hear is the quote "The first double chair lift in the world is put into operation on the south face of the summit" it was in 1947

cfrankrun58

I have an old Riblet ad and it has a list of firsts and this was on the list.

[D.Martin]

Cannon Mt. Tram 1938 first aerial tram in North American.

[DonaldMReif]

As iconic stuff, both Quicksilver Super6 and the Imperial Express SuperChair in Breckenridge count with good reason .


Reasons:

Quicksilver Super6: North America's only double loading chairlift.
Imperial Express SuperChair: The Highest Lift in North America

[vonrollskyway1]

cfrankrun58, on Apr 30 2009, 10:39 AM, said:

The silver MT gondola.

side note I dont think there is a detachable double chair at mt spokane I checked there history and it said first double chair in the world. not sure if that is true eather but I read that on wikipedia hear is the quote "The first double chair lift in the world is put into operation on the south face of the summit" it was in 1947

cfrankrun58

as a history buff,the vr 101 was the 1st detachable 2 passenger chairlift in the world..here is the location and the year it was made.. Flims, GR, CH Flims-Foppa 16.12.1945 SB 2.the lift was removed in the 1980s.sorry for being off topic..

[agillskis]

Original Exhibition at Sun Valley?

[D.Martin]

agillskis, on May 4 2009, 10:04 PM, said:

Original Exhibition at Sun Valley?

Black Mountain NH

First overhead cable lift 1935. Started off with lengths of hep rope as towing unit. Replaced ropes with shovel handles with home made attachment to cable. Ran many year before being converted to J-Bars. Still operation today.
Bottom building had tall tower for operator to observe lift line.
Drive is built from basic farming equipment.
Return station tensioned carriage is mounted on a mining cart on rails, attached to counter wieght.

[Bogong]

Wow, a 1935 lift still operating.

That surely has to be the world's oldest remaining ski lift?

Here in Australia the oldest we can go is a 1953 nutcracker lift which operates on a minor mountain.
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Non_reso...s#Mt_St_Bernard

It's been on it's present site since 1955. The pre-war ski lifts (like the one in my picture) are long gone.

This post has been edited by Bogong: 05 May 2009 - 06:37 AM

[skisox34]

Hmm the old castlerock chair would get my vote as well as the MRG single. The new electric drive version doesn't get oil on my jacket as much as the old version but hey it is still a single chair built 2 years ago.

Slide Brook from a lift geek perspective is an awesome ride and gets my nomination. It hurts me that Slide brook is getting such a bad name at the moment because the ambassadors there keep saying that Slide Brook was a mistake. I wholeheartedly disagree and think they should run it all the time. I hate taking off my skis and riding a shuttle especially since you have to walk around that big hotel at Sugarbush South now to get to the shuttle stop.

I would also nominate if we are going with lifts not standing the old Northeast Passage Triple at Killington. One hell of a long ride and one of the few lifts you had to go down to go up.

[Snoqualmie guy]

Or insted of changing the name of the topic we could just get back on topic.

[Bogong]

Well that's one way to kill a thread; insist that it stays "on topic".

[Snoqualmie guy]

I stay awake at night thinking how to kill threads on this fourm.

[Ontariodude]

Although not many may agree, I found the Summit Platter at Lake Louise to be very special because you don't see platter lifts like this in many places anymore in North America. Now you usually just see detachables going everywhere, so its definitely unique and in my opinion iconic of what skiing should be thought as for the terrain, not just the lifts accessing it. It accesses some very nice terrain and the views are quite amazing plus a lot of people seemed to avoid it since it was a surface lift so crowding was definitely not an issue.

So at least for me, I'd consider it an iconic lift. Just look at the view you get!

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[Carl]

Of course, the new machine is "something else"!!!

Carl

[hoodoo]

For me the lift that stands out the most would be the Silver Bullet/Steamboat Gondola .. it defined Steamboat for many years

[seilbahnbilder.ch]

^^ Areal tramway "Furgg - Trockenersteg"



^^ Areal tramway "Trockener Steg - Klein Matterhorn"

Both areal tramways are situated in Zermatt and were built by Von Roll.

[ewillso7]

Jackson Hole tram for sure, or the old single lift at Mad River

[timberlaker]

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