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I got some pictures from Rowema, the follower enterprise of Mueller Lifts!

There are a few pictures from North America, especially BC, Canada, that show skilifts which are unknown to me. Maybe someone can help me to identify the skilifts!

Okey...

Lift No. 1:

Could be Sky Chair at Cypress Mountain?
This post has been edited by seilbahnbilder.ch: 20 February 2010 - 12:29 PM

Lift 2:

Accourding to a note on the backside, this is Grouse Mountain. So this can only show the Inferno Chair built in 1976, right?
This post has been edited by seilbahnbilder.ch: 20 February 2010 - 12:54 PM

Lift No. 3:

Unfortunately I cant make out what's written on the backside of these two pictures... something like "Tillman Valley" or so. But I can identify "Vernon", an I think this means Vernon BC. Could this be Silver Star Mountain in its early days?

Lift No. 4:

There is no note on the backside an you can't see the landscape, so I have no idea where this lift could be/have been. Powder Chair at Big White is similar but not identical. What's about Tee Pee Town at Banff?
This post has been edited by seilbahnbilder.ch: 20 February 2010 - 01:07 PM

Lift No. 5:

No notes here, too. But I guess this could be Tee Pee Town at Banff?

Lift No. 6:

On the backside is written that this picture was taken at Mount Norquay (Banff), but according to Lift-World.info there is no Mueller double any more. Who knows the Name of this chairlift?
This post has been edited by seilbahnbilder.ch: 20 February 2010 - 01:41 PM

Lift No. 7:

No information at all, but looks also like North America.

Lift No. 8:

I don't even know whether this Mueller gondola was in North America or not, but the background remembers me a little bit to Vanouver Island?

So, this were all pictures! Hope you are able to help me!

Ok, I got some information in a german speaking forum!

1: Might be Blue Chair at Silver Star Mountain, BC, Canada.

2: Inferno Chair at Grouse Mountain, BC, Canada.

3: Tillcum Valley Chair at Tillcum Valley, BC, Canada.

4 & 5: Tee Pee Chair at Sunshine Village

8: Mount Sainte Anne Gondola, Quebec, Canada.


So I still need some information about lift 6 and 7!

I've been waiting for others to respond to this thread, because I don't want to hijack it.

But I have a quick question:

Was Mueller the only chairlift manufacturer that made their towers from steel lattice rather than poles?

The reason I'm asking is that I'm slowly expanding my listing of all Australian ski lifts to include manufacturers. I have photos of a number of chairlifts with lattice towers from the 1950's and 60's, but no information on the manufacturer. If Mueller was the only company with this type of tower, then I can assume that they were all Mueller chairlifts.

The list of every Australian ski lift is here: http://wikiski.com/w...i_tow_directory

A picture of one of the chairlifts of unknown make:



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The lift in the two postcards above was built in 1958 and was reputedly a Mueller, but I'm not sure.
This post has been edited by Bogong: 22 February 2010 - 06:41 AM

^^ This "portal-tower" is without any doubt made by Müller/Mueller! But the "weehls" (what's the appropriate name?)are Riblet. But the chairs are Mueller again.


^^ The towers look like Riblet, the Chairs are Mueller.

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^^ This one here is definitly not a Mueller, I guess it is a Carlevaro (Italian manufacturer).

Maybe you can identify this lift here:

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Number of downloads: 87

That's another unknown Mueller chairlift. But the vegetation remembers me strongly to Australia!


And now back to your question:

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That might be right in America but definitly not in Europe. In their early days, almost all manufacturers were using "lattice towers"...

Some examples:


^^ A Städeli-Double at Portes du Soleil (bigest ski area in the world: 194 skilifts, 650 km of slopes... really, it's huge!). More pictures here: http://www.seilbahnb...dex.php?cat=170


^^ An old Garaventa-Double at Sörenberg. More pictures here: http://www.seilbahnb...s.php?album=174


^^ Garaventa 8 person gondola at Hasliberg. More pictures here: http://www.seilbahnb...ndex.php?cat=93
This post has been edited by seilbahnbilder.ch: 22 February 2010 - 09:46 AM

Thanks. The two colour postcards are pictures of the Crackenback chairlift at Thredbo. It was built in 1958 and extended further up the mountain in 1962. That probably explains the different type of towers at the top and bottom of the same lift.


^ The trees in your picture are certainly snowgums, so that means it is in Australia. \the buildings and landscape look like Thredbo in the late 1950's, but it could be the early 1960's. I think it's the Crackenback chairlift or the nearby Ramshead chairlift. I will look at old books and photos and post here if it's not Ramshead.

Details of both the Thredbo lifts are here. http://wikiski.com/w...rectory#Thredbo

By the way. Some early Australian chairlifts were supported wooden poles. Here are two pictures of a 1950's chairlift at Falls Creek ski resort.

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It wasn't the most rigid chairlift and the Victorian state government "Lifts and cranes" inspector made the owner close it down after 5 years.

Thanks, that would be nice!

Someone any idea for pictures 6 and 7?

Okey, another one... would be nice if someone had an idea...

Here's a list of most of the Mueller lifts installed in North America. The more recent ones are relocations.

Removed Berkshire East Ski Area Massachusetts Competition T-Bar Mueller 1960
Removed Berkshire East Ski Area Massachusetts Summit Double Mueller 1960
Removed Mont Sutton Quebec II Double Mueller 1960
Removed Mont Sutton Quebec A T-Bar Mueller 1960
Removed Jay Peak Vermont Bonaventure Double Mueller 1960
Operating Mad River Glen Vermont Sunnyside Double Mueller 1961
Removed Le Relais Quebec Double Mueller 1962
Operating Mont Sutton Quebec III Double Mueller 1962
Removed Mont Sutton Quebec IV Double Mueller 1962
Removed Silver Star Mountain Resort British Columbia High T-Bar T-Bar Mueller 1963
Operating Saddleback Maine Rangeley Double Mueller 1963
Removed Berkshire East Ski Area Massachusetts Exhibition View Double Mueller 1963
Removed Cranmore Mountain Resort New Hampshire North Double Mueller 1963
Removed Mount Whittier New Hampshire Gondola Gondola 4 Mueller 1963
Removed Pats Peak New Hampshire T-Bar Mueller 1963
Operating Mansfield Ski Club Ontario Big Tree T-Bar Mueller 1963
Removed Mont Echo Quebec Double Mueller 1963
Removed Mont Echo Quebec Double Mueller 1963
Removed Vallee Bleue Quebec T-Bar Mueller 1963
Removed Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort Massachusetts Summit Double Mueller 1964
Removed Attitash New Hampshire 2 Double Mueller 1964
Removed Gunstock New Hampshire Summit Double Mueller 1964
Operating Talisman Mountain Resort Ontario Beginner Double Mueller 1964
Removed Mont Saint Bruno Quebec Double Mueller 1964
Operating Mont Sutton Quebec I Double Mueller 1964
Operating Bear Creek Mountain Club Vermont Summit Chair Double Mueller 1964
Removed Bear Creek Mountain Club Vermont Mid Mountain Double Mueller 1964
Removed Haystack Vermont T-Bar Mueller 1964
Standing Haystack Vermont Haymaker Double Mueller 1964
Standing Haystack Vermont T-Bar Mueller 1964
Operating Castle Mountain Resort Alberta T-Rex T-Bar Mueller 1965
Removed Red Mountain Resort British Columbia Granite Mountain Double Mueller 1965
Removed Silver Star Mountain Resort British Columbia Mid T-Bar T-Bar Mueller 1965
Removed Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia Gondola Gondola 4 Mueller 1965
Removed Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia Red Double Mueller 1965
Operating Ski Ward Massachusetts T-Bar T-Bar Mueller 1965
Operating Black Mountain New Hampshire Summit Double Mueller 1965
Removed Mont Sainte Anne Quebec Gondola Gondola Mueller 1965
Removed Mont Sainte Anne Quebec G Double Mueller 1965
Removed Mont Sainte Anne Quebec H Double Mueller 1965
Removed Mont Sainte Anne Quebec I T-Bar Mueller 1965
Removed Owl's Head Quebec Le Sommet Double Mueller 1965
Removed Owl's Head Quebec T-Bar Mueller 1965
Standing Haystack Vermont Oh No Double Mueller 1965
Removed Mount Sunapee New Hampshire Summit Double Mueller 1966
Operating Mad River Glen Vermont Birdland Double Mueller 1966
Operating Apex Mountain Resort British Columbia T-Bar T-Bar Mueller 1968
Removed Powder King British Columbia T-Bar Mueller 1968
Operating Purden Ski Village British Columbia Yellow Double Mueller 1968
Operating Purden Ski Village British Columbia T-Bar T-Bar Mueller 1968
Removed Silver Star Mountain Resort British Columbia Yellow Double Mueller 1968
Removed Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia Green Double Mueller 1968
Removed Fun Valley Ski Area Iowa Double Up Double Mueller 1968
Removed Moose Mountain New Hampshire T-Bar Mueller 1968
Operating Hemlock Resort British Columbia Skyline Double Mueller 1969
Removed Cranmore Mountain Resort New Hampshire Mid Double Mueller 1969
Operating Pats Peak New Hampshire Valley Double Mueller 1969
Removed Gunstock New Hampshire Pistol Double Mueller 1970
Operating Pipestem State Park West Virginia Aerial Tramway Gondola 4 Mueller 1970
Removed Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Wyoming Thunder Double Mueller 1970
Operating Red Mountain Resort British Columbia Red Double Mueller 1971
Removed Sun Peaks Resort British Columbia Shuswap Double Mueller 1971
Operating Ski Bradford Massachusetts Hornet T-Bar Mueller 1971
Operating Mount Shana Newfoundland and Labrador Lift T-Bar Mueller 1971
Removed Sugarbush Vermont Inverness Double Mueller 1971
Removed Lake Louise Alberta Larch Double Mueller 1972
Standing Forbidden Plateau British Columbia Orange Double Mueller 1972
Removed Mont Orford Quebec La Mi-Orford Double Mueller 1972
Removed Mont Saint Sauveur and Mont Avila Quebec Double Mueller 1972
Removed Mont Saint Sauveur and Mont Avila Quebec Double Mueller 1972
Operating Mad River Glen Vermont Practice Slope Double Mueller 1972
Removed Mont Habitant Quebec Double Mueller 1973
Removed Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia Green 2 Double Mueller 1974
Operating Mont Sainte Anne Quebec La Corde Raide T-Bar Mueller 1974
Standing Forbidden Plateau British Columbia Lower T-Bar Mueller 1975
Removed Grouse Mountain British Columbia Inferno Double Mueller 1975
Removed Shames Mountain British Columbia Kitsumkalin Double Mueller 1975
Operating Mount Baldy California Chair 1 Double Mueller 1975
Operating Mount Baldy California Chair 2 Double Mueller 1975
Operating Mount Baldy California Chair 3 Double Mueller 1975
Operating Mount Baldy California Chair 4 Double Mueller 1975
Removed Silver Star Mountain Resort British Columbia Blue Double Mueller 1976
Removed Sunshine Village Alberta Double Mueller 1978
Removed Fernie Alpine Resort British Columbia Elk Chair Double Mueller 1978
Operating Silver Star Mountain Resort British Columbia Summit Double Mueller 1978
Removed Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia Little Red Double Mueller 1978
Operating Mont Sutton Quebec V Double Mueller 1978
Operating Canyon Ski Area Alberta Powderhorn Triple Mueller 1979
Operating Big White Ski Resort British Columbia Powder Chair Triple Mueller 1979
Operating Mount Washington Alpine Resort British Columbia Green Double Mueller 1979
Removed Mount Washington Alpine Resort British Columbia Blue Chair Double Mueller 1979
Operating Hudson Bay Mountain Resort British Columbia Skyline Triple Mueller 1980
Removed Mount Washington Alpine Resort British Columbia Red Chair Triple Mueller 1980
Operating Apex Mountain Resort British Columbia Stock's Chair Triple Mueller 1981
Operating Lutsen Mountains Minnesota Eagle Mountain Double Mueller 1982
Operating Sunshine Village Alberta Tee Pee Town Double Mueller 1984
Removed Sunshine Village Alberta Wheeler Double Mueller 1985
Operating Mount Seymour British Columbia Lodge Double Mueller 1985
Removed Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia Platter Platter Mueller 1985
Operating Canada Olympic Park Alberta Olympic Double Mueller 1986
Removed Canada Olympic Park Alberta Paskapoo Triple Mueller 1986
Operating Mount Timothy British Columbia T-Bar Mueller 1987
Operating Gread Divide Snowsports Montana Mount Belmont Double Mueller 1987
Removed Mount Washington Alpine Resort British Columbia Single Mueller 1994
Operating Kimberley Alpine Resort British Columbia Tamarack Double Mueller 1997
Operating Castle Mountain Resort Alberta Green Double Mueller 2002
Operating Mission Ridge Winter Park Saskatchewan Big John Triple Mueller 2005
Operating Mount Aurora Skiland Alaska Silver Star Double Mueller
Operating Canyon Ski Area Alberta North Bowl Double Mueller
Operating Edmonton Ski Club Alberta T-Bar Mueller
Operating Crystal Mountain Resort British Columbia Blue Double Mueller
Operating Cypress Mountain British Columbia Midway Double Mueller
Operating Cypress Mountain British Columbia Sky Chair Double Mueller
Operating Hemlock Resort British Columbia Whistlepunck Double Mueller
Operating Mount Baldy British Columbia Eagle Double Mueller
Operating Purden Ski Village British Columbia Baker Creek Double Mueller
Removed Revelstoke Mountain Resort British Columbia Powder Slug Double Mueller
Operating Shames Mountain British Columbia Red T-Bar Mueller
Removed Silver Star Mountain Resort British Columbia Town T-Bar T-Bar Mueller
Operating Ski Sundown Connecticut Little Joe Double Mueller
Operating Bigrock Maine Winter Sports Center Maine Double Double Mueller
Operating Eaton Mountain Ski Area Maine T-Bar Mueller
Operating Ski Ward Massachusetts Double Double Mueller
Operating Black Mountain New Hampshire Platterpull Platter Mueller
Removed Moose Mountain New Hampshire Double Mueller
Removed Moose Mountain New Hampshire T-Bar Mueller
Operating Pats Peak New Hampshire Peak Double Mueller
Removed Highmount New York Friends Double Mueller
Operating Le Relais Quebec B T-Bar Mueller
Removed Mont Orford Quebec Les Chaises du Ciel Double Mueller
Removed Mont Saint Agathe Quebec Double Mueller
Removed Haystack Vermont Transfer Double Mueller

Bogong, on 22 February 2010 - 06:36 AM, said:

This was a 100% Mueller chair built in two stages, however due to some technical issues they replaced the top half with Riblet towers and sheeves. I do have a photo of the original Mueller top-half extension; I'll have a dig and see if I can find it. The chair in the background is Ramshead - 100% Riblet!

Cheers, Richard.

@ Skier: Wow, thanks... This are a lot of lifts! And here in Switzerland - the home country of Mueller - just one double and one triple chair have left...


@ Richardo:

Could it be that this picture...
http://www.skilifts....attach_id=18378

... and this picture...


... show the same lift?

@ all: I already posted the pictures of this Mueller double:






In the same folder I also found these pictures of a very early Poma double:








The Poma and the Mueller pictures are developed onto the same type of paper etc... so I think that these pictures were taken in the same ski area. If someone knows some old very old Poma doubles, it might be possible to find the appropriate location.

OMG - floating bullwheels...RUN!

Dino