I've noticed the new CWA cabins have mostly glass on all 4 sides, no where to fill it up with a gas pump for heat like the gondolas at Killinton have (mid 90's Omega cabins). So did CWA's heated gondola cabin not go over well, or is there a new system of heating them?
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Heated Gondola Cabins
Started by thairston96, Oct 18 2010 12:02 PM
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Posted 27 October 2010 - 08:56 AM
Can we not have heated chairlifts and gondola cabins please...When you ski hard you stay warm, even on the coldest of day. Maybe im just old school but put on another thin layer (layers are where its at!!)
If I got into a heated gondola cabin I think I would break out in a sweat which would lead to me getting really really cold once i left the gondola...key is to stay warm, not sweat.
So please no heated elements on my ride to the top...im hot enough already (thats a joke but you get the idea...)
If I got into a heated gondola cabin I think I would break out in a sweat which would lead to me getting really really cold once i left the gondola...key is to stay warm, not sweat.
So please no heated elements on my ride to the top...im hot enough already (thats a joke but you get the idea...)
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Posted 31 October 2010 - 05:12 PM
Heated cabins and chairs aren't for skiers.
They are for people more interested in the lodge. This is not to say that these people don't ski, but the specialized lifts are not for the die hards, the ski bums, and the chargers. They are for people who plan a vacation, ski a few laps, go back to the condo, ski a bit more, and then go back to the condo again to do cocoa by the fireplace. It is a different dynamic than most of us who work in the industry. When I go to a mountain, I don't concern myself with the base facilities much. My goal is to get as many runs down as many different runs as possible.
They are for people more interested in the lodge. This is not to say that these people don't ski, but the specialized lifts are not for the die hards, the ski bums, and the chargers. They are for people who plan a vacation, ski a few laps, go back to the condo, ski a bit more, and then go back to the condo again to do cocoa by the fireplace. It is a different dynamic than most of us who work in the industry. When I go to a mountain, I don't concern myself with the base facilities much. My goal is to get as many runs down as many different runs as possible.
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Posted 01 November 2010 - 12:24 PM
Heating and A/C in cabins may not make a lot of sense for skiers, but it does become an issue as gondola-type lifts become increasingly used in an urban transport context, particularly in warm climates. Medellin, Colombia and Caracas, Venezuela are two cities that have built large gondola systems tied into their public-transit network, for accessing dense hilly slums where more traditional transit is impractical. I imagine those cabins get kind of toasty.
There's been some discussion on the Cable Propelled Transit blog on this subject, here.
There's been some discussion on the Cable Propelled Transit blog on this subject, here.
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