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Started by liftmech, Apr 28 2004 03:43 AM
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Posted 28 April 2004 - 03:43 AM
Top terminal. Note the hole in the roof supports of the shack- this used to be one of those funky shack/depression assembly combos like Bashor at Steamboat.
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Posted 28 April 2004 - 03:46 AM
Bottom terminal. One of Yan's last projects, I believe (1996). For some reason he didn't want to put in an idler terminal when he redesigned the lift, so the former drive-and-tension terminal was welded in place and this was built instead.
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Posted 28 April 2004 - 03:48 AM
The line, looking up from the bottom.
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Posted 28 April 2004 - 06:48 AM
Awesome pics liftmech, any pics of the old B lifts or the mountain chief or creek or whatever the other back bowl lift is
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 03:41 AM
I have them too. Funny you should ask- I've actually been working back there the last two weeks, getting a head start on summer maintenance.
This is Mountain Chief, which used to be J-lift, on the opposite side of Timberline from I-lift. Bottom drive/tension terminal- you can see the hydraulic cylinders on the far lefthand side of the terminal; they are a Doppelmayr retrofit.
This is Mountain Chief, which used to be J-lift, on the opposite side of Timberline from I-lift. Bottom drive/tension terminal- you can see the hydraulic cylinders on the far lefthand side of the terminal; they are a Doppelmayr retrofit.
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 03:43 AM
Looking up the line- relatively steep compared to the frontoside of the hill.
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 03:45 AM
...and the top terminal- typical Yantop idle setup. This particular one used to be adjustable-height, but in its new location on the windiest portion of the mountain that's not really necessary anymore.
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 03:55 AM
Here is where I and J used to be.
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 04:41 AM
Nice pics liftmech, so those lifts only went in in 95, or around then, thats pretty recent. On the map you show I lift terminating on top of flyers, was this put in afterwards or was it a funky station turned into a restaurant like at Killington?
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 05:38 AM
Except for in 1969, killington's top terminal was always a restaurant as well. They simply removed the gondi equiptment downstairs and kept the restaurant. There is a big empty room they use to store stuff in now for the ski patrol. You can access it from the bathroom staircase.
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Posted 29 April 2004 - 02:43 PM
Flyers was not the old station, all parts of those lifts were re-used with the exception of I's return idle station. I and J were both bottom combined drive-and-tension lifts. I believe Flyers could have been the old top shack, but I don't know for sure. I-lift actually terminated where Timberline Patrol is now- I must have placed it several yards downhill when I drew the map.
Mountain Chief went in in 1995, and Blackjack in 1996.
Mountain Chief went in in 1995, and Blackjack in 1996.
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Posted 30 April 2004 - 03:49 AM
Cool, I never knew where those lifts came from. I remember the old G lift distantly, Was that lift reincarnated too or just scrapped?
Sorry for all the questions I am just a history nut and have always wondered about the lifts in places that i've skied.
Sorry for all the questions I am just a history nut and have always wondered about the lifts in places that i've skied.
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 03:59 AM
Liftmech what are the other lines on that map?
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Posted 20 December 2004 - 10:31 AM
Flyers was built several years after the timberline express and was not part of the old lift shacks or any other previous construction. It opened as an outdoor grill at first but was never busy so it for several years was just a warming hut. I believe that it has now reopened as an actual resturant.
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Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.
"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"
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Posted 21 December 2004 - 06:14 AM
It is indeed a restaurant, but I question the 'reopened' statement since it always seems to be closed 
Would you agree that we need to put a mid-mountain lodge in that area? I think it would be a good thing.
Would you agree that we need to put a mid-mountain lodge in that area? I think it would be a good thing.
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Posted 21 December 2004 - 08:06 AM
oh ok I was asuming that it had reopened because it is once again listed on the map. I havent skied copper in 10 years so im not current on the happenings on the mountain.
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Posted 22 December 2004 - 06:58 AM
I guess my sarcasm didn't come through. 
Yes, Flyers is open but it never seems to be open. I guess it is a busy-day-only kind of operation.
Yes, Flyers is open but it never seems to be open. I guess it is a busy-day-only kind of operation.
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