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Started by crazyskier91, May 15 2004 12:53 PM

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Posted 15 May 2004 - 12:53 PM

Does anyone know the make or have pics of the old Ericcson or Ida Belle lifts?

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Posted 16 May 2004 - 04:31 AM

Can't help you with that, but when were they both removed?
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Posted 16 May 2004 - 04:54 AM

Both were removed in 1996, not that long ago.
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Posted 16 May 2004 - 04:56 AM

http://www.skimaps.com/map1422

Is that when the Summit Express quad was built?
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Posted 16 May 2004 - 05:19 AM

Yeah, the Ericcson lift ended just above the gondola. The ida belle lift was next to the Saints John lift.
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Posted 16 May 2004 - 07:25 AM

well, i think the erickson lift was a yan triple...i don't recall the ida belle though?

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Posted 16 May 2004 - 07:42 AM

Can anyone concur with Brad?
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Posted 16 May 2004 - 03:45 PM

A little off-topic but who built the Sts. John lift?
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Posted 16 May 2004 - 03:51 PM

Heron-Poma built that one. I don't know if keystone had any more Heron-Poma's.
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Posted 16 May 2004 - 04:19 PM

The top terminal of it was still there when I went (I think). It's right next to the top of the Montezuma HSQ (really close)
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Posted 17 May 2004 - 04:17 AM

Yeah the unloading platform is probobly still there. For some reason they never tear them out.
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 12:21 PM

Are the platforms for other lifts at Keystone still there too?
Whats the deal with the Argentine lift? it looked like it hadn't been used for a while in March
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Posted 21 May 2004 - 12:51 PM

The unload for Pack I is still there, the Argentine doesn't open very much, only when there are a lot of people.
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Posted 17 January 2005 - 12:21 AM

coskibum, on May 16 2004, 09:25 AM, said:

well, i think the erickson lift was a yan triple...i don't recall the ida belle though?

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The erickson lift was indeed a Yan triple and was removed the year the Summit Express went in as the Ericsson unload station was the same place as the Summit's. The Ida Belle was a Yan of the same vintage as the Argentine and was still in place well after it ceased to be used. They removed it from service soon after the Montezuma Express went in but it remained up but minus most of the chairs even after it was removed from the map

Keystone also had the original Peru double and Montezuma as Heron-Pomas. I was reading something that said the Argentine was originaly a Heron-Poma but I'm not sure about this.

They also underwent a process of building multiple surface lifts one of which was hardly ever used if at all.
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Posted 19 January 2005 - 10:10 PM

I dont think that Keystone has ever had any riblets.
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Posted 19 January 2005 - 10:10 PM

Heres an old map from Skimaps.com.

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Posted 19 January 2005 - 10:13 PM

I think this map was from 84-86 when the gondola was the Yan.

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Posted 14 February 2005 - 11:07 AM

The map above was actualy after the new Von Roll was installed for the first year or two they called it the Skyway Gondola before the River Run base was established under that name. Does anyone know what the model the grips on original yan gondola were?

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Posted 14 February 2005 - 04:12 PM

Yan actually used Von Roll's grips for his gondolas and I believe they were the same type that are currently used on the River Run gondola today. Keystone might have even reused them when it installed the new Von Roll gondola.
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Posted 22 February 2005 - 08:11 PM

If they used Von Roll grips on the gondola why did they replace it based partialy on grip slipage? Or was there some kind of modification that they made to the gondola?
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