Shortest detach quad you have been on

[Steve Martin]

This winter I have been on 2 of the shortest detachable quads I am aware of. At Bittersweet Ski Area the Sweet Express quad a poma lift of at the most 350 vertical feet. The shortest was at Mt Holly where lift 3 (poma detachable quad) also claims 350’ vertical feet. On google earth however Lift 3 is significantly shorter using google earths measuring tool.

Anybody else know any shorty detach lifts? With sski season ending or in limbo, I thought this could be an interesting thread.

 

[Bill Miles]

Shortest I have been on is River Run at Sun Valley at 600' vertical. The next one above it makes up for this at 2673' vertical.

 

[Prosper]

Alpine Valley Resort in WI, 388’ vertical, 3 high speed quads.

 

[Steve Martin]

Alpine Valley in Wisconsin has the same owner as Bittersweet and Mt Holly. I believe the company is called Wisconsin resorts. Are the hifh speed quads also Poma?

 

[scott43]

Glen Eden has 240' of vertical..

 

[New2]

Sometimes even big mountains have short detachable quads. Littlecat at Snowbasin is 174' vertical. Ute Park at Telluride is 274' vertical. Both Dopplemayrs.

 

[Johnny V.]

Shortest I can remember is at Holimont in Ellicotville NY. Vertical is about 600' and about 2 1/2 minutes to the top.

 

[markojp]

I've gotten dizzy on the Bittersweet quad spinning laps. The River Run quad at SV is much longer.

 

[Andy Mink]

I thought First Venture at Squaw was a detachable but it's fixed. 85' vertical.

 

[jmeb]

Chets Dream at Loveland is only a 2.5min ride. But it covers 991 vertical feet making it one of the most efficient vertical gains per minute in the state.

 

[Tony]

Easy Rider, Sierra at Tahoe, CA 160’ vertical, 1168’ length Doppelmayr

 

[Decreed_It]

Here at our home hill Sugar Mountain Resort, Easy Street is a detachable quad covering a whopping 246 v/ft . Honorable mention is the crazy for these parts Doppelmayr High Speed detachable 6, yes SIX Summit Express that takes you bottom to top all 1200 glorious vertical feet. It's a challenge to fill the dang thing up even on super crowded days, folks just don't know what to do with it.

 

[Prosper]

Alpine Valley in Wisconsin has the same owner as Bittersweet and Mt Holly. I believe the company is called Wisconsin resorts. Are the hifh speed quads also Poma?

Not sure. It’s been probably 15+ years since I skied Alpine Valley. IIRC when I was there they only had 1 HSQ. While they claim 388’ the entire resort skis much shorter. Like most southern WI ski hills you can ski top to bottom in dozens of seconds and probably less if you straight line.

 

[Bad Bob]

God bless the beginners lifts.
There is a time and a place for everything.

 

[BC.]

Any HS lift in PA would be on a “shortest” list.

-Blue Mtn.
-Camelback
-Shawnee

 

[P-Ute]

Homestake Express at Deer Valley, 264 vertical feet, Doppelmayr, per data on liftblog.com

 

[Black Dog]

Check out Liftblog.com
There is a database on all lifts in North America.

 

[crgildart]

Rope tow is faster and more efficient for anything below 500' vert.

 

[Green08]

Rosebrook Quad at Breton Woods is the shortest I have ridden. 600 ft of quick vertical.
It might be the quickest/shortest detach in the East, which is not for beginner terrain

 

[Darryl]

Horseshoe Valley at 308 vertical feet.