No thanks........................I'd rather abuse my body skiing than riding a lift.Rope tow is faster and more efficient for anything below 500' vert.
No thanks........................I'd rather abuse my body skiing than riding a lift.Rope tow is faster and more efficient for anything below 500' vert.
I'm pretty sure liftblog.com and skilift.org both get their data from trade publications which are highly accurate. They listThis 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.
You left out the winner I posted on previous page. Easy Rider at Sierra Tahoe is a detachable quad chairlift with 160' (48.7 m) vertical. And while runs returning to it are for beginners, it also provides access to West Bowl area from the base area via Marmot run.I'm pretty sure liftblog.com and skilift.org both get their data from trade publications which are highly accurate. They list
- Mt Holy's "Mach 1" as 243 vert, 1465 length (likely the shortest non-bunny hill detachable lift)
- Bittersweet's "Sweet Express" as 318 vert, 1816 length
- Snowbasin's "little cat" as 174, 1576 (likely the lowest vert lift including bunny hill)
- Sugar bowl's "village gondola" as 87 vert, 3205 (not a skiing lift)
- winter park's "village cabriolet 83 vert, 1436 (likely the shortest lift including non-skiing lifts at ski ares)
- Beaver Creek's "riverfront express" 63 vert, 2210 (likely the lowest vert including non-skiing lifts at ski ares)
On a completely different note, this year I rode what I think is the longest -- and slowest -- fixed-grip lift I've ever done. Motherlode chair at Red Mt., BC. It's not the full vert of the resort (2,919')...but it's damn close. I think I could have eaten lunch, drunk a coffee, AND smoked a cigarette (if I still smoked) before I got to the top.
Not sure if it's the slowest, but it sure seems like it: The Morningstar quad at Bristol nicknamed the "Siberian Crawler". It's slow and and on a windy day it's COLD!Slowest chairs I have ever been on:
-Elk Mtn....(any/all of them)....
-Sugarbush.....ValleyHouse....we felt like we were at Elk
I know for small, busy areas like here in the Midwest, a big part of it is ease of loading for kids and beginners.I am actually surprised there are so many short detachable lifts. With such a short vertical the speed is largely negated. I also thought that maintenance on detachable lifts was counted in cycles? Am I wrong with that? That would be some huge cycle numbers on a lot of these lifts.
Slowest chairs I have ever been on:
-Elk Mtn....(any/all of them)....
-Sugarbush.....ValleyHouse....we felt like we were at Elk
At Sun Valley, the Quarter Dollar lift (detachable quad) at Dollar Mt has a vertical rise of 181’, while the Lookout chair (fixed grip triple at the top of Baldy) has 170’ vertical.
Not sure if it's the slowest, but it sure seems like it: The Morningstar quad at Bristol nicknamed the "Siberian Crawler". It's slow and and on a windy day it's COLD!
On a Sugarbush note-we took the Castlerock double last week for the first time. The first ride up we were surprised by the distance between the chairs........lots of time to load.
I'd like to think so, but probably not. They could add the magic carpet load and run it faster but that may freak out the many beginners who use that chair. I've mentioned to the owners (and I'm not the only one) to put in a rope tow or bungee cord T bar from the top of the Comet lift to the top of the Morningstar lift, but again most likely not happening. Our solution is to skate/hike uphill to the top of the lift-it's good exercise!Would they ever update that Morningstar lift? Doing so would take a load of pressure off the green loop off the front side of the mountain, and even moreso the Comet chair.
I'd like to think so, but probably not. They could add the magic carpet load and run it faster but that may freak out the many beginners who use that chair. I've mentioned to the owners (and I'm not the only one) to put in a rope tow or bungee cord T bar from the top of the Comet lift to the top of the Morningstar lift, but again most likely not happening. Our solution is to skate/hike uphill to the top of the lift-it's good exercise!
That's 592 meters not feet. Fairly short still. That's 1941 feet.592 ft according to the website.