SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Roles For Chart Recorders
Lift performance can be monitored and documented more efficiently and accurately using these well-tried instruments.
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Lifts 1987– The East Pours It On
The surge in lift building set a record or two and missed several by a whisker or two. Overall, it was another great year.
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Where Are Gondolas Going?
Some outstanding breakthroughs have occured in gondola technology. Here’s a review of the recent past and look into the future by Robert McLellan.
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Bigger, More Efficient Lifts
A photographic sampling of some of the interesting new lifts, from T-bar to the world’s biggest gondola.
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Lifts 1984
Generally a good year for lift construction, but there remain a few pockets of slower growth.
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The Story Of A Seven-Day Lift
Who said it can’t be done? At Wintergreen, four men put up a lift in seven working days. A fascinating day-by-day chronology of the…
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Wind– A Judgement Call?
How much wind is too much? Lew Cuyler asked ski area authorities and found that standards and measurement procedures are limired and highly variable.
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A Gondola As A Lifeline
It seemed an expensive way to bring skiers to the resort, but the gondola finally paid off in skier days and a long season…
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Wind– A Tramway Derailment
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