SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Aspen’s Crown– The Silver Queen
The six-passenger Pomagondola not only moves people faster, it changes the way they ski the mountain and gives the resort a new image.
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World’s First 8-Seater
The new speedy Doppelmayr gondola at Steamboat has reduced lines and relieved congestion on the lower mountain. It also operates in very high winds.
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Detachable Quad At June
Lift Engineering solved a problem and built a skier-friendly lift in process. It makes a strong statement of design philosophy: understatement.
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The Great Interski Lift Switch
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America’s First Detachable Chair
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Mountain Upgrade
Lift replacement in a mountain upgrade can be modeled to study impacts of different uphill configurations.
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Impacts Of Detachables
New methods of predicting density problems on mountains are needed with high capacity lifts.
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Spirit Mountain Goes Detachable
Why a detachable in mid-America? SAM takes a technical look at a new Borvig/leitner bubble quad.
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B-77– Progress At Reno
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