SAM Coverage
Lifts & Ropeways
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Lift Contract Award–Controversy-Sunapee
An interesting beat-the-clock scenario is unfolding at New Hampshire’s state-owned Mount Sunapee Ski Area, where Riblet Tramway Co. of Spokane, WA, is racing to…
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Gear Box Inspections-Different Opinions
Recent inspections by people professing expertise in the inspection of gear boxes (gear teeth) have caused both concern and conflict. One expert says the…
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The Behavior Of Chairs–Influence Of Wind
*The following report was presented by Gabor Oplatka at the 1985 Vail Aerial Tramway and Safety Seminar. It has been adapted here for magazine…
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High Tech Lift Evac
It’s no secret that most ski areas are still using primitive lift evacuation equipment. The rope and the T-seat work very well, but in…
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B77 Standard Commentary– Braking Req.
In the 1982 revision of the ANSI B77.1 Standard the braking requirements for detachable and fixed grip aerial lifts were significantly rewritten. This article…
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The Machine Called Wire Rope
From the outside, wire rope that is used on ski lifts, gondolas and tramways looks fairly simple. In reality, wire rope is a complex…
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The Doppelmayr Dream Machine
The race for higher lift capacities has brought technology few would have dreamed of just a few years ago. The latest entry is a…
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Moving To Monocables
On a recent trip to France, SAM visited the studios of Denis Creissels, conceiver of some of the most avant-garde of today’s lift designs,…
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Keystone’s Avant Garde Gondola
The Keystone Resort in Colorado, owned by the Ralston Purina Company, would seem an unlikely site for a lift system as avant-garde and innovative…
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People Movers Meet
In reflecting on the International Conference on Automated People Movers, which took place in March in Miami, Florida, I found myself asking some questions,…