Skyliner - Technical Questions

[Rob562]

I have always wondered why the ski lifts have to be so high though. I have gone to a number of ski resorts in the Northeast. One one
ski lift you are already about 35 feet in the air and then you travel over a ridge heading to the top of the mountain. I know I probably exaggerate but it feels like you are about 75 to 100 feet in the air. I enjoy skiing, I do not like the chair lift.

A blizzard + tall skiers on top of the snow + skiers legs and skis dangling underneath a chair = a lot closer together than you'd think.

-Rob

 

[GuyFawkes]

A blizzard + tall skiers on top of the snow + skiers legs and skis dangling underneath a chair = a lot closer together than you'd think.

-Rob

That is true. Go to a ski mountain during the summer and the chair lifts seem much higher then during the winter. I was in Lake Tahoe one time and it snowed something like 3 feet over night. The base was something like 154 inches. We literally were looking at tops of tress that barely stuck out of the snow. That was a very snowy year according to the locals but lifts have to built for all that.

 

[OG Runner]

A blizzard + tall skiers on top of the snow + skiers legs and skis dangling underneath a chair = a lot closer together than you'd think.

-Rob

Not unless the ski lift is going over a ski jump. The lifts are 30 to 40 feet in the air. Unless we have 10ft tall skiers, with
10ft long skis, jumping 10ft in the air, I think they are a bit higher than they really need to be.

 

[vikescaper]

That is true. Go to a ski mountain during the summer and the chair lifts seem much higher then during the winter. I was in Lake Tahoe one time and it snowed something like 3 feet over night. The base was something like 154 inches. We literally were looking at tops of tress that barely stuck out of the snow. That was a very snowy year according to the locals but lifts have to built for all that.

I went home to Minnesota for vacation last August and went to one of the ski areas. You could ride one of the chair lifts up and down the hill and it was absolutely terrifying! I’m not afraid of heights but I was holding on for dear life!

 

[larryz]

The original thread has a LOT of technical info and discussion about various concerns and issues.

News - New Gondola Transportation - Disney Skyliner -

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I LOVE that thread! Just make sure you have a lifetime supply of popcorn and adult beverages to enjoy while reading it.

 

[larryz]

I've been on a few here in the US - Roosevelt Island in NY (King Kong), Monarch Pass-Colorado, Teton Village-Wyoming, Gatlinburg, Tenn,
Lookout Mountain-Tennesee, Cable cars of San Francisco, Cable Cars in New Orleans, Incline car at Horseshoe Curve Park-Penn, Gondolas at the Bronx Zoo, chair ride at HersheyPark and of course the Disneyland and Disneyworld cross-park gondolas.

The streetcars in New Orleans don't run on a cable -- they're electrically powered and the motors are in the car, hence the name of the driver is "Motorman" versus San Francisco's "Gripman."