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Ever wondered exactly how a drag lift is able to turn a corner or how a detachable Poma grips the rope ?
It’s all explained simply here
http://youtube.com/v/VnAaokoy8QA
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Ever wondered about the differences between fixed grip and detachable chairlifts
http://youtube.com/v/2loFfemSB0E&t
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Good analysis and an argument for fixed grip chairs and surface drags in some areas, to keep ticket prices down and reduce piste crowding!
Interesting to hear that purchase price is more than double and maintenance costs are 5 times more for detachable chair lifts.
Also interesting to hear the explanation about lift capacity being similar but piste and queuing density is much higher around fast lifts because they don’t hold as many customers. That is logical.
Makes me think how Tignes must have been state of the art back in the 1980s with all its slow fixed grip chairs and La Plagne with all its fast Pomas. They must have enjoyed particularly high profitability during the growth years of the 1970s and 1980s, before having to replace their stock with expensive detachable lifts.
It’s not surprising why lift pass prices are so high today.
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