whistler gondola

[Shadows]

suprised this hasnt been discussed yet. the number are impressive. opening in dec 08. its gonna be huge

 

51 million dollars

400 tons of steel

2.73 miles

1,362 ft high

11 minute ride

28 cabins

2050 people capacity

[rgrwilco]

peak to peak right? thats a long as distance

[Schif]

Thats amazing. Both from an engineering and skiing perspective.

[AtomicSkier]

as someone mentioned in the ski mag article "i'd hate to do a lift evac at 1300 feet"

[Shadows]

^read the iran article, some awesome stuff in there.

[Barb]

I know I am a whimp, but the gondola at Grouse Mtn scared me. I won't be in a hurry to ride the one at Whistler. But it is pretty amazing. 11 minute ride.

[skidude]

I know I am a whimp, but the gondola at Grouse Mtn scared me. I won't be in a hurry to ride the one at Whistler. But it is pretty amazing. 11 minute ride.

 

Stay away from Mammoth lift #23. Esp on a windy day.

[Schif]

11 minute ride!! Thats faster than long haul

[AtomicSkier]

^read the iran article, some awesome stuff in there.

 

i glanced at that, but started falling asleep...i did like the rankings though, which seemed to be pretty consistent with what I've skied out of the top 10...

[Johnny Law]

Stay away from Mammoth lift #23. Esp on a windy day.

 

Or the summit double at Soli, on one particular day they had to keep stopping the lift as empty chairs were crashing into the lift towers.