Wacky new ski lift

So I'm nosing around looking for candidate resorts for the first trip of
the season, and I come across this:

http://www.orford.com/Anglais/framenewsEn.html

It's a hybrid gondola, where eight passenger gondolas alternate with six
passenger chairs on the same lift. Weird. I wonder if TCS knows about
this?


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//-Walt
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// The Volkl Conspiracy

In article ,
Olaf Timandahaff wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:28:13 -0400, Walt
wrote:


So I'm nosing around looking for candidate resorts for the first trip of
the season, and I come across this:

http://www.orford.com/Anglais/framenewsEn.html

It's a hybrid gondola, where eight passenger gondolas alternate with six
passenger chairs on the same lift. Weird. I wonder if TCS knows about
this?

I can't see where the advantage is in having both.
I didn't see a manufacturer on their site either.

After a quick look at Doppelmeyer's site, I'm pretty sure that it's
theirs.

If you look at this gondola pic from their site, you can see it's the
same design.

http://www.doppelmayr.com/images/get/seilbahnen/gondelbahnen_.jpg

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

"lal_truckee" wrote in message
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Olaf Timandahaff wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:28:13 -0400, Walt
wrote:


So I'm nosing around looking for candidate resorts for the first trip of
the season, and I come across this:

http://www.orford.com/Anglais/framenewsEn.html

It's a hybrid gondola, where eight passenger gondolas alternate with six
passenger chairs on the same lift. Weird. I wonder if TCS knows about
this?


I can't see where the advantage is in having both.
I didn't see a manufacturer on their site either.

Maybe they went broke after buying only a few gondolas, and bought a
bunch of used 6-pak chairs to fill in the cable?

Looks pretty silly to me.

Who decides which person rides which device? Are there separate lines for
the chairs and gondolas? I imagine the gondola seats would be more
expensive, especially on cold days.

"Just one moment, attendant. I'm wating for an indoor seat."

Can anybody do that in French?

Olaf Timandahaff wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:28:13 -0400, Walt
wrote:


So I'm nosing around looking for candidate resorts for the first trip of
the season, and I come across this:

http://www.orford.com/Anglais/framenewsEn.html

It's a hybrid gondola, where eight passenger gondolas alternate with six
passenger chairs on the same lift. Weird. I wonder if TCS knows about
this?


I can't see where the advantage is in having both.
I didn't see a manufacturer on their site either.

Maybe they went broke after buying only a few gondolas, and bought a
bunch of used 6-pak chairs to fill in the cable?

Looks pretty silly to me.

Richard Henry wrote:

http://www.orford.com/Anglais/framenewsEn.html

It's a hybrid gondola, where eight passenger gondolas alternate with six
passenger chairs on the same lift. Weird. I wonder if TCS knows about
this?

Who decides which person rides which device? Are there separate lines for
the chairs and gondolas? I imagine the gondola seats would be more
expensive, especially on cold days.


Two separate lines. Pick the one you want. I'll bet the chair line is
pretty short in January....

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//-Walt
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// The Volkl Conspiracy

After a quick look at Doppelmeyer's site, I'm pretty sure that it's
theirs.

If you look at this gondola pic from their site, you can see it's the
same design.

http://www.doppelmayr.com/images/get/seilbahnen/gondelbahnen_.jpg

I think cabins can be made by a 3rd part company i.e. CWA CH (Don't worry im
not a ski lift spotter)

What happens when you get off the chair do you fall over the concrete rail
track for the gondolas?

In article dhClb.66895$La.15523@fed1read02,
"Richard Henry" wrote:

"lal_truckee" wrote in message
...
Olaf Timandahaff wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:28:13 -0400, Walt
wrote:


So I'm nosing around looking for candidate resorts for the first trip of
the season, and I come across this:

http://www.orford.com/Anglais/framenewsEn.html

It's a hybrid gondola, where eight passenger gondolas alternate with six
passenger chairs on the same lift. Weird. I wonder if TCS knows about
this?


I can't see where the advantage is in having both.
I didn't see a manufacturer on their site either.

Maybe they went broke after buying only a few gondolas, and bought a
bunch of used 6-pak chairs to fill in the cable?

Looks pretty silly to me.

Who decides which person rides which device? Are there separate lines for
the chairs and gondolas? I imagine the gondola seats would be more
expensive, especially on cold days.

"Just one moment, attendant. I'm wating for an indoor seat."

Can anybody do that in French?




Reading the webpage, there *are* separate lines...

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

In article ,
"Frazer Mountford" wrote:

After a quick look at Doppelmeyer's site, I'm pretty sure that it's
theirs.

If you look at this gondola pic from their site, you can see it's the
same design.

http://www.doppelmayr.com/images/get/seilbahnen/gondelbahnen_.jpg

I think cabins can be made by a 3rd part company i.e. CWA CH (Don't worry im
not a ski lift spotter)

What happens when you get off the chair do you fall over the concrete rail
track for the gondolas?



The original pic doesn't show a track for the gondolas...

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

Alan Baker wrote:

What happens when you get off the chair do you fall over the concrete rail
track for the gondolas?

The original pic doesn't show a track for the gondolas...

It sounds to me like some field research is in order.

Anyone who'd like to contribute the WALT Foundation for Ski Lift Reserch
will be cheerfully supplied with a certificate of appreciation
semi-suitable for framing.

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//-Walt
//
// The Volkl Conspiracy

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:15:16 -0400, Walt
wrote:

Richard Henry wrote:

http://www.orford.com/Anglais/framenewsEn.html

It's a hybrid gondola, where eight passenger gondolas alternate with six
passenger chairs on the same lift. Weird. I wonder if TCS knows about
this?

Who decides which person rides which device? Are there separate lines for
the chairs and gondolas? I imagine the gondola seats would be more
expensive, especially on cold days.


Two separate lines. Pick the one you want. I'll bet the chair line is
pretty short in January....

Great; that'll separate the real skiers from the wusses.

bw