What brand of ski lifts?
What brand of ski-lifts are used in USA? I know there is probably quite a few, but tell me the main ones, if you happen to know.
Here in Europe it’s mostly:
* Doppelmayr
* Poma
* Leitner Ropeways
Also, another question for the ski-patrol, more accurately Willie D:
What kind of snowmobiles do you use?
Doppelmayr (and the companies it’s absorbed) and Poma (and it’s subsidiaries) dominate the lifts built in the past 15 years or so. Some older lifts from defunct companies are still in service and some places are using rebuilt lifts bought from other resorts.
http://www.chairlift.org/whatwhere.html gives a good list of some of what’s in use by the major New England resorts.
http://www.skilifts.org/old/install_na.htm is a listing of chair installations by year going back to the 60′s. It lists the manufacturers of the lift. Note: It’s not 100% accurate as it lists the new lifts installed at my resort this year as both being Partek lifts, when in reality all the chairs on one lift are older chairs of an unknown (to me) manufacturer.
As for the snowmobiles: We have a mix of Ski-Doo/Bombardier and Polaris sleds. Too my knowledge all of our sleds are 4-stroke.
Doppelmayr CTEC Ski Lift Installation POV
