The new lift will travel at the same 1,000 foot per minute speed. Loading efficiencies will be improved via an expanded and improved maze and gate access system, thus reducing lift lines at Mt. Additionally, the increased size and weight of the six-person chairs, larger grips and haul rope combined with a larger electric motor drive and gear box will allow the new lift to operate more efficiently in inclement weather. The replacement six pack will increase the uphill transport capacity of the out-of-base-lift from the current capacity of approximately 2,600 guests / hour to approximately 3,600 guests / hour.
But the old technology will give way to new - with the construction of a new Leitner-Poma six passenger high speed lift. Hood Meadows and it’s guests well the last 29 seasons. A thousand sheaves have been replaced over the years. The gear box has been replaced and the bull wheel changed out. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Full House", "Baywatch", "Melrose Place" and "Dr. Clinton was President, “Star Trek: Generations” was number one at the box office, you were playing Tetris or Super Mario Land on the new “Game Boy” and watching movies on a VCR. When the lift was installed, you were probably listening to Boyz II Men or Springsteen on cassette tape, text messaging was new (but you had to be on the same network) and you were just discovering the internet with your dial up modem. If a chair on the lift was a space ship traveling at a speed of 1,000 feet per minute, it would have traveled to the moon and back and orbited the earth three times before landing during its lifetime. Serving guests both day and for night skiing, it has carried an estimated 32,500,000 (yes that is 32 million) passenger uplifts in its lifetime. The Poma lift was constructed in 1994 and has racked up an astonishing 50,000 hours of service. Hood Express high speed quad - our primary workhorse out of the base area lift for the past 29 seasons.
Saturday will be the last day of operation for the Mt. Guest Connection Media Center Inside Meadows
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