The end is near for another vintage lift....

[Johnskiismore]

Ah yes, I remember those pictures from last summer! It became a little bit of a mystery because I had seen the North Peak Triple disassembled at Shawnee Peak, and SP said they would be installing Loon's old lift. But before a hike last August to Pleasent Mountain we stopped by where it was, and it looked like some parts were missing. Never pulled out the pictures to see what was taken away.

[WoodCore]

If I remember correctly the current drive unit for the Mohawk chair is already a CTEC. The original drive unit/base terminal was extensively damaged in the 1989 tornados and upgraded with new CTEC components at that time. Basically all Mohawk needed from the North Peak lift where stansions, tower heads, chairs and a possibly a new return wheel. That being said and seeing how the North Peak lift was quite long, it's quite possible there where enough parts to go around to unable both Mohawk and Shawnee to erect nused lifts.

[deadheadskier]

It probably is being used for both. I have heard there are two expansion areas on the table for Shawnee. One is going down the west side of the mountain from the summit, which would probably be 1000 + vert. The other is a new beginner area up a smaller 'mountain' over to the right of the base area which wouldn't require that long of a lift. Perhaps thats what they had in mind when purchasing part of the triple.

[Telemechanic]

Originally Posted by WoodCore

Here's some pictures of what was laying around in the parking at Mohawk last summer compliments of chairlift.org

http://www.chairlift.org/mohawk.html

Scroll to future lifts....

There is still a bit of a mystery here. The guide sheave crossarm with the "unoload here" sign in the Mohawk pictures is not from the Loon triple. As for the other parts I don't know.

More: I did some more photographic research. The sheave assemblies shown at Mohawk definitly aren't from the Loon triple. The North Peak triple had unusual Lorunser sheaves with a solid web (Loon's 7 Brothers also has them). The sheaves at Mohawk are spoked CTEC 1200s. In the first picture on the left in the future lifts gallery you can see the steel tube with the four mini-bullwheels used to support the counter weight on wire rope. The North Peak triple's counterweight was supported on an eight wheel assembly on two steel tubes.

[crystalmountainskier]

To add to the mystery here, Shawnee's Summit Triple is now listed as for sale on Mad River Lifts website: http://www.madriverlifts.com/gallery...riblet_triple/

[Terry]

Originally Posted by crystalmountainskier

To add to the mystery here, Shawnee's Summit Triple is now listed as for sale on Mad River Lifts website: http://www.madriverlifts.com/gallery...riblet_triple/

A couple of years ago there was talk of replacing the summit triple with a quad. I haven't heard any rumors since but maybe this is going to happen?