anyone ever ride a Chondola?

[mlctvt]

It looks like the private Haystack Club is going to install a chondola, a combined Gondola/chair lift at the former Haystack mountain in Wilmington, VT Anyone here ever ride one of these? How does it work, are there separate chairs and gondola cars? Here's a story on the progress at Haystack . I drove by last weekend and they were in the process of building a new fancy gatehouse at the entrance.

http://www.dvalnews.com/features.php?features/features1.html

 

[Newpylong]

The one in Quebec has two loading/unloading stations, every third unit is a gondola, in the middle are regular chairs. Ride what you want....

 

[loafer89]

The one in Quebec has two loading/unloading stations, every third unit is a gondola, in the middle are regular chairs. Ride what you want....

I think you re speaking of the Main summit lift at Mount Orford which I rode in January 2004 which I think was it's first season of operation?

It came in handy to be in a gondola that day with nearly -30F still air temperatures.

 

[maplevalleymaster]

Hmmm... I find it strange that they got the main lift at Haystack wrong, its a triple.

 

[Newpylong]

yup, that's right.