What Chairlift/Gondola/Tram in the Northeast can you reach the highest uphill speed?

[SIKSKIER]

They don't run it at full speed.

Threecy is right on.Last few times I checked they were running it no faster than 1100 ft/min.Somewhere between 900 and 1100 most times.There is speed indicater showing ft/min as part of the controls.

 

[EPB]

Nice work!!! But what about the trams? Guess we would need an accurate timing with the docking time. The obviously wouldn't be the best bet for vert per day, just one ride.

Surprised the Stowe Gondola beat the Fourrunner.

Trams are difficult because they have the to dock and I imagine that they're both too short to reach their full line speeds/ it wouldn't be worth the mountains' while to run them that fast. Cannon's tram is much shorter than Jay's and covers roughly the same amount of vert, though, for what its worth.

The Fourrunner got edged by the Gondola because the gondi runs at 1200 fpm while the quad runs at 1000 fpm. A 20% difference in line speed is significant. In fact, if the Cloudsplitter gondola ran at 1000 fpm, it wouldn't even break the 300 vertical feet/minute mark.

Re: Bear Mountain (again, sorry). The MRG comment was intended to be compared with Wildcat for having the most consistent vertical for a ~2000 vertical foot area. The Cannon tram and Smuggs summit chair are the only others that really deserve to be in the discussion (based on line length and vertical), though the "consistent pitch" parameters might not truly apply at those areas.

 

[skimom]

Last year it was Sugarloaf's Spillway chair. Oh wait, you said uphill. Anyway, I suspect it would be one of the trams. Probably Jay's since it was upgraded recently.

I just spit coffee on my keyboard.

 

[x10003q]

I doubt that any HS lifts run at full speed. Maybe on super crowded holidays. Speed costs money. Gore runs its Gondola 800-900, it is rated for 1100.

 

[AdironRider]

I find it interesting the Whiteface Gondola is still number one when it still has a sizable portion of it that actually travels downhill in the middle.

The Whiteface Gondola is arguably one of the best lifts on the East coast considering vertical, access to terrain, and time on the lift.

 

[x10003q]

I find it interesting the Whiteface Gondola is still number one when it still has a sizable portion of it that actually travels downhill in the middle.

The Whiteface Gondola is arguably one of the best lifts on the East coast considering vertical, access to terrain, and time on the lift.

While the lift serves big vertical, it has serious flaws. Who does it serve? There is no green trail off the top and just one blue trail. If you like skiing expert trails, the skiing below the mid mountain lodge is a very long runout that is incredibly boring. This is particularly obvoius when the Little WF double is not running.