LONGER - HIGHER - FASTER
MARMOT IS INSTALLING THE LONGEST HIGH SPEED QUAD CHAIR IN THE ALBERTA CANADIAN ROCKIES
Construction of Marmot Basin's new high speed quad chair, the CANADIAN ROCKIES EXPRESS is underway. The new chairlift, manufactured by Leitner Poma is 2.3 km long and is one of the longest chairs being built in North America for next winter. The chair will rise almost 2,000 vertical feet in just over 7 minutes and will be the longest high speed chair in the Alberta Canadian Rockies.
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COMING TO MARMOT BASIN:
THE LONGEST HIGH SPEED CHAIRLIFT IN THE ALBERTA ROCKIES!
Jasper, Alberta
–Following the recent and successful completion of Marmot Basin’s Vision Statement and Site Guideline agreements with Parks Canada, this world-class winter recreation area has met the necessary environmental and developmental criteria to build a new, state-of-the-art chairlift system. Construction on the new lift has begun and will continue in the Spring of 2009 to be ready for the 2009/10 ski and snowboard season.
The Leitner Poma system will be the longest high-speed quad detachable chairlift in the Alberta Canadian Rockies, with a measured slope length of approximately 2300m and a vertical rise of some 596 meters. Replacing the existing Tranquilizer Chair and Kiefer T-Bar, the bottom terminal will be at the base of the lower mountain adjacent to the existing Eagle Express quad chair terminal. The lift will whisk 2400 passengers per hour from the lower base area and unload them at the top terminal of the existing Kiefer T-Bar. The lift will have an 800 horse power, top-drive engine and will operate at a design speed of 5.08 meters per second (1000 ft/min). The chairlift ride will last an estimated 7.5 minutes.
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