Mount Hood Meadows
Alpine terrain -- Chairlifts
Table:
Lift Name
Vertical
Type
Ride time
make
Year constructed

Mount Hood Express

1,178 feet (359 m)

High-speed quad

4.5 min

Poma

1994

Hood River Express

1,400 feet (430 m)

High-speed quad

5.5 min

Poma

1995

Shooting Star Express

940 feet (290 m)

High-speed quad

5 min

Poma

1998

Cascade Express

1,391 feet (424 m)

High-speed quad

6 min

Poma

1993

Vista Express

1,121 feet (342 m)

High-speed quad

5 min

Leitner-Poma

2004

Stadium Express

581 feet (177 m)

High-speed quad

2.9 min

Leitner-Poma

2011

Blue

1,177 feet (359 m)

Double

10 min

Riblet, with Lift Engineering drive

1967

Buttercup

122 feet (37 m)

Fixed grip quad

4 min

SkyTrac

2017

Easy Rider

432 feet (132 m)

Double

7 min

Riblet

1969

Heather Canyon

705 feet (215 m)

Double

7 min

Lift Engineering

1996

Daisy

672 feet (205 m)

Double

8 min

Doppelmayr

1972

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A detachable chairlift or high-speed chairlift is a type of passenger aerial lift , which , like a fixed-grip chairlift , consists of numerous chairs attached to a constantly moving wire rope ( called a haul rope ) that is strung between two ( or more ) terminals over intermediate towers . They are now commonplace at all but the smallest of ski resorts . Some are installed at tourist attractions as well as for urban transportation . The significance of detachable chairlift technology is primarily the speed and capacity . Detachable chairlifts move far faster than their fixed-grip brethren , averaging 1,000 feet per minute ( 11.3 mph , 18 km/h , 5.08 m/s ) versus a typical fixed-grip speed of 500 ft/min ( 5.6 mph , 9 km/h , 2.54 m/s ) . Because the cable moves faster than most passengers could safely disembark and load , each chair is connected to the cable by a powerful spring-loaded cable grip which detaches at terminals , allowing the chair to slow considerably for convenient loading and unloading at a typical speed of 200 ft/min ( 2 mph , 4 km/h , 1 m/s ) , a speed slower even than fixed-grip bunny chairlifts . Another advantage of detaching chairs is the ability to remove chairs during severe weather in order to reduce stress on the rope and towers . Furthermore , operating the unladen rope during extreme weather is effective at preventing - or greatly reducing - ice and snow accumulation on the sheaves and rope . This saves considerable time , expense and hazard when opening the chair for operation , which would otherwise require workers to climb each tower and chip away ice and shovel snow . Chairlifts are made in a variety of sizes , carrying from 1 to 8 passengers . All chairs on a given chairlift usually have the same capacity . Slang terms for the different sizes include single , double , triple , quad , six pack , and eight .
Poma , also known as Pomagalski S.A. is a French company which manufactures cable-driven lift systems , including fixed and detachable chairlifts , gondola lifts , funiculars , aerial tramways , people movers , and surface lifts . Poma has installed about 7800 devices for 750 customers worldwide . Poma 's only major competitor is the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group which is based in Austria and Switzerland . Italy 's Leitner was historically another competitor until 2000 when Poma became part of Leitner Group . Poma and Leitner remain independent , but formed a strategic partnership which includes the combined purchase of raw materials and the formation of Leitner-Poma as a joint venture in North America . The majority of Poma 's lifts are used in ski areas in Europe and Asia , they have also installed installations in amusement parks , scenic locations , and industrial transportation applications . In some areas Poma lift is used as a generic term for a platter lift , as this was the company 's first and most popular product .
Leitner-Poma of America is a North American aerial lift manufacturer based in Grand Junction , Colorado . It is the North American subsidiary of French-based Poma , which is owned by the Italian company Leitner Technologies , part of the Leitner Group . The North American company was formed in 2000 when the Seeber Group , owner of Leitner , bought Poma . Leitner-Poma 's only competitor is Doppelmayr USA , which is based in Salt Lake City . Leitner-Poma supplies lifts to the United States , Canada , New Zealand , and Australia .
An elevated passenger ropeway , or chairlift , is a type of aerial lift , which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers , carrying a series of chairs . They are the primary onhill transport at most ski areas ( in such cases referred to as 'skilifts ' ) , but are also found at amusement parks , various tourist attractions , and increasingly in urban transport . Depending on carrier size and loading efficiency , a passenger ropeway can move up to 4000 people per hour , and the fastest lifts achieve operating speeds of up to 12 m/s ( 39.4 ft/s ) or 43.2 km/h ( 26.8 mph ) . The two-person double chair , which for many years was the workhorse of the ski industry , can move roughly 1200 people per hour at rope speeds of up to 2.5 m/s ( 8.2 ft/s ) . The four person detachable chairlift ( high-speed quad ) can transport 2400 people per hour with an average rope speed of 5 m/s ( 16.4 ft/s ) . Some bi and tri cable elevated ropeways and reversible tramways achieve much greater operating speeds .
The Riblet Tramway Company of Spokane , Washington , which operated from 1908 to 2003 , was once the largest ski chairlift manufacturer in the world . The company was founded by Byron Christian Riblet , who was born in Osage , Iowa , in 1865 and earned a degree in Civil Engineering . Arriving in Spokane in 1885 , his first work was laying out railway and streetcar lines . He also built dams and irrigation projects . In 1896 , Riblet was contracted to erect a Finlayson ore [ clarification needed ] tramway at the Noble Five silver mine in Sandon , British Columbia , to assist in moving ore down Reco Mountain to the mill at Cody . Apparently Riblet thought he was coming to build a streetcar line . Even so , Riblet decided he could improve the mining tram performance . Over time , Riblet raised more aerial tramways in the booming mining district , building 30 in the next decade . Riblet returned to Spokane in 1908 , after working in the Kootenays , to found the Riblet Tramway Company . The company , which specialized in mining tramways , built them in Alaska , Canada , the western United States , and South America . Riblet built its first chairlift in 1938 at Mount Hood , Oregon . Byron Riblet died in 1952 , but the company boomed with the postwar rise of ski resorts .
Lift Engineering , more commonly known as Yan Lifts , was a major ski lift manufacturer in North America . Founded in 1965 and based in Carson City , Nevada , the firm came under scrutiny by state safety officials after a fatal accident in 1985 , and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 1996 after multiple other accidents resulting in 3 deaths . The company built at least 200 fixed-grip chairlifts , [ citation needed ] as well as 31 high-speed quads . The company 's lifts have been involved in the deaths of five people and the injury of at least 70 , the worst record of any ski-lift maker operating in North America . After a series of accidents , Yan Lifts were outlawed in certain states including California and Colorado . The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1996 . Eventually , Yan Lifts manufactured new track and cables for the Angels Flight funicular , but the company , now called YanTrak , went out of business in 2001 after a major accident . The last chairlifts yan in Iran , Isfahan city , was rebuilt and re-installed , in area forest_najvan park by yan 7 grip ( designe pol X west ) .in year 2013 And now it 's in operation . Only one Lift Engineering Detachable remains after La Roca , the last unmodified Lift Engineering chair , was scrapped following an accident similar to the notable one at Whistler . This lift can be found at the Nazhvan Forest Park in Iran , and , unlike La Roca , is lift is a re-installation from Silver Star with the safer Pol-X-West grips .
Doppelmayr USA , Inc is an aerial lift manufacturer based in Salt Lake City , Utah , and a subsidiary of the worldwide Doppelmayr Garaventa Group . The United States company was formed in 2002 after the merger of Garaventa of Goldau , Switzerland , and Doppelmayr of Wolfurt , Austria . Between 2002 and 2010 , the company was named Doppelmayr CTEC . From 2011 the company has operated using the Doppelmayr brand name , in common with most other Doppelmayr Garaventa Group subsidiaries . Its only competitor is Leitner-Poma of America .