T-to-B t1_ja5dt7t wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:35 PM

Reply to comment by Curious_Buffalo_1206 in the cannon mountain tram needs repairs and Sununu proposes replacing the tram with a gondola to cut costs by comefromawayfan2022

There's a lot of flash assumptions here.

The funitil isn't a gondola. It actually functions more like a tram. And I don't think they make funitil anymore. They are being replaced by 3s lifts which are pretty similar. I do think that'd be a good option for replacing the tram. But I don't think a traditional gondola is a good idea personally.

Also Cannon is actually just as windy as Palisades if not more. You know how Mount Washington had the highest wind speed record, cannon actually had the 2nd spot. Also keep in mind the cannons tram goes to the summit and the Gold Coast only goes halfway up.

There are east coast gondolas that make sense. Stratton, K1, starship, stowe just to name a few.

Curious_Buffalo_1206 t1_ja5gnb6 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:55 PM

They don’t make aerial trams anymore either.

T-to-B t1_ja5h6mq wrote on February 26, 2023 at 11:59 PM

Snowbird just replaced theirs this summer.

Fire-the-laser t1_ja8sceg wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:11 PM

Having worked at both Cannon and Palisades I can say without question Palisades is windier. The funitel was built specifically to handle higher winds than the previous gondola it replaced but it still routinely goes on wind hold during winters like this year where the resort will likely pass 500” of snow this week.

Anyway, most of the development of new lifts takes place in Europe and the 3s gondolas seem to be the latest and greatest for achieving uphill capacity and efficiency. Most people would still call it a team because they couldn’t tell the difference.