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Are they a thing? If they are can you guys please show me some examples of them?

I'm pretty sure this is one of them: https://web.archive....-gorm-1-2016399

Samson made one years ago, sounds like it was a bit temperamental and they changed it to a normal double.
https://www.remontee...amson-4741.html

They are not a "Thing", more like "History". The first detachable chairlift in the world was built in 1945 in Flims, Switzerland by Von Roll.

There were many build in the following years, like this one near the Matterhorn.  Zermatt Detachable.jpg (78.18K)
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This post has been edited by Lift Dinosaur: 25 October 2021 - 02:11 PM

Nothing really special, but they have become quite rare (list is not complete): https://www.remontee...-5-type-36.html

The minimalistic design of Von Roll's compact terminal is one of my favorites (they had already added weather protection here): https://www.remontee...-roll-1496.html

As shown on the Remontees-Mecaniques list, there are a handful of them in random places throughout Europe. Perhaps disproportionately in Switzerland, though I am not sure. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Japan has more detachable doubles than all of Europe combined. For some reason triple chairlifts are extremely rare there and I'm not sure why. Which means they went through a period where they were building detachable doubles and still may have built some even after quads became normal. You'll note that there are 5 on the Remontees-Mecaniques list from Japan and I bet there is a couple dozen more in the country.
Check out the rust on this thing:

https://www.remontee...nsaku-4704.html

ski_acres, on 24 October 2021 - 09:40 AM, said:

There have been at least 2 dozen of them, mainly in Europe and Japan. The only one I know of in the US was the Ruthie's lift at Aspen Mountain, although technically that is a high speed triple. It is kind of a weird lift actually. It replaced a Riblet double, and for all intents and purposes, it is a high speed quad that they installed triple chairs on, and for many years called a double. In 2019, they started referring to it as a triple, and allowing 3 people to load per chair. Theoretically, if they ever needed the additional capacity, they could simply replace the current chairs with quad chairs, as everything is already quad gauge.