Mountain Chief - Copper Mountain
Mountain Chief at Copper Mountain
The Lower Station
Mountain Chief at Copper Mountain
The Lift Line
Mountain Chief at Copper Mountain
The Lift Line
Mountain Chief at Copper Mountain
The Top Station
Lift Stats:
Manufacturer:  Lift Engineering (Yan)
Type:  Double
Installed:  1977, relocated 1995
Drive:  In bottom station; Yan Base 10 DC retrofit
Tensioning:  In bottom station; Doppelmayr hydraulic retrofit 
Motor: General Electric 200 HP
Motor rating, continuous: N/A kW
Motor rating, starting:  N/A kW
Haul rope diameter:  1 1/4" 6x19 IPS RLL FC
Rope guage:  3.66 m
Vertical rise: 252.7 m
Inclined length:  721 m

Speed on line: 

2.54 m/s 
Speed in station: 2.54 m/s
Number of towers:  13
Number of chairs:  201
Capacity:  1,200 P/h
Ride Time:  4.75 minutes

Chair parking: 

N/A

Other notes: 

Mountain Chief is in its second incarnation as a lift, the first being J-lift near where Timberline Express currently runs. The lift was originally built in 1977, removed in 1994, and relocated in 1995.
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