Detachable Grip Chairlifts

Skiers love speed and Leitner-Poma has consistently been the leader in high speed aeriallifts. Resort owners and operators will benefit from happy customers, low maintenance costs and maximum reliability.

Consider these facts:

• When the Green Mountain Express was installed in 1990 at Sugarbush, Vermont, it was the first chairlift anywhere to operate at 1100 feet per minute.
• The Stowe eight-passenger gondola, installed in 1991, was the first gondola anywhere to operate at 1200 feet per minute.
• Leitner-Poma has over 45 chairlifts in North America which move 1100 feet per minute as well as 6 gondolas and 3 chairlifts which move at 1200 feet per minute!

Sheer Bliss, Colorado 800 horsepower AC Drive terminal

We designed the T grip to go considerably faster than the 1000 feet per minute which was the "new standard" in the early 1980's. This "single position" grip has a very low impact at the open/close function. The "over center" grips have a much higher impact which increases greatly with speed.

Leitner-Poma uses rubber bushed sheave trains to decrease maintenance and overall vibration, while providing your skiers with a faster and noticeably smoother ride.

We have now supplied over 100 lifts with rubber bushed sheave trains (including 18 gondola sections) since our initial set in1988 at Breckenridge, Colorado.

Skye Peak Express, Vermont