Stowe - Gondola
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- The Mansfield Gondola is an eight-person detachable gondola located at Stowe Mountain Resort. The gondola runs from the Mansfield Base Area to the top of Mount Mansfield Gondola Area of the resort, which is also the highest point at the resort. From the top of the Gondola, skiers and riders can access all of the trails located at the Gondola Area of the resort, which is mostly intermediate groomers, such as Perry Merrill and Gondolier, but also some ungroomed advanced trails, such as Waterfall. The lift was installed in 1991 by Poma, replacing an old 1968 four-person gondola manufactured by PHB Hall. In the summer, guests can ride the gondola to eat at the summit restaurant, take the zipline, or just to enjoy the view!
Stowe Mountain Resort is a large ski area located in Stowe, Vermont. The mountain is located in the northern half of the state, not far east from the city of Burlington, and northeast of the state's capital, Montpelier. Stowe is one of the largest ski areas in the East, boasting a 2,360 ft vertical drop and 116 trails! It is known for its large terrain variety ranging from some of the hardest trails in the East, the Front Four (National, Goat, Liftline, and Starr), to easy winding beginner trails, such as the 4.3 mile Toll Road trail, the ski area's longest trail. The resort is located on two sides of Vermont Route 108 with a gondola (the Over Easy Gondola) that runs over the road that connects the two sides. The side of the resort west of Route 108 is the Mount Mansfield Area. Mount Mansfield is the tallest mountain in Vermont (though the ski area does not reach the summit) and is where a majority of the skiing at Stowe is located. The ski area is broken up into two parts on Mount Mansfield, the FourRunner Area, which is home to multiple chairlifts and a wide variety of trails, including the Front Four and Toll Road, and the Gondola Area, which is served by the Mansfield Gondola, and is home to mostly intermediate groomers (such as Perry Merrill and Gondolier). On the other side of Route 108 is the Spruce Peak Area. Spruce Peak is home to most of the ski area's more family-friendly terrain, serviced by the Sunny Spruce Quad, amongst others, though it does have a few difficult trails off of the Sensation Quad. Spruce Peak is also home to many of Stowe's racing events. The ski area's village with shops and restaurants, and their hotel (The Lodge at Spruce Peak) are also located on the Spruce Peak side of the resort. Stowe is one of the more popular ski areas in Vermont. The mountain was purchased by Vail Resorts in 2017, and therefore, the resort is a destination on the Epic Pass.
Lift information
Manufacturer: Poma
Year of Installation: 1991
Vertical: 2,100 ft
Length: 7,664 ft
Estimated Duration in Recording: 9:20
Estimated Speed in Recording: 821 ft/min
Design Speed: 1,200 ft/min
Design Capacity: 2,700 per hour
Filmed on February 6, 2021
Filmed with my Samsung Galaxy S10's Ultra Wide Lens
This gondola gives me so many memories lol, wish I was in Stowe right now
I am going this weekend
Awesome! Have fun!
Can’t wait !
I’ve never been to Stowe, but in a way this feels similar to the Plan Joran gondola in the Grands Montets portion of Chamonix. Similar length, and similar operating speed. Only differences are that Plan Joran is 23 years newer and each cabin holds 10 people. Both these gondolas are designed for 6 m/s.
I just rode it up summer and they were stopping every 3 seconds and there was so many people at the top the line to go down was to the zip line
Stowe's 🚡 is a VERY nice ride. 👍
If this gondola gets replaced, I could see it getting a half mid-station, similar to the Elk Camp Gondola at Snowmass Village, so people wouldn't have to walk across the road just to lap the terrain.
There is already a separate gondola (the Over Easy Gondola) that crosses the road.
You can find my videos of it from the summer of 2019 here:
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ruclips.net/video/XB-61iZvSSw/видео.html
@@beyondthelodge oh, I meant people wouldn't have to cross the parking lot between the Mansfield Gondola bottom terminal and the Midway Lodge, but I now realize the slope appears to go down to the bottom gondola terminal, passing right next to the parking lots.
I think the perfect replacement would be a Doppelmayr 10 person gondola with outdoor loading and a capacity of 3000pph.
@@sorenjones correct!
@@stewartkristiansen1705 this is an iconic lift if they were to replace it I would buy a cabin… and my neighbor has one of the origional chairs from the first lift in Stowe
I hiked under it in spring 2015 during a stay at smuggs. Is it just me or is this a weird placed gondola as it only services 3 major trails? Wouldn’t it be better on either of the other two sections of Stowe?
If it’s me but The bottom terminal feels so much longer then the top
you sure this is a doppelmayr?
typo!!!
fixed!
Idk but doppelmayr refurbished the cabins there’s a sticker in them saying ut
@@Crazy_Alex_7667 CWA stuck Doppelmayr logos in these cabins when they refurbished them even though the lift is a Poma. There's also one Doppelmayr cabin on the line to comply with ADA standards (Americans with Disabilities Act), so handicapped people can ride the Gondola.
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