Ski lift

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A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a Lift ticket at . The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. Hochschwarzwald.de: 1. Skilift der Welt in Schollach entdecken (German)

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Types

• transport skiers while suspended off the ground. Aerial lifts are often bicable ropeways, the "Numeral prefix" prefix meaning that the cables have two different functions (carrying and pulling).
• and detachable chairlifts
• , including T-bars, magic carpets, and rope tows.
• , including
• Helicopters are used for heliskiing and for snowcat skiing. This is backcountry skiing or boarding accessed by a snowcat or helicopter instead of a lift, or by hiking. Cat skiing is less than half the cost of heliskiing, more expensive than a lift ticket but is easier than ski touring. Cat skiing is guided. Skiing at select, extreme resorts, like Silverton Mountain, is also guided, even when skiing just off the lift.

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Locations Ski lifts are built in many parts of the world. Extreme locations of outdoor ski lifts:

• The northernmost is near Tromsø, Norway
• The southernmost is near Ushuaia, Argentina
• The closest to the equator in the northern hemisphere is near Liang, China
• The closest to the equator in the southern hemisphere is near Mahlasela Pass, Lesotho

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External links

• International Organization for Transportation by Rope / Organizzazione Internationale Trasporti a Fune (OITAF)
• Liftblog news, details of aerial lifts in the USA and Canada
• Remontees-mecaniques
• Lift-World
• Lost Ropeways
• Skilift-nostalgie
• Chairlift Preservation Society

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