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A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald.
Types
Aerial lifts transport skiers while suspended off the ground. Aerial lifts are often bicable ropeways, the "bi-" prefix meaning that the cables have two different functions (carrying and pulling).
Aerial tramways
Chairlifts and detachable chairlifts
Funifors
Funitels
Gondola lifts
Hybrid lifts
Surface lifts, including T-bars, magic carpets, and rope tows.
Cable railways, including funiculars
Helicopters are used for heliskiing and snowcats 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.
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, Lesotho
References
External links
Media related to Ski lifts at Wikimedia Commons
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- Lift kursi
- Alpbachtal
- Gunung Olimpus (Siprus)
- Area Ski Alta
- Kereta gantung Gondola
- Titi pias
- Ski lift
- Surface lift
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- Ski resort
- Chairlift
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- Blue Mountain (ski resort)
- Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
- Vail Ski Resort
- Ski touring
