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    Lifts/cable cars Whiteface – Lake Placid

    Lifts/cable cars at the ski resort Whiteface – Lake Placid

    Skiresort.info test report

    Slope offering
    Snow reliability
    1/4
    Test result

    3 out of 5 stars

    Evaluated by Skiresort.info, the world's largest test portal for ski resorts.
    The evaluation is done as follows

    Ski lifts at the ski resort Whiteface – Lake Placid

    There is a modern gondola lift that provides access to Little Whiteface Peak. Additionally, a detachable quad chairlift runs from the base up to about the halfway point. The other lifts are mostly slow double, triple, and quad chairlifts.

    Number of ski lifts

    • 11

    Total capacity

    		18700 Passengers/hour

    Total lift length

    		12.7 km Total
    1
    8pers. Gondola lift (monocable circulating ropeway)
    Length: 2339 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 1500
    Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
    2
    4pers. High speed chairlift (detachable)
    Length: 1336 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 2000
    Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
    4pers. High speed chairlift (detachable)
    Face Lift
    Length: 1863 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 2400
    Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
    3
    4pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Length: 550 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 2400
    Manufacturer: Skytrac Inc.
    4pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Length: 546 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 2000
    Manufacturer: Skytrac Inc.
    4pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Summit Quad
    Length: 1420 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 1500
    Manufacturer: Garaventa
    1
    3pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Lookout Mountain Triple
    Length: 1345 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 1700
    Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
    2
    2pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Length: 1909 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 1200
    Manufacturer: Skytrac Inc.
    2pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Freeway Double
    Length: 1200 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 800
    Manufacturer: Hall
    2
    People mover/Moving Carpet with cover
    Length: 108 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 1600
    Manufacturer: Sunkid
    People mover/Moving Carpet with cover
    Length: 75 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 1600
    Manufacturer: Sunkid

    2 Sunkid Moving Carpets in the ski resort

    More information about Sunkid

    New ski lifts

    2pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Length: 1909 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 1200
    Manufacturer: Skytrac Inc.
    4pers. High speed chairlift (detachable)
    Length: 1336 m
    Carrying capacity/hour: 2000
    Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
    Additional information

    List of all lifts

    Freeway Double - 2pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Freeway Double - 2pers. Chairlift…
    Lookout Mountain Triple - 3pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Lookout Mountain Triple - 3pers. Chairlift…
    Summit Quad - 4pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)
    Summit Quad - 4pers. Chairlift (fixed-grip)

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