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Moving Upwards in Skiing: 75 Years of Lift Technology |
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Vermont has always been a leader in the implementation of the latest in uphill skiing transportation. This mobile consists of a sampling of the very first of several types of ski lifts used in Vermont from 1934 to the present. Each example is believed to the one of the actual lifts from the ski area in which it was first installed in the State.
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Lift Type
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Ski Area
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Location
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First Used
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Manufacturer
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J-Bar
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Bromley
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Peru
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1940
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Rope tow
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Gilbert’s Hill
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Woodstock
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1934
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Model T Ford/Homemade
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Single Chair
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Stowe
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Stowe
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1940-41
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American Steel and Wire
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T- Bar
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Pico Peak
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Mendon
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1940-41
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Constam/Roebling
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Poma
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High Pond
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Hubbardton
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1950+/-
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Poma
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Double Chair
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Stowe
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Stowe
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1954
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J. A. Roebling
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Gondola (3 person)
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Sugarbush
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Warren
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1958-59
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Carlevaro & Savio
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Gondola (6 person)
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Killington
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Killington
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1969-70
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Carlevaro & Savio
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Triple Chair
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Pico Peak
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Mendon
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1970-71
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Hall
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Quad Chair
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Killington
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Killington
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1979-83
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Yan
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