First US Chair Lift
Developed by James Curran of Union Pacific's engineering department in Omaha, Nebraska, the first known ski chairlift was installed on Proctor Mountain, approximately two miles east of Bald Mountain in Sun Valley, Idaho in 1936. The single chair lift was a great improvement over the cable car type toboggan and/or the J-bar, which were the basic modes of moving skiers up the hill prior to that time. more info
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In order to ski down a mountain, you must first get to the top of it. Most skiers are not too interested in trying to climb the mountain, to spend only a short period actually skiing. Prior to 1936, skiers were transported to the top of the slopes via either a rope tow or a J-bar lift.
However, in 1936, the skiing industry was revolutionized when the first ski chair lift was invented and put into operation on Proctor Mountain, near Bald Mountain, Sun Valley, Idaho. The basic design of the first chairlift is still used today in the manufacture of the many chairlifts currently in use.
Chairlifts have evolved from a single chair lift transporting one person at a time to chairlifts, which can transport six people at a time. The lifts have led the way to their own terminology. A two-person lift is a "double", a three person lift a "triple", four person lifts are "quads" and a six person lift is a "six pack".
Now skiers travel quickly to the top of the mountain and many make a game of how many "runs" they can get in each day.
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