The worlds first Doppelmayr D-line chair lift with mid station in Oppdal, Norway. Testing trip.

[@americanweagle]

Meanwhile at eagle point, you have to load every 3rd chair on the bunny hill... 😅.

[@andrewdiamond2697]

It looks like it's set up backwards. Wouldn't you want the turn going the other way so people could exit at the midstation straight without getting whacked by the chair or the inbound chair?

[@adriandmd]

They drive and ski on the wrong side of the road in Europe! 😀

[@larsvognild5631]

All unloading of the lift at the midstation to the left. No unloading of chairs on the downhill side at the midstation.

[@encocorsica]

Long chair lift ride but great view!

[@bman6502]

I’ve ridden on many C line chairs, but never a D line chair… I hear they will be coming out with a E line chair soon…

[@larsvognild5631]

Doppelmayr chairs had the name "Model E" in the late eighties.

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

I’m waiting for S line to match my Audi!!

[@CBF1]

@@larsvognild5631 The E chairs spanned a REALLY long production time. They were used right until the Demon-Lines appeared.

[@charliemotts]

Don't know what d-line means, but there's been a high speed detachable quad with mid station loading at Le Massif in Canada for many years!

[@larsvognild5631]

D-line is a new ropewaygeneration made by Doppelmayr. The first D-line installation was completed in 2016. Our chairlift is the first D-line installation with midstation.

[@johnsmeith3913]

Trust me, the D Line puts any lift at le Massif to shame. Ontario is getting Canadas first D-Line this Summer

[@kalafka12]

@@johnsmeith3913 what hill?

[@johnsmeith3913]

@@kalafka12 Mount St Louise Moonstone. Le Massif is a way better mountain, just talking about the lifts

[@jatoboi4777]

​@@johnsmeith3913 so what is actually better about d line for the skiier and what will we notice that is different

[@Maxmilian666]

What's world first about this? I've been riding such a lift every time I went skiing for years.

[@darrenleary5534]

World's first chairlift of this specific model to have a mid station. Other bubble chairs with and without midstations have been around for over a decade.

[@larsvognild5631]

What Darren Leary said.

[@benedekbatta8264]

@@larsvognild5631 there had been one lift with bubble and mid station in semmering stuhleck.

[@larsvognild5631]

@@benedekbatta8264 Yes, the Stuhleckbahn has a midstation, but it's not a Doppelmayr D-line. It's a Garaventa, built in 1992.

[@g.wankel]

@@larsvognild5631 what does c-line, d-line mean? Is it D more comfortable than C?

[@ILoudEstI]

wich ski resort is that, i think i saw the landscape before

[@mortenpetersen8888]

Oppdal, it is in the description 👍 I missed it to at first

[@ILoudEstI]

@@mortenpetersen8888 ty

[@energizerbunny6014]

that's cool

[@BioHazardCL4]

Cool

[@user-kj1od5ed7p]

What was that thing on the right side of the screen on the ground close to the beginning of the video it had a light and it looked like it was spraying something

[@larsvognild5631]

A snowmaker fan gun. 🙂

[@user-kj1od5ed7p]

@@larsvognild5631 cool how does it make snow thank you for replying

[@larsvognild5631]

We need cold air below freezing. High water pressure to the nozzles in the front of the gun that blow water into the air jet from the fan. Then it will snow. 🙂

[@dosaussiethai2127]

What’s special about D-Line chairlift?

[@RyanArmstrong89]

fast as fuck, and now can have a mid station so the upper leg can be off angle. you could add multiple mid stations and have the lift go almost anywhere

[@dosaussiethai2127]

@@RyanArmstrong89 mid station isn’t new.

[@RyanArmstrong89]

for a 6 pack

[@douglasharley2440]

it can travel at 7m/s and has very smooth and reliable operation.

[@dosaussiethai2127]

@@douglasharley2440 7m/s that’s fast.

[@psycoticreaction9135]

Not very much snow here,,,,,......I will be sure to bring my rock skis!

[@Moen81]

Oppdal e best

[@1002wjl]

check out the Waterville Valley NH base cam to see their new 6 pack. Not a Dolbie or a Poma ....!?!?!? Hmmmm

[@larsvognild5631]

It's a Bartholet.

[@1002wjl]

@@larsvognild5631 MND lift ?

[@larsvognild5631]

@@1002wjl Yes, they are the same company.

[@certhass]

i really hate the new ski-rests. its so fucking uncomfortable for snowboarders...

[@bvanderveen]

first, why wouldn’t you go all the way to the top? second, this seems less efficient than simply having two lifts, because the upper section of the lift can never be fully loaded. feels like a « because we can » intellectual exercise gone way too far

[@guidoheeling1179]

It is eficcient becouse of the costs, a lot of people will ride tot the top, but the lower part could be easier for example, so ski-classes could get out there. It is way cheaper to build and run than two seperate lifts, even if the top one was smaller. Also very fast.

[@larsvognild5631]

Guido heeling: you're right! :) Another point is that it is no natural income for slopes to the midstation due to the topography in the area and surroundings. There is no loading of passengers on the lift at the midstation. We also have the possibility to close the upper section on windy days, and only run the lower section.

[@cartertakai5105]

Hello

[@JRAT777]

There has been this same kind of lift in Park City utah for 10+ years

[@brandonwilliam2618]

Are you talking about the bubble chair?

[@zzzmachineservices4530]

Orange bubble is at canyons

[@ILucaII]

Its still the first D-Line lift

[@jasondeardorff]

Yeah, somebody just got bounced off it and fell to their death after a tree fell on it.

[@CIAVERMONT]

@@jasondeardorffThat death wasn't the orange bubble chair, it was the Short Cut Chair..

[@masmainster]

So what, just the same as any other chairlift I've ridden, you get on it at the start and then get off it at the middle or the end, big deal.

[@SkiDaBird]

This is the next generation model from the largest manufacturer in the world, and this is the first with a midstation. The D-Line is a big improvement from the UNI-G.

[@EvlFlp]

Let me be the Dutch 'one week a year wintersport-tourist advocate of the dev1l" here and point out that Doppelmayer is going to need a longer slowdown/exit phase in the mid-station 😳. The current timing is a guaranteed near constant emergency stops for incomplete exits 🫠