Week 4:Lifts:Stowe

This weekend I worked with lifts. Both Friday and Saturday I worked at the Over Easy. The first day Toby brought me up to the top to look at the mechanics of it. They I learned about the different dials, and what different things did, I was also showed the monitor, that tells how everything is running and how the wind is. Most of what is done at the Over Easy is greeting people, answering peoples questions, and regulating lines of who goes in which cabin when. The Over Easy is the primary way people get from Mt. Mansfield to Spruce so in the beginning of the day when folks need rentals and at lunch is when the Over Easy sees the most traffic. I also learned about what the do at Sunny Spruce, which is a quad. And Saturday when it was really busy I went to see what happens at the Gondola. I helped at the bottom with people getting their skis in the rack and up top with helping them get out. 

How did the department you worked with at your resort relate to the following?

1.     Sustainability-When people go to a ski resort they are buying a lift ticket, so needless to say lifts are crucial, they are economically sustainable because they rake in much of the profits a resort makes. They can also be environmentally sustainable, for example the FourRunner Quad uses the lifts heat and energy to heat the ski patrol shack. 

2.     Service-Lift provide a great service, they efficiently and safely bring people to the top of the mountain, they are necessary to a ski resort and different lifts are implemented in different places for different reasons whether a quad, a double, or a gondola a lot of thought is put in to help decide. 

3.     Safety-The lifts have many safety features, the stop, and slow buttons for the loading and unloading. The bar for during the ride. And various safety features like the brittle bar for situations of derailing. 

How did the department you worked with support/benefit the following?

4.     The Consumer/Guest- It brings them to the top of the mountain.

5.     The Employee-provides jobs, and keeps guests happy.

6.     The Owner-good efficient lifts keeps everyone happy and money flowing. 

This shows two dials along the bottom, on the left is the slow speed dial, and on the right is the normal speed dial. The slow speed dial show the speed the gondola will travel at when the low button is push and the normal speed dial does the same. the normal traveling speed if 800-900 fpm 

monitor of speed and gauges and wind, and buttons to control lift

out the window to see how the wind is blowing the cabins