Creating The Highest Chairlift In North America (12,840 Feet Elevation)

Creating The Highest Chairlift In North America (12,840 Feet Elevation)

The Imperial Superchair at Breckenridge is the highest chairlift in North America, stretching up to 12,840 feet above sea level. The four-person chairlift has a vertical rise of 939 feet, bringing skiers and snowboarders into the resort’s high alpine terrain on Peak 8. From the top, visitors can hike further to reach above 13,000 feet, with the area’s highest in-bound point reaching 13,005 feet. While high alpine terrain has been available at Br…

The 9 Highest Elevation Ski Lifts In the World - SnowBrains

The view atop the highest elevation ski lift in the world. (Credit | Wowabouts) The best skiing is at higher elevations. It is colder, more extreme, and the snow is lighter and more prominent. The issue is getting to these elevations can require mountaineering and long intense hikes only to get 1 run. Ski lifts run into a similar problem: building on uneven and extreme terrain often proves to be difficult. So what and where are the highest eleva…