Located 15 miles north of Flagstaff, the Agassiz Lodge at Arizona Snowbowl is at an altitude of 9500'. From there, you can ride the Agassiz chairlift to 11500' and that's what we did yesterday. The ride takes 25 minutes one way but they speed it up in the winter so it only takes 12 minutes.
Starting up on the chair lift, there's a disc golf course in this open area below.
At the top, looking southwest.
This building plus a tiny restroom are the only structures on top.
Looking northwest, you can see the north rim of the Grand Canyon in the far distance.
The lift cable is supported by 24 towers averaging 50' in height.
Each tower has 12 cable wheels with zerk grease fittings. Climbing all those towers to grease all those the wheels has to be a pain in the butt - and the thighs and the calves. The cable is 1.5" in diameter and 12,890' of it is employed in this chairlift. That's a lot of weight! The machinery they use to install the cable must be huge.
Heading back down.
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