The first 4 pictures are of the Sugarloaf Gondola. This lift is an old PHB gondola. The 5th picture is a Staedli
Double Chair. Pics 6 - 30 show the sad remains of this once proud lift. These pictures are thanks to Josh
from Maine. Josh informed me that the gondola stopped running in '96. 6-20 show mid-station remains, 21-30 show
the summit remains.

I saw the pictures of the old gondola that was at Sugarloaf/usa in Maine. While I am not 100% sure of exact dates
I do know a little about this lift. It is a PHB. It was installed in between 1964 and 1966 with 2 sections. Both the drives were in the
midstation and this was designed to be able to run as two separate lifts in case of weather at the top or maintenance
or one continuous lift. I was able to ride this lift once from the bottom to the top when I was young in the early 80's.
Then in the mid 80's (86 I think) there was an accident on the lower section. This was kept quiet as the fellow in cabin
Was on the trip with a woman other than his wife! In '92 the mountain decided to use the parts from the lower section to
refurbish the upper section and reopened access to the summit (since '73 this was the only access to the summit). In 2000
they removed the entire gondola. Upon replacing one of the slow quads from the Base with a high speed quad, they used
the old quad (borvig) to run a new route up to the summit. this new route up the far right shoulder was very similar to the
old t-bar route that was once there for use during the world cup in '72 only much longer. That is how the mountain looks today.