History: Ski lift

A ski lift is an equipment designed for transporting skiers uphill. Generally ski lifts can be found in ski resorts and skiers will need to pay a fee to use the lift. Usually having a ski pass for the resort will grant access to all lifts in that specific ski area or even ones close by.

There are several types of ski lifts:

• Aerial lifts are designed to transport skiers while they are suspended off the ground. This is achieved in most cases with bicable ropeways. In this case the "bi-" prefix means that the cables have dual function: carrying and pulling.
  • Aerial tramways
  • Chairlifts and detachable chairlifts
  • Funifors
  • Funitels
  • Gondola lifts
  • Hybrid lifts
• Surface lifts
  • T-bar lifts
  • magic carpets
  • rope tows
• Cable railways, funiculars
• Helicopters are also used as means of transportation for off-piste skiing.
• Snowcats can be used for transporting skiers into remote and otherwise inaccessible areas - this is called cat skiing