The IMPOSSIBLE skilift that actually exists

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Traditional skilifts cannot turn in all four directions due to the way they are built. And yet there is one to defeat this limitation with a surprisingly simple invention. Discover the Hohstock skilift, built in 1982 and the very last of its kind located in Switzerland. • • Technical data: • Location: Belalp (Naters VS), Switzerland • Length: 1815m • Altitute: 2654-3113m over sea level • Producers: Borer, Küpfer, Kissling • • Further links (in German, use a translation service): • Technical data: https://www.seilbahninventar.ch/objek... • History (Belalp): https://www.belalp.ch/belalpbahnen/ge... • Skilift technologies: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurvens... • Liftworld (overview): https://seilbahntechnik.net/de/lifts/... • Gondelbahn Monde (video of full ride): • Hohstock • • 00:00 Intro • 00:27 Mighty ropeways • 00:55 Skilift basics • 01:28 The clamp • 02:23 (Im)possible directions for turns • 03:17 Partial solution 1: pushing the limits (Skilift at Bürchen) • 03:47 Partial solution 2: turn until it fits (Skilift at Chäserrugg) • 04:57 The impossible skilift (Hohstock, Belalp) • 06:04 The solution that makes it possible anyway • 07:35 More awesomeness

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