Original Four-Place Meadows Chairlift

In 1964 the three-place chairlift was introduced to the world at Boyne Highlands. Everett was convinced that a four-place lift would be all the rage and wanted its debut to be at Boyne Mountain Resort. He spoke with the lift manufacturers at the time, Heron and Riblet, but they were unconvinced that it was feasible. After numerous conversations, Everett finally talked them into working up a design and in 1966, the first four-place chairlift was introduced as the Meadows Lift at Boyne Mountain. It was so groundbreaking that executives from Doppelmayr, the premier Austrian lift manufacturer, came and visited Boyne Mountain Resort to see how it was designed. We now have three Doppelmayr lifts on property, the new Meadows lift ahead of you, the six-seat, high-speed chairlift at Mountain Express and a high-speed eight-person Disciples Lift being installed in 2022.

📸 Attached Media:

-Boyne Advertisement from the Petoskey News Review on October 11, 1966

-Photo from the Boyne Mountain Resort Archives

-"One of Boyne Mountain's Three Chairlifts" photo from the Petoskey News Review on March 9, 1960

-"Austrian Instructors" photo from The Emmet County Graphic on December 11, 1986

🏃Continue following the woods along the grass. You will see the 10th zipline platform and will walk around to the right of those stairs. Ahead of you is the Ski Patrol building.

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