World's Longest Magic Carpet.

drsmooth

So far it is in NYS. https://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2019/03/11/136267/magic-carpet-brings-skiing-ease-to-emery-park

Magic Carpet' brings skiing ease to Emery Park
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Mon, Mar 11th 2019 01:45 pm

920-foot-long moving walkway, completed this year, provides ski enthusiasts, snowboarders with easy & effortless way to get back uphill

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on Friday joined Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Forestry Daniel Rizzo at Emery Park in South Wales to inspect the newly installed “Magic Carpet,” a 920-foot-long conveyor system/moving walkway that skiers and snowboarders stand on for a five-minute ride up the hill after their downhill run. The $850,000 investment replaces the over 50-year old T-bar system that previously brought skiers back up hill, but had reached the end of its life expectancy.

“The installation of the ‘Magic Carpet’ ensures our Emery Park ski hill will be open for decades to come and I know that downhill skiers and snowboarders will greatly appreciate that,” Poloncarz said. “When paired with free skiing here, the advantage of the ‘Magic Carpet’ ride will bring many more people here to try the hill and enjoy some winter fun. I thank Commissioner Rizzo and his team for their work in getting this project completed this year.”

Rizzo added, “The addition of the ‘Magic Carpet’ will greatly boost skiing and snowboarding interest here at Emery Park, and is just another way we work to make park experiences better for our visitors in all seasons. This is the longest ‘Magic Carpet’ in the world, and we are proud to have it here in Erie County for our residents’ enjoyment.”

joshua_segal

Buck Hill, MN used to claim that with their 800 footer.

NewEnglandSkier13

That must be a long slowwww ride.

newpylong

That is going to be fun to maintain, and for that price, two new 900 foot T-Bars could have been installed. Alas, no where near as multiuser friendly as a carpet though.

JMaul

NewEnglandSkier13;c-44359 wroteThat must be a long slowwww ride.

That's the first thing I thought as well. Almost double the time?

JMaul

And. World's record???

https://www.sunkidworld.com/en/2008-09-17-new-world-record

drsmooth

Perhaps Emery Park's Magic carpet is the world's longest outdoor Magic Carpet!!

IBRAKEFORTBARS

Wonder how many Sneller lifts are still out there now, since the death of these twin t-bars. Only one I know of is the t-bar at Brantling Ski Slopes in Sodus, NY.

IBRAKE

bmwskier

Alas, when I contacted Erie County Parks they had already scrapped the T Bar parts. Bastards... :D

tedede

Good grief, imagine the lift evac challenges that must pose :)

joshua_segal

tedede;c-44558 wroteGood grief, imagine the lift evac challenges that must pose :)

That's funny. We've been so spoiled by aerial lifts, that many have forgotten surface lifts. That being said, I can't imagine evac-ing the old A-Slope T-Bar at Pico. The liftline was very narrow and in places, it was so steep you were almost sitting on the bar as though it were a chair.

NELSBEER

Lift evac, not so bad, you just drive a quad with a plow down the length of it, fast...
but get a good freezing rain/snow/ice storm and it could be really fun getting it to run.