It's nice to see a lift running in the summer with (basicially) full speed, sadly a rare sight. Interesting that they went with 5 instead of 6 m/s, especially as this gondola isn't a really short one.
Only in special circumstances is a lift built to operate at 6 mps, as it has to do with the resort preference on how many people they want to move uphill. In this case, Keystone probably felt that having a faster express quad (which operates at 5.5 mps and even has a higher capacity too) right next to the gondola would be better than having an even faster speed for River Run. Both lifts combine for an hourly capacity of 5,000 riders/hour, so speed was probably not something they needed for a lift like this.
Summit Express must be a weekend-only lift since it's not running in this recording.
I think the Summit Quad runs more frequently in the winter, I just don’t remember the hours.
It's nice to see a lift running in the summer with (basicially) full speed, sadly a rare sight. Interesting that they went with 5 instead of 6 m/s, especially as this gondola isn't a really short one.
Only in special circumstances is a lift built to operate at 6 mps, as it has to do with the resort preference on how many people they want to move uphill. In this case, Keystone probably felt that having a faster express quad (which operates at 5.5 mps and even has a higher capacity too) right next to the gondola would be better than having an even faster speed for River Run. Both lifts combine for an hourly capacity of 5,000 riders/hour, so speed was probably not something they needed for a lift like this.
But yes, it is nice to see a lift running faster than normal in the summer!