Skiing has become popular as a winter sport across the globe. Ski areas and resorts have been established in many countries around the world. The areas are generally on the top of mountains, on snow covered slopes.
To reach the
ski resorts and the starting point of the activity,
ski lifts are used by people.
Ski lift is a system, which is highly useful in transportation of people and various equipments to a higher position on mountain. The system is often considered to be an integral part of
uphill transport .
Ski lifts are generally classified in three categories. These categories are aerial lifts, cable railways and surface lifts. The
ski lift system is arranged on the mountain slopes according to the feature of the mountain and its surrounding region. There can be one base, form where several lifts are set up for different peaks. On the other hand lifts from various bases can also meet at a main summit point. In both the cases, aerial tramways or cable cars are mostly used to reach the upper slopes of the mountains. In all the
ski resorts , ski lift system of some kind is installed to carry people to the summit. In most popular ski destinations,
ski lift network is set up to make the summits easily accessible.
