Aerial Tramway

Aerial Tramway is one of the most commonly used ski lifts in ski resorts all over the world. These ski lifts are used for uphill transportation of skiers from the ski resort.

Ski lifts can vary in their arrangement pattern depending upon the size of the ski resort. Small ski areas are bestowed with lesser number of ski lifts and are usually simply arranged. Larger ski areas usually have tiered system of ski lifts.

Aerial Tramway is known to the common man by various other names also. It is often called as a cable car or a ropeway . An aerial tramway runs on one or two fixed cables that provide support for the cabins, a loose loop of cable and two cabins. The haulage rope in the cable car is driven by an electric motor. This helps in the upward and downward movement of the cable car in the mountain slopes.

There are also two-car tramways. They use a jig-back system where one cabin pulls the other cabin down. One cable car goes down while the other goes up meeting each other in the midway.

There is also an escape aerial tramway that helps to escape instantly from a dangerous location. The highest aerial tramway is found in Venezuela, namely Merida cable car. The longest ropeway is Norsjo aerial ropeway in Sweden.