The tricable gondola lift, also known as the 3S gondola lift, is a cable car system that was developed by the Swiss company Von Roll transport systems in Thun to unite the benefits of a gondola lift with those of a reversible cable car system. '3S' is an abbreviation of the German word dreiseil, meaning 'tricable'.
A Leitner tricable gondola lift at the Stubaier Gletscher, Austria
A Doppelmayr tricable gondola lift in Sölden, Austria
Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group
Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group is an international manufacturer of ropeways and people movers for ski areas, urban transport, amusement parks, and material handling systems. As of 2023, the group had produced over 15,400 installations in 96 countries. Their annual revenue in 2022/2023 was 946 million euros. The Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group was formed in 2002 when Doppelmayr of Wolfurt, Austria merged with Garaventa AG of Switzerland to form the world's largest ropeway manufacturer.
A Doppelmayr tricable gondola lift in Sölden, Austria
A Doppelmayr CTEC combined lift at Sunday River, Maine, US
A Doppelmayr cable car at the Rosh HaNikra grottoes, Israel, claimed[by whom?] to be the steepest cable car in the world, with a 60° (173 percent) gradient[citation needed]
A Garaventa aerial tramway at Snowbird, Utah, US
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