One mighty chairlift!

For someone who likes high, steep and fast chairlift that let you ski a lot, Snowbasin’s John Paul Express is one mighty lift!

I experienced during two ski outings this season and was really impressed. The lift whisks you some 2,424 feet up in about 8 minutes, which allows for an easy 12-minute lap.

This means that you can easily ski a12,000 vertical feet an hour.

You don’t find many such lifts the world over, especially when many resorts run their lift slow to save on power and on maintenance. Built in 1998 for the 2002 Olympics, the 1,000 HP John Paul Express quad serves the Snowbasin downhill and super G courses as well as the most gnarly terrain on the mountain.

If you haven’t skied it yet, try it now and start login some impressive vertical!