The Magic Mile is an aerial chairlift at Timberline Lodge ski area, Mount Hood, Oregon, U.S. It was named for its unique location above the tree line and for its original length. When constructed by Byron Riblet in 1938, it was the longest chairlift in existence, the second in the world to be built as a passenger chairlift, and the first to use metal towers.
There have been three instances of the Magic Mile chairlift at Timberline. The first existed from 1938 until 1962. The second from 1962 through 1992. The existing chairlift has operated since 1992.
Read more about Magic Mile: Common Characteristics, First Chairlift 1938–1962, 1950 Sky Riding Bus Tramway, Second Chairlift 1962–1992, Third Chairlift 1992–present
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