[bujak300]

In the eastern bloc we have ski lifts where the bars go down vertiacaly from the cable. They are not attached from the side. So they can make left and right turns without any complications.

[wbl]

How is the rope supported by the mast?

[_nalply]

But the rope can't get steeper at a mast. This works well when there are no sharply increasing slopes at the hill.