Editing Yan Lift (section)

== Aftermath ==
Following the accident at [[Whistler Blackcomb|Whistler]], and reports of grip-slipping at a plethora of other mountains, 15 resorts spent millions of dollars either upgrading, or completely replacing their combined 31 detachable quads in the United States and Canada.<ref name=":1" /> [[June Mountain ski area|June Mountain]], the only mountain to use Yan's type 7 grips in a [[funitel]] was forced to shut down the QMC Funitel leaving sole access to the mountain to the J1 lift (A 1960 [[Riblet Tramway Company|Riblet]] double Chair). Doppelmayr, the company that took majority of the replacement contracts was so stretched in resources that 75% of their replacement grips came from Austria instead of their North American manufacturing plant.

[http://www.polxwest.com/ POL-X West] developed a new version of the YAN-7 detachable grip, the one that was used on the majority of the high-speed lifts, replacing the marshmallow springs with high-tension springs. The redesign was ordered by a group of British Columbia and [[Alberta]] ski resorts that included [[Silver Star Mountain Resort|Silver Star]] and [[Lake Louise Mountain Resort|Lake Louise]]. This grip also proved unsatisfactory and the lifts were removed from 2002–2004.

Many resorts suffered greatly from the economic burden of having to replace their workhorse lifts, such as contributing one million dollars in retrofit costs to Schweitzer's 1996 bankruptcy,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Season's Pass Holders Show Confidence But Experts Doubtful Area Can Support Destination Resort {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/nov/03/seasons-pass-holders-show-confidence-but-experts/ |access-date=January 31, 2023 |website=www.spokesman.com}}</ref> and Sun Valley who had 7 Yan High Speed Quads. In 2019, the second last Yan high speed quad La Roca, located at Espot Esqui in Spain, suffered a catastrophic failure leading to one of the chairs falling off the line. This chairlift had Type 7 grips and the original terminals with replaced chairs. As a result of this, the lift was shut down. On December 6, 2019, Espot opened their new La Roca high-speed quad, built by Leitner.<ref name=":2" /> The last Yan detachable lift remaining with Yan grips is in Iran(Nazhvan Forest Park, Isfahan, Iran) and uses the POL-X West grips. There are still many fixed grip lifts around the U.S. and Canada that are made by Yan, with one more in Val D'Isere, France(The Mont Blanc triple). At one time(c. 1975 - 1984), Val D'Isere had an entire fleet of Yan chairlifts. All except the Mont Blanc triple were replaced.