For Ski Resort Operations
Custom Chair Lift Seat Pads
Built for the elements, customized for your lifts. Heavy-duty 18 oz and 22 oz vinyl pads engineered to stay flexible at -40°F, custom-fit to any manufacturer's chair, in 10 fade-resistant colors. Factory-direct from North Carolina.
Built for the Elements, Customized for Your Lifts
Don't let brutal winter temperatures slow down your resort's operations. Our premium chair lift seat pads are engineered to provide maximum comfort for riders while delivering unmatched durability for your mountain.
Every pad is custom-made to flawlessly fit any manufacturer's chair lift — Doppelmayr, Leitner-Poma and Skytrac on the current side, and Riblet, Hall, Yan, Borvig, CTEC, Thiokol and the rest of the closed shops nobody else will touch. Snug, secure, and ready for season-on-season abuse.
The heavy-duty vinyl shell keeps water out and protects the inner foam, extending the lifespan of your investment well past what off-the-shelf replacements deliver.
Unbeatable Features & Specs
Everything that matters for chair lift seating: the right material, the right fit, the right durability.
Heavy-Duty 18 oz or 22 oz Vinyl
Premium industrial-grade vinyl shell resists cracking, punctures, and moisture. Built to take season after season of snow, ice, and heavy passenger traffic without giving up.
Cold-Rated to -40°F
Stays remarkably soft and flexible even at bone-chilling temperatures. No stiffening, no cracking, no swap-out when the cold front hits.
Custom-Fit to Your Lift
Every pad is made to your exact chair specs — Doppelmayr, Leitner-Poma, Skytrac, Riblet, Hall, Yan, Borvig, CTEC, Thiokol, or any other manufacturer, in business or not. Snug, secure, factory-precise.
10 Color Options
Match your resort branding or pick high-visibility colors to spot empty chairs from the base. Fade-resistant pigments hold their color through UV and weather.
Chair Lift Pads for Any Manufacturer — Including the Ones That Closed
We make chair lift seat pads for every lift manufacturer, full stop. If your lift is current — Doppelmayr, Leitner-Poma, Poma, Leitner, Garaventa, or Skytrac — we fabricate to your chair specs and you have other options too.
Most of the calls we get are the other kind: a lift that still runs fine, built by a company that has not existed for twenty or thirty years. There is no parts desk to call and no pad sitting on a shelf anywhere. That is the job this shop is set up for — we work from the pad you have, or from photos and measurements, and build a set that fits the brackets already on the chair.
Riblet Tramway
Spokane, WA · 1908–2003
Once the largest chairlift builder in the world. Riblet doubles and triples still turn across the Northwest, Midwest, and Northeast — and there has been no factory source for their seat pads since the doors closed in 2003.
Hall Ski-Lift
Turin, NY · 1954–1982
More than 800 Hall lifts went up worldwide before the name was folded into Von Roll. Hall doubles are still the workhorse at community and family hills, and many are running on their original pad pattern.
Yan / Lift Engineering
Carson City, NV · 1965–1996
Jan Kunczynski’s shop built more than 200 fixed-grip lifts and 31 detachable quads before folding in 1996. Plenty of Yan chairs are still loading riders on pads well past replacement.
Borvig
Pine Island, NY · 1962–1993
Around 260 lifts, heavily concentrated in the East. We match original Borvig chair profiles and bracket spacing from a sample pad or a set of measurements.
CTEC / Garaventa CTEC
Salt Lake City, UT · 1976–2010
Grew into the largest lift builder in North America before the name was retired inside Doppelmayr. Still the most common lift you will find in Utah and Wyoming.
Thiokol
Utah · 1971–1977
Built 41 lifts, then left the business and sold the designs to the two engineers who went on to found CTEC. Genuinely orphaned — we work from the pad you already have.
Ski Lift International
Incline Village, NV · 1965–1973
Forty-six lifts, mostly doubles. Riblet bought the parts inventory in 1973, but nobody picked up the pads. Send us a worn one and we will reproduce it.
Partek
Pine Island, NY · 1996–2005
Borvig’s successor, founded by the son of Borvig’s president. Doppelmayr CTEC acquired the designs in 2005, so Partek chairs share the Borvig lineage — and the Borvig pad problem.
Von Roll
Ropeway line to Doppelmayr, 1998
Took on the Hall name in 1982 and ran it until Doppelmayr acquired the ropeway business. Von Roll-badged chairs are common across the Northeast.
Stadeli
Oregon · out of business
Small doubles, T-bars, and surface lifts, mostly around the Pacific Northwest. No factory support of any kind remains for them.
Mueller
Switzerland · out of business
A handful of Mueller installations made it onto North American hills. We build to the chair in front of us, not to a catalogue number.
Murray-Latta
British Columbia · out of business
Canadian-built lifts still running at areas in BC and Alberta. Send photos and dimensions and we will fabricate to match.
Also covered: Heron, Heron-Poma, Hall/PHB, Poma of America, and one-off or shop-built lifts with no maker's plate left on them. If the name is not on this page it does not matter — send us the chair and we will build the pad.
Get a Quote for Your LiftChair Lift Pad Specifications
Heavy-duty construction designed for the demands of resort operations.
Outer Shell Material
- Vinyl weight: 18 oz or 22 oz industrial-grade
- UV rating: Fade-resistant pigments
- Water resistance: Fully sealed seams
- Abrasion resistance: Heavy-traffic rated
Cold-Weather Performance
- Cold flex rating: -40°F
- Snow & ice: No cracking or stiffening
- Heat tolerance: Stable through summer storage
- Thermal cycling: Built for daily freeze-thaw
Custom Fit
- Chair configurations: Single, double, triple, quad, six-pack, custom
- Compatible: Any chair lift manufacturer
- Sizing: Built to your chair dimensions
- Mounting: Matches existing bracket pattern
- Lift types: Fixed-grip and detachable
Construction
- Stitching: Heavy-duty industrial thread
- Inner foam: Closed-cell, water-resistant
- Foam thickness: 0.5", 1", 1.5" or 2"
- Seam type: Double-stitched, reinforced
- Hardware: Stainless or zinc-coated
Lead Time & Delivery
- Fabrication: 6–8 weeks from approved specs and deposit
- Pre-season orders: Faster turnaround
- Shipping: Direct from our North Carolina facility
- Volume orders: Full-fleet retrofits welcome
Pricing
- Quote basis: Per-chair, volume-tiered
- Single replacements: Available
- Fleet pricing: Volume discounts on 100+
- Made here: Cut and sewn in North Carolina
10 Fade-Resistant Color Options
Match your resort's branding or pick high-visibility colors so empty chairs stand out from the base lodge. Every color is UV-stable and built to hold through years of sun and storms.
Black
Navy Blue
Royal Blue
Red
Burgundy
Forest Green
Hunter Green
Yellow
Orange
Gray
Need a specific brand color? Custom color matching is available for larger orders — send us your Pantone or hex code.
How We Work
1. Send Your Specs
Email us your chair manufacturer, model, and dimensions — or send photos and we'll pull the measurements ourselves.
2. Color & Quantity
Pick from our 10 standard colors and tell us how many pads you need. Replacement sets or full fleet retrofits — same process.
3. Custom Fabrication
Six to eight weeks from approved specs and deposit. Cut, sewn, and assembled in our North Carolina factory. Heavy-duty stitching, marine-grade thread, foam tailored to your chair profile.
4. Ship & Install
Pads ship direct from our facility. Mounting is straightforward — your maintenance crew installs in minutes per chair.
Why Resorts Choose Our Seat Pads
Upgrade your fleet with seating that survives season after season of snow, ice, and heavy passenger traffic.
Factory-Direct Since 1994
We've been custom-fabricating outdoor industrial textiles in North Carolina for 30+ years. No overseas sourcing — you are buying from the shop that builds it.
Custom-Fit to Your Chairs
Every pad is fabricated to your exact chair dimensions and mounting hardware — not adapted from a generic size chart. Snug, secure, factory-precise.
Built to Survive Real Winter
Industrial vinyl stays flexible to -40°F. No cracking, no stiffening, no swap-outs when the cold front hits. Sealed against moisture so the inner foam stays dry.
American-Made in North Carolina
Every pad is cut, sewn, and assembled under one roof in North Carolina. When you call with a question about your order, you're talking to the team that built it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will your chair lift pads fit our lifts?
Yes — every pad is custom-made to your chair, whatever built it. That covers the manufacturers still in business (Doppelmayr, Leitner-Poma, Poma, Leitner, Garaventa, Skytrac) and the ones that are not (Riblet, Hall, Yan / Lift Engineering, Borvig, CTEC, Garaventa CTEC, Thiokol, Ski Lift International, Partek, Von Roll, Stadeli, Mueller, Murray-Latta). Send us the make, model, and a few measurements — or just photos — and we'll fabricate to your exact spec.
What chair configurations do you build for?
Singles, doubles, triples, quads, six-packs, and anything that does not fit that list. Tell us the configuration and we build the set — a six-pack takes one long pad or two, depending on how the seat is divided and how you want to handle a single damaged section. Shell comes in 18 oz or 22 oz industrial vinyl; that is not an upgrade ladder, it is a match. Tell us which one you are taking off the chair and we will put the same weight back on.
Open-cell or closed-cell foam — which should we specify?
Closed-cell, on any chair that is open to the weather, and it is what we build as standard. In closed-cell foam every bubble is sealed, so water cannot get in. Open-cell foam is interconnected — it is a sponge, softer to sit on and cheaper, and on a lift it soaks up meltwater and freezes into a solid block overnight. The ice works the seams apart and the pad stays wet for days. Open-cell has a place in an enclosed cabin where water is not a factor. It does not belong on a chair that rides through weather, and we will tell you so before we quote it.
How cold can the vinyl handle?
Our industrial vinyl — 18 oz or 22 oz, whichever you specify — stays soft and flexible down to -40°F. That covers virtually every ski resort in North America, including the coldest interior mountains and high-altitude operations.
How long do the pads last?
A typical pad set runs 5–8 seasons with normal resort traffic, depending on UV exposure, weather, and rider volume. The vinyl shell is the limiting factor — once the outer skin starts showing wear, it's time to swap. Inner foam is fully sealed and stays dry for the life of the pad.
What colors are available?
We stock 10 standard colors: black, navy blue, royal blue, red, burgundy, forest green, hunter green, yellow, orange, and gray. Custom color matching is available for larger orders — send us a Pantone or branding color and we'll source a match.
The company that built our lift is out of business. Can you still make the pads?
Yes, and that is most of our chair lift work. Riblet closed in 2003, Hall gave up its name to Von Roll in 1982, Borvig folded in 1993, Yan (Lift Engineering) folded in 1996, Thiokol left the business in 1977, Ski Lift International went under in 1973, Partek was absorbed by Doppelmayr CTEC in 2005, and the CTEC name itself was retired in 2010. There is no factory left to order a pad from for any of them. We do not need one — we build from your chair, not from a parts catalogue.
Do you need our old pad to build replacements?
It is the easiest path, but it is not required. Ship us one worn pad and we'll reverse-engineer the pattern, the foam profile, and the mounting so the new set drops onto your existing brackets. If you can't spare a pad mid-season, photos plus a handful of measurements — seat width, depth, back height, bracket hole spacing — are enough for us to build to spec.
Do you handle full-resort orders or just single-chair replacements?
Both. We fabricate single-chair replacement pads for small swap-outs and full-fleet orders for resort-wide retrofits. Volume pricing kicks in on larger orders — contact us with your chair count for a per-pad quote.
How long does fabrication take?
Six to eight weeks from approved specs and deposit, depending on quantity and current shop load. Pre-season orders (placed in spring or summer) generally ship faster than rush orders during the operating season. Let us know your install window and we'll work backward from it.
How are the pads mounted to the chairs?
Most chair lift pads mount via existing bracket holes or a sewn-in strap-and-buckle system. We'll match whatever mounting style your current pads use — bolt-through, hook-and-loop bracket, sewn pocket sleeve, or a hybrid. Your maintenance crew handles install with basic hand tools.
Where are the pads made?
Every pad is cut, sewn, and assembled in our North Carolina facility. We've been custom-fabricating outdoor industrial textiles since 1994. American-made — no overseas sourcing, and nothing about this pad was made anywhere else.
Ready to Upgrade Your Fleet?
Send us your chair specs and quantity. We'll send a per-pad quote with volume pricing — no sales pressure, no call center runaround.
Or call 866-482-0221