poma
/ˈpəʊmə
/noun trademark
A ski lift in which a pole attached to a moving cable pulls each skier uphill on their skis.With 20 chairs, 8 pomas, unlimited hiking terrain, and 244 snow cannons, Baqueria Beret is the biggest resort in the mountain chain....
- Experience of modern glide-on/glide-off chair lifts - such as those at the Trois Vallees in France - may well make you wary of cranky old T-bars and poma lifts.
Origin
1950s: named after Jan Pomagalski (died 1969), its Polish inventor.