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Little Cloud is 14 towers, 65(?) chairs, so no, that sounds about standard to me.

Peter, if you mentioned it, I missed it, but how long is the Teton lift? About 4000'?

If you read the blog they mention putting the lift back up somewhere on the front side.

Little Cloud is 14 towers, 65(?) chairs, so no, that sounds about standard to me.

Peter, if you mentioned it, I missed it, but how long is the Teton lift? About 4000'?

If I remember right, when the Super Gauge Express was built at Winter Park ten years ago, it reused some tower tubes from the high speed quad it replaced, right?

It's fly day today at JHMR.

Hiking and biking trail closures this week in Vail due to helicopter work on Avanti Express Lift (#2)
Vail Mountain expects to close Gondola One and Mid-Vail, in addition to various hiking and biking trails, as early as Wednesday for helicopter work that will take place as part of the construction for the new high-speed, six-passenger Avanti Express Lift (#2). During this time all hiking and biking trails between Northwoods and the Avanti area, and within the potential flight path of the helicopter, will be closed for the safety of resort guests.

When work is completed on the Avanti Express Lift (#2), Gondola One and Mid-Vail will re-open but helicopter work will continue for construction for the Game Creek zip line tour planned to open in summer 2016 as a part of Vail Mountain’s Epic Discovery experience. This work will also affect hiking and biking trails on Vail Mountain.

“We’d like our guests to understand that as part of construction for these exciting improvements, operations will be impacted this week, and they should use the Eagle Bahn Gondola in Lionshead to access the mountain when Gondola One is closed,” said Elizabeth Howe, senior director of mountain operations for Vail Mountain. “We also want to stress how important it is for everyone to obey all trail closures when they are in place. Our staff will be out to help everyone understand what is open and what is closed. We appreciate our guests’ patience and cooperation as we work on these exciting new projects.”

Unfortunately, the helicopter’s schedule and availability are highly weather dependent, and it is uncertain exactly which days will be impacted. Vail Mountain will provide updates throughout the week via its @VailMtnAlerts Twitter feed and on our Facebook page. Those planning to access the mountain are encouraged to check one of these sources or call the Vail Mountain Information Center at (970) SKI-VAIL (754-8245) for the most current information.

Looks like Vail's preparing to bring out the helicopters to fly tower heads and tower tubes for the Avanti Express lift into place starting tomorrow (based on their Facebook page). This was on their blog (http://blog.vail.com...express-lift-2/) today:


The reason for the closure area to stretch for so far is because the parts for the Avanti Express lift are being staged around the bottom of the Northwoods Express lift, and the disturbed air produced by helicopter blades obviously could interfere with safe operations of Gondola One.

Based on what you said, I made a little rendition of what the new logo could be. Think it could be something like this? (See image)

Today at Vail Mountain a helicopter assisted with the construction of the new high-speed, six-passenger Avanti Express Lift (#2). Throughout the course of the day the helicopter helped to remove the old crossarms from the lift towers and flew in new crossarms and sheave assemblies, which were secured to the existing lift towers. Construction on the new lift is planned to continue into Thursday and Gondola One, Mid-Vail, and area hiking and biking trails between [the] Northwoods [Express lift] and the Avanti area, and within the potential flight path of the helicopter, will remain closed for the safety of resort guests.