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Use what you have, eh?

The results of this summer's painting (so far)! It's good to see - these things haven't been painted since the 80(?)'s.

Just does not seem like a real bright idea to paint a tower white, know what I mean?

If your bird population grows much more, you'll have to go to a 1/2" messanger !!

RibStaThio, on Aug 12 2008, 07:10 PM, said:

I said that too - they do have red pads on the bottom in the winter. It was painted like that to match the new lift.

mikest2, on Aug 12 2008, 07:25 PM, said:

Hahaha I know!! It's like a bad movie up there sometimes!

Desperate times call for desperate measures....

The problem: No drive line in a short surface lift which is due for a haul rope resplice next week & the splice is in the only high span on the lift.

The soultion: Have a look at the picture and don't judge to harshly!!!

Necessity...The Mother of Invention.

Dino

A Garaventa CTEC Stealth in Argentina:

Yes Sextuple Express at Catedral: believe it or not the only covered six pack in the western hemisphere. A full lift report in French from Rodo_Af on R-M.net: http://www.remontees...rtage-1208.html

Another really weird chairlift there, a bubbled double mixed with a fixed quad:


Full report: http://www.remontees...rtage-1209.html

skierdude9450, on Aug 21 2008, 07:31 PM, said:

This would be tough to manage.. at least in the States.. you would be getting three all the time coming out for the double chair.

Goodbye old lift huts!

It's nice to see that Red's new owner is putting a lot of capital into the ski area.

That just happened to a bunch of the lift shacks at Snoqualmie.

Allan, on Aug 29 2008, 08:51 AM, said:

In a way it is kind of sad.. I love the look of the old lifts and structures.. but they need to be maintained. When you see an area that has really taken care of their buildings and lifts, it is nice to see.
In a way it's like the old cars.. they don't make them like they used to.. but guests seem to want all the new stuff. More green tin metal terminals and shacks that looks like crap after one season..

randoom

Ok, I admit - this is really random... Nothing like A&W getting delivered to you during line work!

hoodoo, on Aug 21 2008, 09:34 PM, said:

Actually, the quad chairs are loaded only at the bottom, and the double chairs are loaded only at the midstation, so it works out.

mjturley34, on Aug 31 2008, 04:24 AM, said:

I love random doom.

T-Bar painting is finished (except for the hub of the bullwheel)! Looks like new!

Allan, on Sep 12 2008, 03:23 PM, said:

Ok, so they painted the old lifts to match the new lift.
My question is who in the (he double hockey sticks) would order a new lift white?
After a little wet weather and rolling sheaves the nice white paint will have black streaks.
My second question is who is going to clean the nice white towers when the management decides that they don’t like the black streaks?