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I saw the construction last Friday. They were working on the bottom terminal, and the line has been cleared, but I saw no indication that towers were ready to be flown in.

liftmech, on 24 September 2012 - 06:40 PM, said:

..... At this point I'd be happy with a ten-by-ten garden shed to do NDT in......

Capital Budget?

Dino

DonaldMReif, on 24 September 2012 - 06:42 PM, said:

I saw the construction last Friday. They were working on the bottom terminal, and the line has been cleared, but I saw no indication that towers were ready to be flown in.

All tower foundations are complete. Sheave trains arrived over the weekend. Towers are being galvanized, cross arms will be shipped when needed.
Getting the terminals up is the important part. Flying towers is just part of the Media Circus because of the helicopter- they really don't need to be in place until you are ready to pull haul rope and string comm line. MHO
Dino

Bottom terminal coming along for Mountaineer Express at Deer Valley. Looks like it'll rotate the opposite way from the old lift, and probably have 90 degree loading.

floridaskier, on 26 September 2012 - 10:52 AM, said:

I wouldn't be so sure about the 90 degree loading quite yet. Bear in mind the lift would half to accept traffic from both sides, and in-line loading would be more suitable for that.

Judging by the lift operator booth, the line will spin clockwise.

huashan china- Poma
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hoodoo, on 26 September 2012 - 05:16 PM, said:

A lift that goes into a cave. Amazing! The closest thing we have to lifts ending buried into the hillsides here in America are Palmer and Cascade on Mount Hood Meadows and Timberline (but due to snowdrifts there).

Lift Dinosaur, on 25 September 2012 - 08:24 AM, said:

That's the one.

Pictures of Jay Peak's new "Taxi Quad" on their website and facebook page:

https://www.facebook...59899440&type=3

http://www.jaypeakre...hoto-of-the-day

hoodoo, on 26 September 2012 - 05:16 PM, said:

wow! pretty cool, any idea what it accesses?

trooper1556, on 27 September 2012 - 05:16 PM, said:

I would want to say somewhere near smog.

DonaldMReif, on 27 September 2012 - 08:29 PM, said:

I would want to say somewhere near smog.

Fog or Clouds...but not smog IMO
I'm not a meteorologist...but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once.
Dino

Actually I climbed Hwashan a few years ago. It is near Xian and near the terracotta warriors. Some industry there but most is on the coast so relatively little smog.

Lift Dinosaur, on 28 September 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

I just thought that it looked like it was somewhere nere Beijing. But there are no caves near Beijing.

Anyways, for something completely different, I did confirm that the Vail Vista Bahn Gondola will have the LPA grip that the High Noon Express has, based on the design of the catch rails.

What are catch rails?

trooper1556, on 27 September 2012 - 05:16 PM, said:

There is a mid-station then goes up to the cave, then at the top are monks that live there year-round and a temple
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Load test at Terry Peak. Notice the chairs are a little different - they have 4 footrest bars instead of 2 and some orange pieces on the seats.

Union Creek chair at Copper has the same type of chairs. That new style of footrest is OK for skis but not useable for a snowboard.

boardski, on 02 October 2012 - 07:09 PM, said:

Pictures, possibly? I know I'd be interested in seeing a close-up. The description sounds similar to those old tri-footrest bars on the High Lonesome Express at Winter Park.