I surmise it was Olympic when it was still spinning, and Peter's records indicate it was removed in 2004 I believe, but I came up there in early summer of 2017 and was surprised to still find the bottom terminal more or less intact, save for a mess of sheaves out of line on the bottom few towers.
Obviously it does not run and hasn't in many, many years, but why wasn't it completely removed after retirement? Park Service permits? Further development plans with the lift line?
Also on the topic - how are summer ops handled? The summer lift seems to be a functional 4-CLD in the winter, but we rode it as a Chondola in the summer. Is there extra gear in the terminals that allows this, or does the resort staff just pull some of the chairs, respace the line, and add cabins from the gondola to open it for the summer?
This post has been edited by SkiKC: 08 September 2018 - 02:08 PM