I saw an ad for a CTEC quad chair in Saminfo classifieds and the number is for someone in Moab. The only quad I know of in that area is the Skyway scenic lift. Are they taking it out?
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Moab to get rid of its Skyway Chair Lift?
Started by Powdr, Aug 31 2004 09:50 AM
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Posted 03 September 2004 - 10:40 PM
Allan, on Sep 3 2004, 10:24 PM, said:
I was wondering about that gondola when I drove past it in May 03. It doesn't look like it goes too far.
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that is the gondola that i'm talking about. i was there in june 02
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Posted 04 September 2004 - 11:21 AM
l don't exactly remember the story, but the developer put all this money into it, hoping that he could sell tickets to both bikers and tourists. somehow the town or county soured on him before it even opened and refused him an operating permit. It sits there rusting away (and being vandalized) never to carry a single paying customer. Seems Moab is fraught with ski lift failures.
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Posted 04 September 2004 - 12:20 PM
Powdr do you think you could go down there sometime and Take Pics of the Chairlift and the gondola sometime? I'm gonna do some resreach on the gondola and see what i can find.
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Posted 07 September 2004 - 02:40 PM
Here is the article of when this one was installed, it mentions a second tram which must be the mystery gondola.
HOTLINE - August 30, 1999
Second tram heads for Moab
by Lisa Church
The redrock desert around the tourist town of Moab, Utah, has been colonized by motels and mountain bikers for over a decade. Still, some locals never thought they’d have to worry about ski lifts.
Now, less than six months after a controversial chairlift opened for business on the west side of Moab, the county planning commission has given the go-ahead for a second tram.
The new tram, to be built just north of the town near the Colorado River, will lift passengers 400 feet up along 1,000 feet of cable. At the top of the 10-minute ride, developers plan to build a visitor center, a retail store and a restaurant, all surrounded by a 14,000 square-foot viewing deck.
At a recent county planning commission meeting, Nevada ski-lift designer William Jewett said he understood fears that his $3 million tram would draw more tourists than the fragile desert environment could stand.
"This is a spectacular place," said Jewett. "You really have to watch out that you don’t let people trample the natural beauty of the area."
He said immediate plans do not call for the tram to serve as a connection to the Slickrock Bicycle Trail, which passes within several hundred feet of the upper terminal. But he added he would like to meet with Bureau of Land Management officials in the future to discuss building a possible bike trail between the tram and the Slickrock Trail.
Residents have raised concerns about light pollution of the valley from the tram and its signs. Jewett and his business partner, Chris Shellabarger of Arizona, say low-level and recessed lighting will be used throughout the project, and no lights will be placed on the cable line or gondola cars.
One area resident says these reassurances remind him of similar promises made by Emmett Mays, the developer of the first Moab tram. "It’s not true," says Joseph Lekarczyk. "Lights up high and on the ridge are clearly visible all over the valley."
*Lisa Church
HOTLINE - August 30, 1999
Second tram heads for Moab
by Lisa Church
The redrock desert around the tourist town of Moab, Utah, has been colonized by motels and mountain bikers for over a decade. Still, some locals never thought they’d have to worry about ski lifts.
Now, less than six months after a controversial chairlift opened for business on the west side of Moab, the county planning commission has given the go-ahead for a second tram.
The new tram, to be built just north of the town near the Colorado River, will lift passengers 400 feet up along 1,000 feet of cable. At the top of the 10-minute ride, developers plan to build a visitor center, a retail store and a restaurant, all surrounded by a 14,000 square-foot viewing deck.
At a recent county planning commission meeting, Nevada ski-lift designer William Jewett said he understood fears that his $3 million tram would draw more tourists than the fragile desert environment could stand.
"This is a spectacular place," said Jewett. "You really have to watch out that you don’t let people trample the natural beauty of the area."
He said immediate plans do not call for the tram to serve as a connection to the Slickrock Bicycle Trail, which passes within several hundred feet of the upper terminal. But he added he would like to meet with Bureau of Land Management officials in the future to discuss building a possible bike trail between the tram and the Slickrock Trail.
Residents have raised concerns about light pollution of the valley from the tram and its signs. Jewett and his business partner, Chris Shellabarger of Arizona, say low-level and recessed lighting will be used throughout the project, and no lights will be placed on the cable line or gondola cars.
One area resident says these reassurances remind him of similar promises made by Emmett Mays, the developer of the first Moab tram. "It’s not true," says Joseph Lekarczyk. "Lights up high and on the ridge are clearly visible all over the valley."
*Lisa Church
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Posted 07 September 2004 - 05:45 PM
I was in Moab earlier this year on my way back from the Grand Canyon and lets just say that although if you know me I love fixing things and hate seeing things destroyed this tram I regret to say would serve more purpose in a scrap yard than on the hill being fixed it is in some serouisly rough shape.
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Posted 07 September 2004 - 06:26 PM
Well now isnt it interesting that I have some info on this quad. It was built in 1999 by Garaventa CTEC. Here is some more info: from the 2000 Garaventa Gazette #18. Sorry the scanner isnt working at the moment in time. So in the mean time this will do quoted straight from the book.
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The scenic ride chairlift
Located in scenic Moad, Utah, this Sky-ride lift offers some of the best scenery that Southern Utah is famous for. In addition to scenic rides, the lift offeres mountain biking access to the top of a mesa offering bikers the scenic beauty of being at the top without doing all the hard work!
The lift installation was very environmental sensitive with many considerations to impact, both visual and physical. Garaventa provided low impact construction techniques as well as custom painting to blend the lift into it's environment.
Main Technical Data:
Slope Length: 639m
Rise: 248m
Capacity: 500pph
Speed: 1.3 m/s
Carrying rope: 32mm
Number of towers: 10
Running Power: 37kW
Portal Vistas L.L.C.
The scenic ride chairlift
Located in scenic Moad, Utah, this Sky-ride lift offers some of the best scenery that Southern Utah is famous for. In addition to scenic rides, the lift offeres mountain biking access to the top of a mesa offering bikers the scenic beauty of being at the top without doing all the hard work!
The lift installation was very environmental sensitive with many considerations to impact, both visual and physical. Garaventa provided low impact construction techniques as well as custom painting to blend the lift into it's environment.
Main Technical Data:
Slope Length: 639m
Rise: 248m
Capacity: 500pph
Speed: 1.3 m/s
Carrying rope: 32mm
Number of towers: 10
Running Power: 37kW
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