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[UTmorMAN]

Check this out guys! Really exciting news- read the article, you will like.
Gondola Article
Let me know your reactions.

[Powdr]

I saw that too. Pretty cool if it could be pulled off. Snowbasin would then become truely World Class, with access to a large urban center and it's surrounding areas.

[liftmech]

Somebody emailed the article to me yesterday- interesting. Any word on progress, i.e. approval from city and private authorities, maybe even a lift profile from an engineer? Or is it all still in the theoretical stage?

[UTmorMAN]

liftmech, on May 18 2005, 04:38 AM, said:

Somebody emailed the article to me yesterday- interesting. Any word on progress, i.e. approval from city and private authorities, maybe even a lift profile from an engineer?  Or is it all still in the theoretical stage?
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Our group had a meeting with the owner of the property last night. There was basically a lot of brainstorming with no for sure's. He said that a lot of feesability and engineering needed to be done if anything was ever to occur.

[UTmorMAN]

Hey folks,
just thought you all might like an update on how things are going.

Lift Ogden Brochure

Take a look at this brochure that is going out in our local newspaper probably next week.

[Lift Dinosaur]

UTmorMAN, on Feb 22 2005, 10:35 PM, said:

Are there any funiculars anywhere in N. America?
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There is one in a private housing development at Snowmass, CO called "The Pines Incline" built by Poma-Otis.

[Lift Dinosaur]

UTmorMAN, on Mar 7 2005, 07:27 AM, said:

Can anybody tell me some more info. about places like Heavenly, Telluride, and Squaw Valley?
Heavenly- Somebody mentioned that they had all of the parts shiped in for their gondola  and simply put it together themselves.  Is that true?  Did it save them a lot of money doing it that way?
Telluride- Any info or pics about this people mover would be greatly appreciated.

Also, does anbyody know of a situation similar to ours anywhere in Europe?
Thanks for the help! :D
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"Heavenly - somebody...."simply"...save a lot of money..." Heavenly has an in -house lift construction crew run by Gary Burch - that's the only reason to do it in-house. You don't save money - you keep knowledgeable people busy.

[Lift Dinosaur]

highspeedquad, on Feb 20 2005, 06:17 PM, said:

Hmm, I like this idea. I think a gondi or funitel would be better if there was going to be a lot of traffic. I funitel might be better if wind was going to be a lasting issue. I guess if they got a funi it would be from DoppCtec, because to my knowledge LPOA doesn't make funitels.
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Yea they do! And the Squaw funi was not a Doppel-CTEC but a Garaventa-CTEC and the whole thing came from Europe (except DUMB steel) and was put together by the Swiss, with Hans Burkhardt retiring soon after!

[poloxskier]

UTmorMAN, on Feb 22 2005, 08:35 PM, said:

Are there any funiculars anywhere in N. America?
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There are several here in Ketchikan. The one main one was built by von roll I believe and is used to link a large hotel and conference center owned by a native tribe here. The others are private ones for homes and are either homebuilt or built by smaller companies. The terrain here dictates that there be lots of staircases and the funiculars help people who dont get arround as well to access homes. I will be taking pictures of some once I get my new camera and I will be posting them here.

[towertop]

Funiculars, people you have failed to talk about the crosslift. Just finished one in Teluride, that makes Bear Creek condo ski in ski out. Chek out Outdoor engineers www.outdoorengineers.com Oswald Graber (once doppelmayer) is heading this. Why would UTmorMan even think about a funicular for the aplication you speak of? As far as trams in the US go, Palm Springs has hands down the biggest, longest, highest and most expensive in the lower 48. Most people don't know about it but if you ever have a chance Ride it, and if your real luckey you may get a carriage ride on it and thats an e ticket all the way!!!

[Peter]

There are signs that say "Lift Ogden" everywhere there. I saw this Ford Explorer the other day pulling around a Sigma cabin. I saw it off an on between Ogden and Grand Junction, the home of Poma. I don't know why they would get a cabin from Poma instead of Doppelmayr which is so close.

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[vons]

CWA is haviing a big year so doppelmayr may not have any. Sigma is triing to get into the U.S. market so they are discounting ttheir cabons a lot, Snowmass got the cabins on the pulse lift for almost nothing.