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[Peter]

Look closely at the bottom of this tower. There appear to be several large holes.

is there no limit on attachments anymore? Hooray!

Edit: After a closer look, the holes are in the sheet metal that forms the almond shape and not the actual tower. Regardless, these towers could use a paint job and some new ladders.

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This post has been edited by Skier: 06 May 2007 - 03:31 PM

[skierdude9450]

Were you on that lift when you took the picture? That's scary. Just a few good kicks and you'd have it falling like a tree.

P.S. you've always had unlimited attachments, or as long as I've been here.

[SkiBachelor]

From what I can tell, those holes appear to be located in the avalanche guard, rather than the actual tower.

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[mikest2]

I would call it a "creep shear"

[Kelly]

That’s called an Avalanche splitter and is not part of the structural portion of the tower. Those are foot/hand holes for accessing the lower portion of the ladder. Any ladder in this section will be quickly damaged by avalanches or plain old snow creep – which can be quite substantial -1 foot per week.