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[Peter]

Well I am in Big Sky right now and the gondola had a major derail yesterday. Word from a ski patroller is that it will not run again and will be replaced this summer with a chondola.

[Lift Dinosaur]

Derail = Replacement? Money must be good there!

Dino

[P01itiC4lR3B31]

Skier, on Feb 16 2008, 05:26 PM, said:

Well I am in Big Sky right now and the gondola had a major derail yesterday. Word from a ski patroller is that it will not run again and will be replaced this summer with a chondola.

Any news release or reason why the derailment happened?

[Peter]

I haven't found anything official. The gondola is really old and has needed replacement for awhile now. It runs parallel to a high speed quad and more than half the cabins are off the line on the ground over by the ski patrol building with broken windows. It requires the operators to push the cabins through the terminal too. The person I talked to said Boyne has ordered two chondolas, one for Big Sky and the other for Sunday River. Both are to be installed this summer if the permits come through in time.

[SkiBachelor]

An article about the incident that took place on the Gondola at Big Sky.

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/artic...news/10lift.txt

Guests received a $100 gift certificate and free lift ticket voucher for the de lima.

[tahoeistruckin]

SkiBachelor, on Feb 17 2008, 01:18 PM, said:

An article about the incident that took place on the Gondola at Big Sky.

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/artic...news/10lift.txt

Guests received a $100 gift certificate and free lift ticket voucher for the de lima.

The page you are looking for can not be found.

Please try any of the links in the above navigation.

Is what came up with the link.

[Peter]

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[Kicking Horse]

Skier, on Feb 18 2008, 04:36 PM, said:

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Holy Hell!!!!!

[skierdude9450]

I think holy $#!+ is more like it. It derailed on both sides!! I can see why they are replacing it rather than repairing it!

[Lift Dinosaur]

I see a deropement on ONE side (not Both) of two consecutive compression (holddown) towers. Barring unforseen natural forces (wind, earthquake, etc), I would ASSUME that it was an alignment problem or component failure, which has nothing to do with the age of an installation.
We know what assumption is the mother of...
STRONG work by the cable catcher, and I ain't climbing that ladder!

Dino

[Peter]

No, it did also derail on the the heavy side of the uphill tower if you look closely. There were other derails along the line as well.

This post has been edited by Skier: 18 February 2008 - 07:45 PM

[floridaskier]

How did that happen? It looks like a nice day in the picture, maybe it was taken later but that would take a whole lot of wind to mess it up that badly, at more than one place along the line. I hope nobody was in that cabin when it happened

[Peter]

That cabin was headed downhill. However, another cabin was very close that was occupied. It is kind of sad, you can tell which cabins had people by whether the doors are open from the evacuation.

As for cause, I have not heard. This happened on Friday morning, before I arrived in Big Sky. That picture was taken today.

[Kelly]

This topic is now posted in SORT's incident section for further comment.

[Allan]

Holy

[shoemaniii]

that's an interesting way to use plate clamps.
bobp

[chasl]

shoemaniii, on Feb 19 2008, 07:04 AM, said:

that's an interesting way to use plate clamps.
bobp

Interesting was not the word I would have used.

[Lift Dinosaur]

Skier, on Feb 18 2008, 08:41 PM, said:

No, it did also derail on the the heavy side of the uphill tower if you look closely. There were other derails along the line as well.

Zoom In... got it!

Dino

[skisox34]

How did that happen is what I want to know. Did the pressure from one derailment cause the other towers to derail or how exactly did it start??

[shoemaniii]

Skier, on Feb 17 2008, 10:35 AM, said:

more than half the cabins are off the line on the ground over by the ski patrol building with broken windows.

if true, am wondering if this lift usually runs w/summer cabins (50%) and winter cabins (100%)?
bobp