Holy shit! That’s not good.
Every cabin had to get evaced??
Holy shit! That’s not good.
Every cabin had to get evaced??
Maybe they can hire the team that fixed the bridge down by gunny to buff that out
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
Evac complete around 5:00 - 5:30. Excellent job by Patrol and a whole bunch of other departments that contributed.
Replacement part on a truck from Leitner Poma in GJ on its way. Engineers, Tram Board, USFS and other reps onsite or enroute. Crane onsite tomorrow for part installation. Tram Board investigation and repair inspection will be the holdup rather than the repair itself. Christmas may be saved.
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Last edited by CoolioIglesias; 12-21-2024 at 08:21 PM.
JFC get your shit together Grand county! Over here people fall off em on their own!
Pano opened for the season today, about 20 minutes before the Gondo shit the bed, forcing its immediate closure to free up patrollers and resources. Folks were PRESSED about the Pano tease, and the front line folks took a beating. People have an insatiable hard-on for that lift that I'll never understandm
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Ha...the best thing about the Pano is it stops people riding other lifts.
My Patrol Homies said evac went pretty smooth.
Ha...the best thing about the Pano is it stops people riding other lifts.
My Patrol Homies said evac went pretty smooth.
There used to be t-bars w/a spring that were that high off the ground, early season, on a cold mornin, you could spin around by the towers... It was fun.
WTF happened to the thrill of a "gondola"..? They were hundreds of feet off the ground..!?
Steamboat?? Vail??
One little clusterfuck..& it's all over for everyplace!!!
given the nature of this defect, the investigation and inspection process will not be quick. this is a component that should not fail catastrophically like this. The crack is on the rocker arm for a hold down assembly on the first tower uphill, meaning the sheave wheels hold the haul rope down here. Since its the first tower, there is a considerable amount of force on this component to hold the haul rope down as it starts its vertical rise. The orientation of the crack appears to show an upward failure consistent with the upward force of the haul rope here. This is not a run-of-the-mill event. Its a really big deal for something like this to crack.
Last edited by blazes_boylan; 12-22-2024 at 11:23 AM.
What was your guess for how long the Gondi would take to put back together? If you had, no longer than 30 hours, you win. It's spinning right now. Testing starts tomorrow.
Which brings up the question? If the engineering or design was in question, would they just replace like with like so quickly?
Anywho, kick ass job mechanics! It's always better in a ski town when the holidays are "successful". And perhaps we are entering a bit more snowy pattern.
I blame unions. Happy Christmas Zappa and Foggy.
Is it radix panax notoginseng? - splat
This is like hanging yourself but the rope breaks. - DTM
Dude Listen to mtm. He's a marriage counselor at burning man. - subtle plague
I had a great day ripping groomers with the ski wife.
Not so good with the household wife.
How do the momo's do it?
The girls 6, 9 the Mrs and me have ski train tickets for this Saturday. Fingers crossed things go well this week at WP.
ski train is cool. i’m jealous.
Copper was great yesterday, friendly vibes. I think I'm rooting for the Philadephia Eagles this year due to a random chair ride. They're playing the Cowboys that I grew up on so I guess I'll need to watch that game at least.
Anyway I stayed on the east side yesterday. I like to ski that last pitch between Alpine and Super Bee - Black Bear glade and Free Fall glade. Hardly anyone has been in there and it actually needs some more traffic. Some of it has deep cut up powder that's been refrozen just a tad, still skiable but challenging for me.
Triple Treat right underneath Alpine chair was perfectly fun. No lift lines at all. I guess with everything open now it's a crush for Copper Bowl and Tucker. Might not go back there until after the holiday but I'll be skiing greens on the west side for the week after Christmas with my grandson. SO EXCITED to ski with him again!
Maybe I'll ski the back side on Christmas morning, might be super quiet. I'd like to hear from anybody how it is?
Also very excited for a week of snow coming in consistently day after day. I guess January will be really nice all around.
Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
Henry David Thoreau
I would have taken the "over" for sure. Nice work. But also yes, it looked like a design/engineering problem so say a prayer every time you get on that thing, ha. I was looking at the WPK trail map yesterday and why did they have to change the name of like every lift there? Kind of weird and lame.
They need start designing these things for fat Americans,like me.
they absolutely should have called it the Zephyr Gondola. Or at least anything but "The Gondola"
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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