Gondola cable snaps

[Angle Parking]

Investigation time
Financial assessment on how or if they can afford to fix it
Insurance approval time for new purchases
Ordering the new haul rope (this needs to be manufactured upon request, and needs to be put in the production queue)
Ordering the new cabins (these need to be manufactured upon request, and needs to be put in the production queue)
Logistics of shipping a 120 tonne cable spool
Removal of the old cable
Receiving and unloading new cable
Positioning and pulling the new 120 tonne cable
Splicing the new 120 tonne cable
Shipping and unloading 30 gondola cabins
Stinging new gondola cabins
Testing new cabins and adjusting spacing of new cabins
Load testing new system
Scheduling inspections from government authorities.

Which one of these processes do think is a quick and easy job?

In stating "Had you asked me when the cable was first cut, I would have guessed this thing would have been solved by now", I was referring to the criminal investigation and nothing more. In retrospect, I realize that my assumption of basic reading comprehension skills by the denizens of this place was misguided.

[XXX-er]

https://www.squamishchief.com/news/l...ftbT2AgcfwYFws

[Vt-Freeheel]

It's open, who is taking their honey for a Valentines day ride?

sea-to-sky-gondola-reopening-family-day-long-weekend-with-special-events

[t.odd]

I bought seasons passes for the family today, looking forward to being able to get up there more frequently. It got chopped a couple months after we moved down here.

[SB]

Wow, they got that fixed quickly.

[pureantigravity]

Rode it again! Good vibes.

It's still fast and slow like before. Every time there is a wind gust, they slow it down. All you need to do to see if the slow down was caused by wind is look at the cars passing over the first steep ridge. If there is some swinging, that's why they slowed the system. It was actually going a bit faster than I remember last year. I also noticed, sometimes when it slows, there is a wave in the wire that causes a sort of mini-whiplash as the system speed pulse passes through the system.

Anyhow, this accident would have seemed to be the perfect time to replace the cars with grips that use a spring instead of a torsion tube, or find some tower sheave modification to ensure that the assembly won't collide when cars swing at a critical angle. Obviously, they don't think this is a problem. Surely watching the wind and changing the speed of the system constantly is a sub-optimal solution.

I'm happy for them to be up and running. The staff look pumped and it looks like all the snowshoers and backcountry skiers are pretty pumped about it too.

[kalisto]

There is some pretty fantastic skiing back there.

[pureantigravity]

Not entirely unrelated ...

The incident occurred first thing in the morning at about 8:30 am when two fully loaded six-person chairs ascended too close to one another. The skiers were stuck for more than 40-minutes before being lowered 12-15 feet using an evacuation pod and a rope.

“We’re not 100 percent sure why it happened but what’s important now is that it’s all sorted and we’re back up and running.”

– James McKenzie

Mt. Hutt ski area manager James McKenzie said there were a few reasons why the incident may have occurred, such as ice causing one chair to move slower than the others, or guests pulling on the chair in front of them, but that it was a ‘pretty common’ incident for the ski field.

https://snowbrains.com/mt-hutt-skier...airs-collided/

[AK47bp]

As this investigation continues, and more layers are peeled back, the more it stinks.




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[Lupolicious]

So whats the latest then?

[Angle Parking]

So whats the latest then?

Been wondering that myself.

[t.odd]

I'd be surprised if there will ever be any more info...they're open and operating again, nice to have it back as the spawn loves gondy rides and playing up at the summit lodge.

[Angle Parking]

I'd be surprised if there will ever be any more info...they're open and operating again, nice to have it back as the spawn loves gondy rides and playing up at the summit lodge.

Any rumours floating around?

[m2711c]

cops have released a sketch of the suspect....

[XXX-er]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...WXfDNp0zCCCscU

deja vu all over again

[nickinbc]

Waiting for puregravity to post that the cable must have been corroded by the smoke...

[pureantigravity]

#debunked!!!

[beaterdit]

Insane!

[t.odd]

my 2 year old is gonna be so bummed...he loves the gondola and we were back to going up a lot

fucking assholes

[altasnob]

When the Sea to Sky Gondola reopened in February, management said the rebuild included the installation of a new 4.4 km long main haul cable, thirty new cabins, and a new state of the art security system.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...-bde3ab979c20/

[abraham]

.....so this has to be done by Canadians, right?

[gretch6364]

That is pretty fucked up.

[glademaster]

It's that kind of commitment to the cause that is really lacking these days.

[Dantheman]

That's wild. You have to figure they'll catch them this time, right?

[XXX-er]

.....so this has to be done by Canadians, right?

more likley MOMO zombies


apparently camera's were instaled everywhere but its a lot of ground to cover and if the momo zombies were not caught red handed it could be tough to catch them