Gondola falls atmont sainte anne

**XXX-er** · 12-13-2022, 03:03 PM

https://cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/gondo...t-sainte-anne/

No one hurt, so what brand is that ^^ cuz its the 3rd time in 3 yrs ?

**Cisco Kid** · 12-13-2022, 03:10 PM

Did they ever report why the first two fell?

**XXX-er** · 12-13-2022, 03:14 PM

All I know is whats in the link, maybe someone else knows stuff

I've heard some brands might be more prone to failure like that chair at whistler

**AK47bp** · 12-13-2022, 03:18 PM

Let’s hope the same company didn’t build Whistler’s Peak to Peak gondola.

Nobody’s surviving that.

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**Vt-Freeheel** · 12-13-2022, 04:17 PM

it's a 33yo Dopp.

liftblog.com/2022/12/10/cabin-falls-from-mont-sainte-anne-gondola/

**vt_ski** · 12-13-2022, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

Did they ever report why the first two fell?

No, but $1.5 million (!) for the retrofit after the last accident

**Thaleia** · 12-13-2022, 06:16 PM

I'm certainly no expert but 1.5M doesn't seem like a lot when talking about infrastructure like this, no? And was it in CAD?!

**charlesj** · 12-13-2022, 06:42 PM

It was perfectly fine when I was there 20 years ago

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**vt_ski** · 12-13-2022, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Thaleia

I'm certainly no expert but 1.5M doesn't seem like a lot when talking about infrastructure like this, no? And was it in CAD?!

$5 million for the K-1 in the same time frame: https://www.newenglandskihistory.com...listbycost.php

**petey_** · 12-15-2022, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by charlesj

It was perfectly fine when I was there 20 years ago

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1997 night skiing. No lights on that gondola ride up. Beer and a safety meeting in pitch black. Those were the days I tells ya.

**Thaleia** · 12-15-2022, 05:22 PM

^Nice!

**XXX-er** · 12-18-2022, 10:03 PM

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mont-sai...alls-1.6198939

the Quebec gov shut the whole place down

**ironhippy** · 12-19-2022, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mont-sai...alls-1.6198939

the Quebec gov shut the whole place down

oh wow, I'm sure that's gotten some attention. They'll lose a lot of money over the next few weeks.

**Angle Parking** · 12-19-2022, 12:02 PM

Arson last year (Kimberley), now this. RCR is having a rough go of it lately. Having said that, if this is in any way the result of corner cutting on their part, the shut down is well deservd and hopefully a wake up call to others.

**ak_powder_monkey** · 12-19-2022, 12:41 PM

Probably the same kind that Eaglecrest just bought

**Peruvian** · 12-19-2022, 01:47 PM

Is uphill travel allowed?

**AK47bp** · 12-19-2022, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Peruvian

Is uphill travel allowed?

Only if you want to die.

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**Peruvian** · 12-19-2022, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by AK47bp

Only if you want to die.

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I promise not to skin up under the remaining gondy cars.

**waxman** · 12-19-2022, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/mont-sai...alls-1.6198939

the Quebec gov shut the whole place down

You know you're not doing things right or well when that beacon of corruption, grift and mismanagement shuts you down.

**XXX-er** · 12-19-2022, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by waxman

You know you're not doing things right or well when that beacon of corruption, grift and mismanagement shuts you down.

its all so french eh ?

**paulster2626** · 12-20-2022, 09:10 AM

This is not the first time I've heard shittalking about RCR and their outright refusal to put any $ towards their lifts - either maintenance or new construction. Makes me wary of heading to KH in Jan. If that gondi goes down, we're fucked.

**Pinned** · 12-20-2022, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by paulster2626

This is not the first time I've heard shittalking about RCR and their outright refusal to put any $ towards their lifts - either maintenance or new construction. Makes me wary of heading to KH in Jan. If that gondi goes down, we're fucked.

KH is awesome, and I had a great time skiing there, but their gondi seemed like it needed some maintenance. I was there towards the end of last season. They had to manually lock the grip onto the cable at least a couple of times while we were loading or in line - they had a big hook on a long handle for this. I'm assuming the failure mode of the grip is that it is locked, rather than open, so I wasn't super worried about it randomly opening once locked. But not something I'd seen anywhere else.

**Hammer-Down** · 12-20-2022, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Pinned

KH is awesome, and I had a great time skiing there, but their gondi seemed like it needed some maintenance. I was there towards the end of last season. They had to manually lock the grip onto the cable at least a couple of times while we were loading or in line - they had a big hook on a long handle for this. I'm assuming the failure mode of the grip is that it is locked, rather than open, so I wasn't super worried about it randomly opening once locked. But not something I'd seen anywhere else.

Seems completely normal

**paulster2626** · 12-20-2022, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Pinned

KH is awesome, and I had a great time skiing there, but their gondi seemed like it needed some maintenance. I was there towards the end of last season. They had to manually lock the grip onto the cable at least a couple of times while we were loading or in line - they had a big hook on a long handle for this. I'm assuming the failure mode of the grip is that it is locked, rather than open, so I wasn't super worried about it randomly opening once locked. But not something I'd seen anywhere else.

As long as it keeps moving!

Any problems then it's not too far a drive down to Pano. But KH is more fun for this trip.