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After two summers of intensive work that included helicopters, chainsaws and a "spider hoe," visitors to Sun Valley's Bald Mountain can finally enjoy the fruit of this labor: a gondola ride up River Run. Sun Valley Resort's newest on-mountain amenity...
Tags: Bald Mountain Sun Valley, Sun Valley Resort, Sun Valley Ski Patrol, Roundhouse Slope, roundhouse restaurant, River Run Lodge, ski area, Sun Valley, Peak 2 Peak Gondola, Sea to Sky Country, Ski lifts, Hospitality Recreation, Whistler Blackcomb, Vail Resorts
It stopped for an hour while my wife and I were about 43 feet above 9 feet of snow. Usually when a lift stops, you are stuck in a wind-blown part of the hill. In our case, it didn't matter too much because we were alone on a detachable quad chair, snug...
Tags: rope tow, lifts stopped, Stein Eriksen, Warren Miller Vail, Warren Miller.net, Vail, Ski resort, Ski, Hospitality Recreation, Ski lifts, Ski tow, Chairlift, Human Interest
After the sea levels rise, airships, rowboats, and gondola lifts with replace New York's subways and taxi cabs. The Aqualta series imagines New York 40 years into the future, when the city's once-crowded streets have filled with quiet waters. The series,...
Tags: New York, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Taxicab, Gondola lift, Watercraft rowing, Ski lifts, BLDGBLOG, Airship, Environment
One of the world's first dedicated ski lifts was a very green machine. It operated in Germany's Black Forest in the early 20th century and was powered by the local water mill. A century later, ski lifts are going back to renewable energy. 1. Sonnenlift,...
What happened to the tower was similar to what happens to a bottle of pop left too long in the freezer: Water seeped into a container designed to be water-tight, froze as a result of colder-than-normal temperatures and expanded, rupturing the structure.
Tags: ski resorts, water seeped, lifts tower, ski lifts, gondola tower, Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort