For the third day in a row, the mountain is closed, for good reasons. I just had a 20 minute power outage at my house, and the wind is howling.
Obviously there is avalanche danger to be aware of, but a lot of folks may not know the dangers of running lifts in high winds. We don't want a cross wind pushing the chair towards a tower and hitting it. Also of concern would be a de-ropement, when the haul rope comes off the sheave assembly on the tower all together.
Right now lift maintenance is heading around the mountain to watch for flooding (sunken counterweight rooms, like the ones at chairs 1 & 5 are especially susceptible to this) and making sure there is proper voltage to all the lifts. A big shout out to these guys for keeping the lifts running, year round.
Hopefully the weather will settle down soon and we can enjoy some freshies, but until then, stay
dry & travel safe.
My husband Ben found this video on YouTube for your consideration, posted by skiddock:
2 comments:
holy balls!!
I think that would make me hurl!
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