Deer Valley Monorail
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Evren
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Marc_C":2xb3hb32 said:
Plausible.
Marc_C":2xb3hb32 said:
The clue you're looking for is on the rail (I just noticed it myself)
Here is aerial footage(!) of the item, revealing its purpose. 20 years ago... it'd be considered witchcraft to find this, based on the picture above:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM3hAkwrghk[/youtube]
jasoncapecod
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looks like a rail gun
johnnash
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There is one of these Hill Trac monorails running from the Ridge Tahoe condos to the Stagecoach lift at Heavenly. Sounds great in principle, but not so much in practice. It was kind of fun to ride as a novelty. But it was out of commission frequently, and you didn't discover this until you trudged to the station, which involved a fairly long walk uphill at the resort and climbing 2 stories of stairs at the lift. Also, with all the walking, and some waiting if the car wasn't in the station when you arrived, it wasn't even very fast. We ended up taking the monorail a few times, but usually caught the bus shuttle.
Evren
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...and this isn't even the most ridiculous contraption in the immediate vicinity. There is another gondola right next to it, which, as far as I can tell, serves a single mansion 50ft up a gentle hill. Not 50ft vertical, 50ft horizontal. It has an elaborate wooden departure station, arrival station, a name, stairs with intricate ironwork railings, etc. All of it, and the maintenance and what not... for one house. Almost as ridiculous as the handicapped elevator serving the Mt Allen Tram at Snowbasin. At least that is required by ADA-Congress-OurLawyerOverlords.
Marc_C
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There is a parapalegic skier at Alta that we see every weekend. He requires a sit ski and ski outrigger poles and puts in over 100 days per season. He can ski any of the non-hike-to terrain at Alta. He would also be able to ski anything off the Mt Allen Tram, but he certainly cannot handle the steps up to the tram.Evren":2efmhoce said:
Newsflash: we all have some kind of "disability" or will have one. We are all aging. People whined about the ADA mandated curb cuts in cities....till travelers realized what a benefit they offered to folks pulling wheeled travel bags, or mom's with strollers. So to complain and blame lawyers for any of the "handicapped" accommodations is obnoxious at best.
Evren
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Since we are dealing with heart-warming anecdotes, let me tell you about my disability: I can't climb Everest. But if somebody were to put an escalator up there, I sure would appreciate the view.
Problem is, on a day when 3rd graders died in their school because there was no tornado shelter, I feel the obnoxious thing is to talk about someone's ability to use a purely leisure tram at 8500 feet... save for the elevator that puts him there "unassisted". Besides, if once in a blue moon a handicapped person did want to take the tram, me or anyone else there would help carry him up the 8-10 steps.
And the hidden cost of laws like this and the lawsuits that accompany them is that a lot of opportunities are unavailable to the public at large because it makes the whole enterprise a big money drain & risk. To wit, the recent controversy over contraptions to allow handicapped to enter every "public" pool&hot-tub unassisted (not the ramp to get there but being lowered into the pool). These things cost real money, and real pools will close down because not everyone can afford the extra $10K per pool/hot-tub + maintenance, plus lawsuits from children playing with, then getting tangled up in the darn thing.
Problem is, on a day when 3rd graders died in their school because there was no tornado shelter, I feel the obnoxious thing is to talk about someone's ability to use a purely leisure tram at 8500 feet... save for the elevator that puts him there "unassisted". Besides, if once in a blue moon a handicapped person did want to take the tram, me or anyone else there would help carry him up the 8-10 steps.
And the hidden cost of laws like this and the lawsuits that accompany them is that a lot of opportunities are unavailable to the public at large because it makes the whole enterprise a big money drain & risk. To wit, the recent controversy over contraptions to allow handicapped to enter every "public" pool&hot-tub unassisted (not the ramp to get there but being lowered into the pool). These things cost real money, and real pools will close down because not everyone can afford the extra $10K per pool/hot-tub + maintenance, plus lawsuits from children playing with, then getting tangled up in the darn thing.
otisdelarosa
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Evren":10q1dv4y said:
You absolutely right Evren! It's too costly to put an opportunities for people to be use in public. It's so hard for the government to risk. It will cause a lot of money drain. Imagine, how can they manage a technology that needs a lot of maintenance and a time to time inspection and cleaning when there is no money coming back from them? So sad reality, what do you think? :-(
You absolutely right Evren! It's too costly to put an opportunities for people to be use in public. It's so hard for the government to risk. It will cause a lot of money drain. Imagine, how can they manage a technology that needs a lot of maintenance and a time to time inspection and cleaning when there is no money coming back from them? So sad reality, what do you think? :-([/quote]
Can you say that again in English?
Can you say that again in English?
otisdelarosa
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Can you say that again in English?[/quote]
What do you mean? Isn't that English? :roll:
What do you mean? Isn't that English? :roll: