Jackson Hole Mountain Resort: Tramformation

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	December Tram Diaries - Big Red is Back! 01.01.09 Photos {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/004.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/005.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/001.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/002.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/003.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/007.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/008.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/009.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/010.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/011.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/012.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/013.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/014.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/015.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/016.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|launch1\| title=\|\|}images/launch/017.jpg{/slimbox} We did it. Or, should I say, they did it! Read more...
	November Tram Diaries - Testing the Tram 12.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|The clock arrives in the parking lot. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_11nov_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|Inside the motor room. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_11nov_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|Tram and Tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_11nov_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|Lower terminal nearing completion. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_11nov_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|Nighttime lower terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_11nov_06.jpg{/slimbox} With the close of November came the opening of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Teewinot and Après Vous opened on Saturday with about 70 inches of snow on Rendezvous Mountain. Read more...
	October Tram Diaries - Cars Go Up! 11.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Building the splice bridge. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Building the splice bridge. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Building the splice bridge. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Almost time... Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Norm gets busy. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Norm explains the splice. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Attaching the hanger to the carriage. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|First glimpse of the covered car. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_08.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Lifting the car onto the trailer. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_09.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Driving car #1 towards the bottom terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_10.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Connecting the hanger/carriage assembly to car #1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_11.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Up it goes! Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_12.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|The car is placed on the track cables... Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_13.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Car #1 on cables, looking uphill. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_22.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Wide view from Nick's roof. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_15.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Car #1 moves into the terminal for the first time. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_16.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Car #1 goes uphill for the first time. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_17.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Testing car #1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_18.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Testing car #1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_19.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|View of both cars on the cables near the end of the month. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_20.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|View of both cars on the cables near the end of the month. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_21.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|oct_update\| title=\|Won't be long now! Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_10oct_22.jpg{/slimbox} Snow continues to fall here in Jackson Hole, blanketing the new five towers, the new upper and lower terminals and the new tram cars, hanging from steel cables. Read more...
	September Tram Diaries - Almost Ready 10.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Nearly-finished upper terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_12.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|The new wide walkway, designed to better accomodate the herd. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Placing the clamps on the track rope for tightening. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Tightening the slack on the track cables. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Hanging the slack carriers, somewhere between Towers 1 and 2. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Slack carrier hanging near Tower 4. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|View of dummy car and Teton Village from Tower 3. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Dummy car over Riverton Bowl. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Dummy car. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_08.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|All four track ropes and the haul rope catch afternoon light. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_09.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Lower terminal and cables. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_10.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|sept_update\| title=\|Almost ready! Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_09sept_11.jpg{/slimbox} From south of town, the new upper tram terminal is visible. As you drive north into Jackson, the towers – catching the sunlight – come into view. Read more...
	August Tram Diaries - Cables Climb Skyward 09.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Cables in the parking lot. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Unspooling the track cable in the parking lot. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Lower terminal and first track cable. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Mountain view of the track cable from the lower terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Climbing down from tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Up high on tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|The first track cable catches the afternoon light. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_13.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Track cable wrapped around the ballard at the upper terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_09.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Crane at the unfinished upper terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Upper terminal construction site. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_08.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Wider view of ballards on the upper terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_14.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Upper terminal walkways begin to form. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_12.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Upper terminal view - nearly complete. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_10.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Sweet. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_08aug_11.jpg{/slimbox} From the catwalk of the upper terminal, the newly tensioned tram cables look like tight ropes you could walk on all the way to the clock tower. Read more...
	July Tram Diaries - The Countdown Is On! 08.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|No caption necessary. Photo courtesy CWA.\|}images/construction_photos/102.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|The clocktower skeleton arrives... Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|...and soon travels skyward. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|The base terminal with unfinished clocktower and roofing Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|Inside the motor room. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|Is this how I make it go? Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|Looking up Rendezvous with finished Towers 2-4, and a half-finished Tower 5. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|Unfinished Tower 2 with needle crane. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|The ultimate monkey bars! Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_08.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|Hoisting the saddles onto Tower 5. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_09.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|More Tower 5 saddle placement. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_10.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|july_update\| title=\|Next step: cables. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_07july_11.jpg{/slimbox} Glistening with new fire engine red paint, the two new tram cars sit in a warehouse in Olten, Switzerland awaiting inspection. Read more...
	June Tram Diaries - Early Summer Construction 07.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Looking into the parking lot from the base terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Looking up at the base terminal during Gunderson's last pour. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|More concrete pouring. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|The base terminal, June 13. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Garaventa tag on a piece of Tower 2. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|The heli pilot makes sure the load is secure. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|The heli picks up another load from the base of Thunder. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Helicopter. Sweet. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_08.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Dropping off new pieces at the Tower 2 site. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_09.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Dropping off old Tower 2 pieces at Thunder. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_10.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|The base terminal, June 17. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_11.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Crane on the Tower 4 build site. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_12.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Tower 4 - complete! Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_13.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Tower 2 with needle crane, June 29. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_13a.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|The important pieces begin to come together inside the base terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_14.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Base terminal loading dock, June 27. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_15.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|june_update\| title=\|Welding the new roof, June 27. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_06june_16.jpg{/slimbox} The big news this month is the promotion of Tim Mason to Vice President of Operations. In his new position, Mason will oversee all areas of on-mountain operations, including lifts, ski patrol, grooming, mountain facilities, parking as well as summer operations. Read more...
	May Tram Diaries Part 2 - Road Work 05.15.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Deep inside the new base terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_08.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Crane and Tower 3. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_09.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Tightening the bolts around the base of Tower 3. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_10.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Bolt tightening close-up. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_11.jpg{/slimbox} The welcomed precipitation that granted soft landings for epic hucks and powder skiing into May has once again slowed construction of the new aerial tram. Read more...
	May Tram Diaries Part 1 - Towers Come Down, Go Up 05.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Spools arrive in the parking lot in front of the base terminal\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|First two spools in place in the parking lot. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Tower 1 construction begins. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Tower 1, about half done. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Ashi clings precariously to the top of half-done Tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|The Swiss team starts to place pieces near the top of the tower. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|may_update\| title=\|Tower 1 is finished! Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_05may_07.jpg{/slimbox} It’s officially spring in Jackson Hole, but for the past month and a half work crews assembling the new red box under wintry conditions. In fact, it took nearly three weeks just to clear snow off the mountain road. Read more...
	March/April Tram Diaries - Record Winter, Spring Construction 04.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|ma_update\| title=\|Bullwheels in the Ranch Lot. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_03ma_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|ma_update\| title=\|Tower 1 pieces. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_03ma_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|ma_update\| title=\|Tower 1 pieces with Garaventa tag. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_03ma_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|ma_update\| title=\|DEEP! Plowing the road somewhere near the Sublette top station. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_03ma_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|ma_update\| title=\|Plowing the top of the bowl, with Cody in the background. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_03ma_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|ma_update\| title=\|Cats head down the bowl as Cody looms above. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_03ma_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|ma_update\| title=\|Cutting the road out from the middle of the bowl, with drifts 15-25 ft. deep. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_03ma_07.jpg{/slimbox} Well, the end of an epic season has come and gone and now the real work begins. Read more...
	Feb/March Tram Diaries - Base Pours 03.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|fm_update\| title=\|The last two drums of cable leave the Fatzer AG factory in Romanshorn.\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_02fm_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|fm_update\| title=\|The last two drums of cable leave the Fatzer AG factory in Romanshorn.\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_02fm_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|fm_update\| title=\|A peek inside as the foundations of the base terminal begin to take shape. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_02fm_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|fm_update\| title=\|All the way from Switzerland, pieces of the towers begin to arrive in Teton Village. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_02fm_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|fm_update\| title=\|All the way from Switzerland, pieces of the towers begin to arrive in Teton Village. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_02fm_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|fm_update\| title=\|All the way from Switzerland, pieces of the towers begin to arrive in Teton Village. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_02fm_06.jpg{/slimbox} Besides surpassing 500 - and then 600 - inches of snow this season, during February and March “It was mainly all bottom terminal,” said Tim Mason, interim operations manager for the resort. “They poured the North wall and then the South wall.” Read more...
	January Tram Diaries - Switzerland Trip 01.01.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|jan_update\| title=\|A look into the birthplace of the tram cars at CWA. Photo: Stan Zaist\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_01jan_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|jan_update\| title=\|Internal organs of the tram at Frey AG in Olten, Switzerland. Photo: Stan Zaist\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_01jan_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|jan_update\| title=\|More tram guts at Frey AG in Olten. Photo: Stan Zaist\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_01jan_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|jan_update\| title=\|The new bullwheel at Garaventa in Goldau. Photo: Stan Zaist\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_01jan_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|jan_update\| title=\|The new saddles at Garaventa in Goldau. Photo: Stan Zaist\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_01jan_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|jan_update\| title=\|Spooled cables at Fatzer in Romanshorn. Photo: Stan Zaist\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_01jan_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|jan_update\| title=\|Cable spool at Fatzer in Romanshorn. Photo: Stan Zaist\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_01jan_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|jan_update\| title=\|Galvanized tower pieces in Zurich. Photo: Stan Zaist\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/08_01jan_08.jpg{/slimbox} Winds howled, snow accumulated and construction at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort seemed quiet during January. Within the canvas and steel tent at the site of the new bottom terminal, crews from Las Vegas’ Gunderson poured 484 yards of concrete into what will become the foundation and floor. Read more...
	December Tram Diaries - Snowy Base Construction 12.01.07 Photos {slimbox album=\|dec_update\| title=\|Initial foundation pour at the bottom terminal Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_12dec_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|dec_update\| title=\|Wide view of the bottom terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_12dec_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|dec_update\| title=\|Foundation preparation at Tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_12dec_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|dec_update\| title=\|Foundation preparation at Tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_12dec_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|dec_update\| title=\|Foundation preparation at Tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_12dec_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|dec_update\| title=\|Foundation preparation at Tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_12dec_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|dec_update\| title=\|Foundation preparation at Tower 1. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_12dec_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|dec_update\| title=\|The skeleton of the temporary, climate-controlled building at the bottom terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_12dec_08.jpg{/slimbox} Tim Mason, who runs Mountain Operations for the resort said the most exciting moment of the month came when 15 inches of new snow fell. Both Mason and General Manager Tom Spangler agreed that December was a slow-moving month for construction and that people were mostly concentrated on skiing. Read more...
	November Tram Diaries - Bottom Terminal and Tower 1 11.01.07 Photos {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|Base terminal, looking uphill. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_11nov_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|Base terminal from the VC. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_11nov_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|Soil nailing under the protective, climate-controlled tent. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_11nov_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|nov_update\| title=\|Soil nailing, up close. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_11nov_04.jpg{/slimbox} Besides a little bit of patchwork on some towers to fill in some holes in the concrete, all the focus was the lower terminal in November. Read more...
	October Tram Diaries - The Month of Concrete 10.01.07 Photos {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Counterweight pour at the top terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_10oct_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Counterweight pour at the top terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_10oct_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Counterweight pour at the top terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_10oct_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Forms for the Tower 3 foundation. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_10oct_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Cable spooled up at the top terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_10oct_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Ballard forms and partially dismantled top terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_10oct_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Tower 4 foundations. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_10oct_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Continuing the demolition of the bottom terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_10oct_08.jpg{/slimbox} October was a mixture of concrete and snow for crews working on dismantling old buildings and pouring new foundations. Crews completed pouring concrete for the counterweight "house" on top of Rendezvous Mountain during the month. They also finished pouring the concrete pads on the upper terminal that support the walkway for disembarking tram passengers as well as the bollard foundations. Read more...
	September Tram Diaries - Clocktower Removal 09.01.07 Photos {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|The crane pulls up to the clocktower... Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_09sep_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Attaching the crane to the steeple of the clocktower. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_09sep_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|The top comes off. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_09sep_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Shortly after, the clock comes down. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_09sep_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Tram car #2 comes off the cable. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_09sep_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|Tram car #2 is lowered to the ground. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_09sep_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|The Swiss team brings down the haul cable and track cables. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_09sep_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|THe bottom terminal, mid-deconstruction. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_09sep_08.jpg{/slimbox} People turned their grief of losing the iconic 82-foot clock tower steeple at the base of Teton Village into opportunity this month. They sawed the clock's hands and removed numbers for mementos of the old tram's era the night before demolition started. Read more...
	August Tram Diaries - A Little History 08.01.07 Photos {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Excavators at the site of the new upper terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_08aug_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|View of the new terminal site from above. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_08aug_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|View of the new terminal site from below. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_08aug_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Drilling micropiles at Tower 3. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_08aug_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Surveying the site for the new Tower 5 foundations. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_08aug_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|aug_update\| title=\|Preparation of the new Tower 5 site. Photo: Tristan Greszko\|}images/construction_photos/construction_updates/07_08aug_06.jpg{/slimbox} Welcome to Jackson Hole’s Tram Diaries, a monthly update on the construction of the new 100-passenger aerial tram, opening December 2008. Read more...
Press Releases
	Jackson Hole Aerial Tram Ready to Fly! 10.29.08 Photos {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_01.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_02.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_03.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_04.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_05.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_06.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_07.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_08.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_09.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_10.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_11.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_12.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_13.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_14.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_15.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_16.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_17.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_18.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_19.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_20.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_21.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_22.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_23.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_24.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_25.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_26.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|1stcar\| title=\|\|}images/car1/20081029_CAR1_greszko_27.jpg{/slimbox} It's a historic day in Jackson Hole as Tram Car #1 is placed on the track cables. Read more...
	Terminal Design for New Tram Unveiled 02.23.07 Photos {slimbox album=\|Tram Sketches\| title=\|Bottom terminal rendering, looking uphill\|}images/tram_photos/sketchup-1.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Tram Sketches\| title=\|Bottom terminal rendering, nighttime view.\|}images/tram_photos/sketchup-2.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Tram Sketches\| title=\|Bottom terminal rendering, daytime view.\|}images/tram_photos/sketchup-3.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Tram Sketches\| title=\|Bottom terminal rendering, looking towards the valley.\|}images/tram_photos/sketchup-4.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Tram Sketches\| title=\|Rendering of new tram car.\|}images/tram_photos/tramcar.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Tram Sketches\| title=\|Top station in Wanglspitz-Austria. JH top terminal will be similar.\|}images/tram_photos/topterminal.jpg{/slimbox} A clock tower will remain as a landmark for Teton Village, as JHMR Board Members recently approved the design that included this feature as part of the lower terminal of the new Aerial Tram at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Read more...
	New Tram Announcement 08.09.06 Photos {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|\|}images/announcement/1.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|\|}images/announcement/2.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|\|}images/announcement/3.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|\|}images/announcement/4.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|\|}images/announcement/5.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|\|}images/announcement/6.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|\|}images/announcement/7.jpg{/slimbox} {slimbox album=\|Announcement\| title=\|\|}images/announcement/8.jpg{/slimbox} Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) officials announced today their intention to enhance the legacy created over the last 40 years by committing to build a new 100 passenger, state of the art aerial tramway from the base in Teton Village to the summit of Rendezvous Mountain, a vertical rise of 4,139'. This lift will have the longest continual vertical rise of any ski lift in North America. It will replace the existing smaller aerial tram that will cease to operate October 1, 2006. Read more...
	Tram Replacement Options Narrow 02.01.06 The June 2005 decision to close the Aerial Tram October 2006 was made following 18 months of unprecedented evaluation into all facets of Tram operations by leading industry engineers. The results required JHMR to make a decision regarding ongoing tram operations. Although tough and emotional news, JHMR is now focusing its attention on the future and feasible solutions regarding tram replacement. Read more...
	The Tram - Our Perspective 01.14.06 Since June 24th when Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) made our announcement regarding the Tram there has been untold emotion, ideas, discussion, and speculation about the next steps. This response was certainly expected given the importance of the Tram in our community, to our guests and to our economy. Read more...
	Jackson Hole Tram - Local News Articles 06.25.05 A state program designed to promote economic development could potentially provide financial assistance for construction of a new tram, Governor Freudenthal said Wednesday. Read more...
	After 40 Years of Service, JHMR Aerial Tram Will Be Retired End of Summer ‘06 06.24.05 Jackson Hole’s Aerial Tram in Teton Village will be retired at the end of the 2006 summer season after 40 years of tireless service, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort officials announced today. Read more...

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