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Special Gallery - First Car Goes Up!

360° Panoramas

Base Terminal Interior
Motor Room, Lower Terminal

Old Upper Terminal Demolition

Half-done Tower 2

New Lower Terminal
       

New Upper Terminal

New Upper Terminal #2
   


Construction Photos - Jackson

June 8, 2007 - Excavators at the site of the new top terminal.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko June 21, 2007 - Fisheye view of Tower 2 out the bottom of the tram.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko June 21, 2007 - The tram carries another load to the top of Rendezvous.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko June 21, 2007 - The tram eases into the upper dock, over the new upper terminal construction site.  Photo: Tristan Greszko July 13, 2007 - Crux Subsurface workers drill the micropiles for the Tower 3 foundation.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko July 13, 2007 - The tram cruises past the construction site at Tower 3.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko July 20, 2007 - The tram catches some early morning light near the top of Rendezvous Mountain.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko July 27, 2007 - The tram hauls a load of construction materials into the clouds.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko August 3, 2007 - The Tower 5 construction site.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko August 15, 2007 - Pouring the massive counterweight at the upper terminal.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko August 15, 2007 - Pouring the massive counterweight at the upper terminal.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko September 9, 2007 - The clocktower comes down...   Photo:  Tristan Greszko September 15, 2007 - Car #2 comes off the cables!  Photo:  Tristan Greszko September 15, 2007 - Car #2 heads off into storage.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko October 9, 2007 - The massive bollard form in front of the reinforced bollard frame at the top terminal.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko October 12, 2007 - Pouring the foundations for Tower 5.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko October 12, 2007 - Pouring the foundations for Tower 5.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko December 3, 2007 - Soil nailing at the base terminal.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko December 3, 2007 - Beginning to drill the foundations for Tower 1 in heavy snowfall.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko December 19, 2007 - The skeleton of the climate-controlled temporary building over the bottom terminal construction site.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko March 12, 2008 - A peek inside as the foundations of the base terminal begin to take shape.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko March 26, 2008 - All the way from Switzerland, pieces of the towers begin to arrive in Teton Village.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko March 26, 2008 - All the way from Switzerland, pieces of the towers begin to arrive in Teton Village.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Bullwheels in the Ranch Lot.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Tower 1 pieces.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Tower 1 pieces with Garaventa tag.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko DEEP! Plowing the road somewhere near the Sublette top station.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Plowing the top of the bowl, with Cody in the background.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Cats head down the bowl as Cody looms above.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Cutting the road out from the middle of the bowl, with drifts 15-25 ft. deep.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Spools arrive in the parking lot in front of the base terminal. First two spools in place in the parking lot.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Tower 1 construction begins.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Tower 1, about half done.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Ashi clings precariously to the top of half-done Tower 1.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko The Swiss team starts to place pieces near the top of the tower.  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Tower 1 is finished!  Photo:  Tristan Greszko Deep inside the new base terminal. Photo: Tristan Greszko Crane and Tower 3. Photo: Tristan Greszko Tightening the bolts around the base of Tower 3. Photo: Tristan Greszko Bolt tightening close-up. Photo: Tristan Greszko Looking into the parking lot from the base terminal.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Looking up at the base terminal during Gunderson's last pour.  Photo: Tristan Greszko More concrete pouring.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The base terminal, June 13.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Garaventa tag on a piece of Tower 2.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The heli pilot makes sure the load is secure.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The heli picks up another load from the base of Thunder.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Helicopter.  Sweet.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Dropping off new pieces at the Tower 2 site.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Dropping off old Tower 2 pieces at Thunder.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The base terminal, June 17.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Crane on the Tower 4 build site.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Tower 4 - complete!  Photo: Tristan Greszko Tower 2 with needle crane, June 29.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The important pieces begin to come together inside the base terminal.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Base terminal loading dock, June 27.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Welding the new roof, June 27.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The clocktower skeleton arrives...  Photo: Tristan Greszko ...and soon travels skyward.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The base terminal with unfinished clocktower and roofing  Photo: Tristan Greszko Inside the motor room.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Is this how I make it go?  Photo: Tristan Greszko Looking up Rendezvous with finished Towers 2-4, and a half-finished Tower 5.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Unfinished Tower 2 with needle crane.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The ultimate monkey bars!  Photo: Tristan Greszko Hoisting the saddles onto Tower 5.  Photo: Tristan Greszko More Tower 5 saddle placement.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Next step: cables.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Nearly-finished upper terminal.  Photo: Tristan Greszko The new wide walkway, designed to better accomodate the herd.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Placing the clamps on the track rope for tightening.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Tightening the slack on the track cables.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Hanging the slack carriers, somewhere between Towers 1 and 2.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Slack carrier hanging near Tower 4.  Photo: Tristan Greszko View of dummy car and Teton Village from Tower 3.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Dummy car over Riverton Bowl.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Dummy car.  Photo: Tristan Greszko All four track ropes and the haul rope catch afternoon light.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Lower terminal and cables.  Photo: Tristan Greszko Almost ready!  Photo: Tristan Greszko

Construction Photos - Europe

A look into the birthplace of the tram cars at CWA.  Photo:  Stan Zaist Internal organs of the tram at Frey AG in Olten, Switzerland.  Photo:  Stan Zaist More tram guts at Frey AG in Olten.  Photo:  Stan Zaist The new bullwheel at Garaventa in Goldau.  Photo:  Stan Zaist The new saddles at Garaventa in Goldau.  Photo:  Stan Zaist Spooled cables at Fatzer in Romanshorn.  Photo:  Stan Zaist Cable spool at Fatzer in Romanshorn.  Photo:  Stan Zaist Galvanized tower pieces in Zurich.  Photo:  Stan Zaist The last two drums of cable leave the Fatzer AG factory in Romanshorn. The last two drums of cable leave the Fatzer AG factory in Romanshorn. The last two drums of cable leave the Fatzer AG factory in Romanshorn. May 23, 2008 - The new cabins begin to take shape at CWA in Olten, Switzerland. May 23, 2008 - The new cabins begin to take shape at CWA in Olten, Switzerland. May 23, 2008 - The new cabins begin to take shape at CWA in Olten, Switzerland. The cars get a coat of red and black. The cars get a coat of red and black.

 
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