Is that a pot o’ gold at the bottom of the rainbow? Or is it the top terminal of the new Tomichi Lift in No Name Basin.
Here is a look at the backside terrain in No Name Basin. The road is complete to the bottom terminal and tower foundations are being backfilled. The bottom terminal is under construction and towers will be standing soon. It’s coming together!
Here is a look at the new Tomichi Lift drive terminal from the top of Pano. This shot gives a little perspective to its location along the Continental Divide. Its munsell grey exterior shell can be seen against the backdrop of darker trees just near the top, looker’s right side of the “Shagnasty” trail. Directly to its right along the…
The foundation for the bottom return terminal is being constructed this week with the forms built and the spread footer poured. It was quite a journey for the concrete drivers from Salida up and over the Continental Divide and it took seven trucks to get the slab poured. The return terminal column and operator house foundations will now be formed…
The crew from Skytrac has constructed the tower heads for the new Tomichi Lift. They are sitting up in the Paradise Lot awaiting one more day of flying later this month. Each tower will be flown out to its concrete foundation along the lift line. Immediately afterwards, the individual tower heads will be airlifted from the lot and attached to…
We had a big fella stroll through this week. Colorado is home to over 3,000 moose with most of these animals found in the northern Colorado Rockies. The type of moose most commonly found in our state is the “Shiras Moose”, which is the smallest of the North American moose subspecies. However, the largest bulls can still grow up to…
Our Patrol team is working hard on installing snow fences in No Name Basin. We are planning to build a few thousand linear feet of fencing in NNB. The majority of these will run along the two upper ski-ways (Wapiti and Prospector) and will be placed on the windward side of these two trails. We will maintain multiple gaps in…
Lowry Contracting is putting the finishing touches on the summer road in No Name Basin. This road access to the bottom is complete and final grading is now underway. The road design also includes the installation of nineteen culverts to provide drainage under the roadway. The last of these on the lower roadway were installed this week. These culverts are…
The top terminal for the new Tomichi Lift is taking shape. The enclosure assembly has been constructed and we can really start to see how incredible this new lift is going to be. Unlike our other drive terminals that are located at the base of the lift, this one sits at the top, high upon the spine of the Continental…