Technical Information

At the top of each tower is a 16’x16′ yellow helicopter pad which allows access to the towers during the Tram’s maintenance periods.

Seen here are the hanger pins which attach the cabin hanger to the rolling carriage. These pins are capable of measuring and displaying the cabin payload.

A detail shot of the 40mm compacted hauling cable. Both cabins are attached to this cable which spans the distance from the Valley Station to the Mountain Station. It is 13,100 ft long and weighs 4.22 lbs. per foot.

Shown just prior to installation are the bull wheels which guide the haul rope in and out of the buildings and to the main drive wheel. There are two of these wheels at the Mountain station that help suspend the haul rope counterweight.

Seen at the bottom of the well is the track rope counter-weight, which keeps tension on the track cables as the cars travel between towers. It weighs approximately 120 tons.

Being set into place is a Cummins 6 Cylinder 190hp hydrostatic drive, used as a back up to the main drive.

The rescue drive counterweight provides a method to lower the cars to the Valley Station with the use of gravity only.

The scissor lift, pictured here, is used to attach water tanks or heavy freight and equipment to the underside of the cabins.