December 02, 2012 12:33PM
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A zip line is already in the works for the Mayflower tram towers. At the last board meeting of the SJ Historical Society, the board acted to further discussions with the fellow who has set up a zip line operation out of Durango. The society owns the towers and the easements through the various mining properties, and nothing has to be reconstructed as he will go only to the last, or top, intact tower. As for competition, this could affect the Tall Timbers operations and directly the D&S as people can opt out of the fairly expensive Tall Timbers adventure. And most of the Tall Timbers customers arrive by train.
In one of our several discussions with Al Harper, he suggested converting the Mayflower tram into a passenger carrying operation. He had become interested in these because the the amusement park he was involved in had a cable line to get people up to the park from a lower parking lot. He then proposed a cable line from the Ft. Lewis College campus to downtown Durango and that did not work out, so he had the cable consultant he had been working with come visit us and we went up to the mill to get his opinion. Al has been very friendly in his efforts to get us off track from the SN effort.
The Mayflower tram is the only reasonably intact tram line left standing in our county. Interesting fact is that zip lines don't come under the jurisdiction of the Colorado Tramway Passenger Safety Board that regulates the ski lift lines among other things. One of the few licensed cable splicers for tram lines in Colorado, Bill Alsop, sits on the board of directors of the SJ Historical Society.
Fritz
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2012 12:36PM by Fritz Klinke.
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