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sreed
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject: original tram 1953 |
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icthys
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think I'd be standing under that thing. |
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accadacca
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Is that from the bird? |
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sreed
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| hey fish guy, do you want me to make a tribal fish belt buckle? SO you can see it before you buy it!! |
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sreed
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| hey hokey pokey guy!! what are you trying to sy???? |
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accadacca
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| Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:43 am Post subject: |
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sreed wrote: hey hokey pokey guy!! what are you trying to sy????
Is that from Snowbird? |
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:09 am Post subject: |
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accadacca wrote: sreed wrote: hey hokey pokey guy!! what are you trying to sy????
Is that from Snowbird?
I think that's from somewhere up in Oregon. I saw the same picture. It's an old bus converted to a tram in 1953. |
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stefan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Snowbird opened 1971.
Its kinda funny, the word tram means train. Of course the way we use the term tram in the US comes from 'aerial tramway'....this photo gives a whole new meaning to the word [substitute bus for tram].
I think the most impressive "tram" i've been on is in chamonix, french alps. basically it runs from the chamonix valley up to aiguille du midi, where you sit on a fantastic spire which is literally 9300 vertical feet up. it's actually 2 trams, equalling more than 3 snowbirds worth of vertical, and impressively is a fair bit steaper than snowbird. in the winter you can ski to the chamonix valley from this altitude, giving you a 9300 foot vertical run... :2thumbs:
check it out sometime. you can spend all day up there looking at the glaciers and craggy alps. very cool. course you'll have to share it with a bunch o people. i know this is supposed to be about utah, but i couldn't resist, it's mildly related....
basically it's that highest spire in the middle of the image.
stefan
ps. the wasatch will always be my favorite place on earth to ski :hail2thechief: |
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: |
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stefan wrote: Its kinda funny, the word tram means train. Of course the way we use the term tram in the US comes from 'aerial tramway'....this photo gives a whole new meaning to the word [substitute bus for tram].
I think the most impressive "tram" i've been on is in chamonix, french alps.
Wow, do you have any personal photos of this place? If so, feel free to post 'em up here. That looks pretty impressive. |
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stefan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:11 am Post subject: |
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Sombeech wrote:
Wow, do you have any personal photos of this place? If so, feel free to post 'em up here. That looks pretty impressive.
Well, i do have many personal photos, unfortunately they are not digitial.
sorry. if i get any from a friend taken on aiguille (needle), i'll post them.
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