Gondola Stations Near Completion

First the gondola stations go in, then the towers and finally the cable.

The 14 towers, to be placed along a two-kilometre route up a bluff between Shannon Falls and the Stawamus Chief, mark a critical point in the $25 million Sea to Sky Gondola project, general manager Jayson Faulkner said. Scheduled to be built before the end of the month, alignment of the structures that support a four-kilometre-long cable is paramount, he noted.

“They have to be perfectly aligned,” he said. “They can’t be a fraction off.”

Work on the gondola’s top and bottom stations is well underway. Getting it done has required some unique steps. To overcome the steep terrain to the top station — on a bluff below the peak of Mount Habrich — specialized trucks were brought in to haul equipment and materials up the mountainside. The vehicles are hooked up to a loader, also known as a rock truck, to add additional power for the climb....

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Story by Rebecca Aldous