January Construction Re-Cap

One of many views from the Sea to Sky Gondola. Photo credit Paul Bride

Sea to Sky Gondola construction crews and staff have been trained for self-evacuation and are now able to ride the gondola if they have to work at the Summit. We are currently limited to loading 3 gondola cabins per trip, but have started training our On-Call Evacuation Team with the hopes of being able to load more cabins in the near future.

Our On-Call Evacuation Team training at ground level before heading further up the line.

Construction at the summit is moving along well. We have started dry walling the Summit Lodge as we finish with the electrical services that are needed for the major kitchen appliances to arrive. We also recently strung 100 meters of LED lights across the Sky Pilot Suspension Bridge; so keep an eye out for lights up top when you drive by at night!

The Summit Lodge is taking shape!

We now have a new structure at the base, which is the building that provides shelter for the bottom station of the lift. We are currently finishing the roofing on this structure, but the real story here is the beautiful locally milled Douglas Fir glu-lams. Check them out below!

Now that Doppelmayr is pretty much finished with our lift and have started removing all of their gear from the base, we have started grading the lot and installing civil services.

Finally, with the great weather we have had recently, we were able to make some improvements to our Wrinkle Rock Connector Trail. We will continue to work on our trails as long as the conditions permit. This has been a major bonus for us as we were expecting 1 – 2 meters of snow up top at this time of the year.

Stay tuned for more updates soon!