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Bubble Blog: Ready to Fly!

Since the last bubble update we have completed the load test, built the loading and unloading ramps and passed our inspection with the State of Vermont. The load test is a pretty cool operation. We used a bunch of barrels (which happened to be blue; weird) and filled them with water to simulate the weight of passengers on the chairs. As the lift spins with the barrels on the chairs ou

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Bubble Blog: Almost Done!

When our mountain ops guys told me that once the parts for the terminals (the bottom and top structures of the lift) get here they will be assembled awfully fast, I was thinking “fast” was going to be maybe a few days. I mean, the terminals for six-passenger bubble lifts aren’t exactly small - or light! A few days? Maybe it took that much time to finish what I would call the “detail”

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Bubble Blog: Delivery

We are expecting about 15 delivery trucks to arrive at Mount Snow by the beginning of next week carrying parts for the top and bottom terminals of the Bluebird Express. A few trucks have already arrived and work is currently underway to attach the grips (the mechanism that grips to the haul rope) to the hangers (the arm that connects the grip to the bubble chair). At about 4:30 yes

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