This was sent out to the Alpental ski patrol, was then posted on the net and I've added it to my message board. It is a long read, but a very interesting story of how Alpental got its start, all the risks they went through and how it ended up to be what it is.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/43339/messa...................
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Alpental - The Beginning
Started by hyak.net, Jun 11 2008 08:33 PM
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Posted 04 July 2008 - 07:10 AM
1, 2, and 3 
I'm not being sarcastic, those were the first three chairs. 1 is gone (Armstrong Express) but 2 and 3 remain. I think they call 3 Sessel (German for 'chair') now.
Pa was on the construction crew for that summer. It was quite the adventure putting in 2, he said; lots of helo time and copious quantities of explosives. He also designed and cut the trail 'Snake Dance' as well as cutting many of the other trails (he was, and still is, a timber faller)
I'm not being sarcastic, those were the first three chairs. 1 is gone (Armstrong Express) but 2 and 3 remain. I think they call 3 Sessel (German for 'chair') now.Pa was on the construction crew for that summer. It was quite the adventure putting in 2, he said; lots of helo time and copious quantities of explosives. He also designed and cut the trail 'Snake Dance' as well as cutting many of the other trails (he was, and still is, a timber faller)
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Posted 04 July 2008 - 08:54 AM
Oh, that makes sense for the numbers. I just didn't know because they've been changeing around the numbers of chairs lately. Do you know how much later chair 4 was put in?
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Why couldn't they of come up with "Global Cooling"?
Why couldn't they of come up with "Global Cooling"?
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