Mad River Glen's Single Ski Lift Makes Last Run (USA Today)
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FAYSTON, Vt. (AP) — Mad River Glen has retired its single-person chairlift, a revered relic that ferried skiers to the top of General Stark Mountain for 59 years.
The last rides on the diesel-powered throwback were given Sunday. The ski area plans to replace the lift — one of the last single chair lifts in the nation — with a new electric-powered replica that also carries one person at a time.
Shareholders of the cooperative that owns the ski area decided to keep the replacement chairlift a single when they voted to spend $1.5 million on the renovation.
A quirky ceremony was held at the mountain on Sunday to mark the end of the old lift.
"It's the end of an era and the start of a new one," Paul Finnerty said as he waited in line to take his last ride up. "It's an epic powder day. It doesn't get any better than this."
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/ski/2007-04-09-mad-river-glen-lift_N.htm
FAYSTON, Vt. (AP) — Mad River Glen has retired its single-person chairlift, a revered relic that ferried skiers to the top of General Stark Mountain for 59 years.
The last rides on the diesel-powered throwback were given Sunday. The ski area plans to replace the lift — one of the last single chair lifts in the nation — with a new electric-powered replica that also carries one person at a time.
Shareholders of the cooperative that owns the ski area decided to keep the replacement chairlift a single when they voted to spend $1.5 million on the renovation.
A quirky ceremony was held at the mountain on Sunday to mark the end of the old lift.
"It's the end of an era and the start of a new one," Paul Finnerty said as he waited in line to take his last ride up. "It's an epic powder day. It doesn't get any better than this."
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/ski/2007-04-09-mad-river-glen-lift_N.htm
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