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Someone Cut the Sea to Sky Gondola Cable… Again

“Something you’d never think would happen, once in a lifetime, has happened twice,” says General Manager Kirby Brown. Just over a year after the Sea to Sky gondola cable was cut, sending 30 gondola cars crashing to the ground, it happened again. August 2019: Vandals Cut the Cable Of Sea-To-Sky Gondola in Squamish, BC Sending 30 Gondolas Crashing Down The cable was […]

Clay Malott | September 14, 2020
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World’s first Cross-Border Cable Car To Connect Russia And China

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As ski, snowboard, and ski resort enthusiast we are used to boarding cable cars to get high, gain elevation, in the slopes. But this means of transport’s potential goes much further than just the mountain. In fact, the first-ever cross border cable car project is scheduled to start building in 2020, and it will connect the cities of Blagoveshchensk, Russia, […]

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Michael Muchacho | December 20, 2019
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Vandals Cut the Cable Of Sea-To-Sky Gondola in Squamish, BC Sending 30 Gondolas Crashing Down

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is reporting that they believe someone purposefully cut the 5.5cm (2.16″) diameter cable of the Sea-to-Sky Gondola in Squamish, BC near Whistler at 4am yesterday morning – August 10th, 2019. “We believe the cables were cut and this was a deliberate act of vandalism.” “At this time, it’s a crime scene.” – Inspector Kara […]

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SnowBrains | August 11, 2019
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