One of the Tower was hit hard my snow from one of the towers. The wind shifted during the night and froze a sheave wheel. It opened and ran for about a half an hour and then an alert patroller riding the lift felt the chair running roughly and called for an inspection. When the tower was climbed our mechanic saw that the sheave had been damaged by the ice should to be replaced. On further examination they realized that all four had been damaged and should to be replaced. While the lift could have run that would have been risky and could have resulted in a de-roping. So the right call was made to replace all four. It takes about 30-40 minutes to replace a sheave so that was the cause for the delay yesterday. Heaven's Gate has essentially been rebuilt except for the metal and has been running beautifully.
North Lynx was a huge effort to get ready because of the heavy snow on all the chairs and the ramps and the prior day we said the lift would open at 10am which it did.
The two final overhauls are occurring on Sunny D and Northridge. Like Heaven's Gate Northridge is essentially being rebuilt by Dopplemayr - new drive, new communications line and new electronics,
The custom communications lines were over two weeks delayed in shipment from Europe so Dopplemayr has been working overtime to try to catch up and have it ready on time.
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