This week was a big step forward as our on-mountain team continued their work building the new Santa Fe Express high-speed quad. With the help of a Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter, we said “see you later” to the last remnants of the old Super Chief Quad as the final pieces of the old lift were removed. 

The helicopter also assisted in pouring concrete for the footer for the new upper lift terminal. The Black Hawk is fitted with bucket under the belly of the craft, allowing it to receive concrete directly from the mixing truck before expertly flying the load to the top.

Once concrete for the upper terminal was placed and the lift towers and heads and been removed, our team quickly went to work on placing the wooden forms to for the remainder of the lift tower footers. With these forms in place, our next major step will be getting the concrete set for the remainder of the 12 new lift towers. 

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