Stowe

Today we went to stowe for the second time. This time we were put to work. We cleared all of the leaves out of the water bars along the toll road. We had a few people on backpack blowers and the others operating the rakes. We worked together and got the job done by lunch time. After lunch we hayed the summit around the new dopplemayr lift and patrol building. Then we got a tour of the new lift and patrol building. We saw it during construction earlier in the season so it was pretty cool to see the before and after. The new lift is top drive, has one electric motor and two diesiel motors for back up. It was cool to be able to go under the motors at the summit terminal. We were able to see a lot more of the parts of the lift and how it works. Can't wait to start working at Stowe for one of my practicum mountains. It should be a exciting and eventful winter.

Burke - Willoughby work

Today we went to Burke and put all 328 pads back onto the seats of the willoughby quad. One person would run the lift and then stop it so others could bungee the pads back on. We were able to complete all 164 chairs in an hour and a half which was a new record for the practicum students. Team work was key because it got the job done much faster. The towers for the new lift were looking good. The helicopter for the rest of the towers is scheduled for Monday, so that should be an exciting day.