Timberline Helicopters, Inc. provides precision heavy lift helicopter operations around the world with a focus on ski lift construction. Here’s a little youtube video they made about the replacing Chair 6 at Schweitzer Mountain Ski Resort. Removal, concrete, installation…when the job site is on the side of a mountain, it should come as no surprise construction is highly dependent on air support.

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