What's inside a 30-year-old chairlift?
What's inside a 30-year-old chairlift?

Sometimes building dreams means facing nightmares.” – Aspen Snowmass

Crews with Aspen Snowmass are working hard to replace the Elk Camp Chairlift on Snowmass with a brand-new high-speed six-pack for an opening during the 2025/26 season. Obviously the replacement required the removal of the current chair’s lift towers and other structures. So the question is, what’s lying inside the hollow, 30-year-old chairlift towers?

If you guessed a boatload of spider webs, you’d be absolutely correct! Not to worry though, there’s only a handful of venomous spiders in the state (including the Black Widow….).

Nolan Deck is a writer for Unofficial Networks, covering skiing and outdoor adventure. After growing up and skiing in Maine, he moved to the Denver area for college where he continues to live and work...