GOING UP

Holiday Valley, N.Y., wanted a mobile work platform, one to move from lift to lift, and found one in this clever idea from Jim Curtis, mountain operations manager, and his mountain crew. The trailer was made of simple angle iron and sheet metal as shown here. The axle was purchased from Harbor Freight Company.

The trailer can be towed from lift to lift with a 4-wheeler and then stood on end to become a platform. Over the years, it has found multiple uses besides an inspection platform for wire rope or grip work, like carrying tower pads. The platform is so popular that the adjacent ski area borrows it occasionally for its lift work.


PARTY CAT

Last season, Heavenly Resort, Calif., introduced a custom-designed DJ cat that brings the party to the slopes. The resort partnered with Aaron Hagar to retrofit a retired grooming vehicle into a mobile DJ station capable of bringing high quality sound, as well as visual and lighting effects, to guests across the resort.

—Photos courtesy of Heavenly Resort


A LONG HAUL

“The trailer took about two days to build, bouncing back and forth between it and the towers we were building. We built the trailer to be able to handle heavy loads behind the ATVs, etc. And with the three wheels, the weight is more evenly distributed. (We actually used it to haul a mini excavator over the snow during the season to repair a snow gun power line——over 1,500 pounds!) We had the extra snow gun frames because we converted 20 ground guns into tower mounts, which we built as well. Total cost to convert, about $100."

—Jordan King, Mountain operators, Mohawk, Ct.