This homemade lift services a small community ski area.Unloading area.You’ll see why this lift has a top drive in a moment.View down the short lift line.Split tower.Looking up the line.Bottom station along the Ottawa River.Lower station overview.Upper station overview.
We had an abnormally high spring flood that year due to a heavy snow pack and a delayed melt so both freshets came at the same time. Usually they are separated by a month or so, with the southern portion of the Ottawa River watershed melting first, followed by the northern portion in Quebec. It was about 8 feet above normal levels. During the winter, it’s usually very frozen.
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Do we assume the river is lower in the winter?
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I assume so. The same could be said for the Quad chair at Springhill Winter Park, Manitoba.
Normal year:
Flooded year:
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Hi Joe,
We had an abnormally high spring flood that year due to a heavy snow pack and a delayed melt so both freshets came at the same time. Usually they are separated by a month or so, with the southern portion of the Ottawa River watershed melting first, followed by the northern portion in Quebec. It was about 8 feet above normal levels. During the winter, it’s usually very frozen.
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the river raises alot after a snowy winter there was also a bih flood some years back.
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(Big)
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