Rocco has been removed: http://www.galenatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GT-Winter-2021-web.pdf
Please also add the Constam T-bar that was installed in 1944 (2,000 ft / 800-980 ft, depending on the source / 600 pph). The first day of operation was 12/03/44.The lift received various upgrades during its first years (a terminal building in 1945, more Ts in 1946 and a “complete rebuilt” in 1947 with a new haul rope and even more Ts). Until the area was closed to the public in 1965, three rope tows were also installed on the hill (maybe also another T-bar?). The 1968 plan first called for chairlifts, but the $200,000 budget was eventually spent on five surface lifts worth $130,000 and on the renovation of the lodge worth $77,000. It wasn’t enough to complete Main Hill 2 until the area received another $30,000 in donations the next year.
The other T-bar I mentioned was a 1959 Baco platter (Bachmann & Co., Switzerland). It was Baco’s first installation in the US. The lift was 1,400 ft long, had some 350 ft vertical and 600 pph.
Some background on the names of the old lifts as nods to the individuals who made the Reno-Sparks Junior Ski Program possible starting in the late 1960s:
Rocco 1 and 2 (YAN platters built in 1968) are named for Rocco Spina. He was the former director of the Reno Parks and Recreation Department, the department that oversaw the operation of the Junior Ski Program from the 1960s to the early 1990s. This is his obituary from the Reno Gazette Journal that provides more details regarding his life and his impact on skiing in the Reno-Sparks area: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15783583/rocco-spina-obit/. On a side note, his grandson Lane Spina was a freestyle skier that represented the US in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.
Main Hill 1 and 2 (YAN platters built in 1968 and 1969) were named for Marce Herz. She was one of the co-founders of the Reno-Sparks Junior Ski Program as was a long-term educator in the Reno area, This link provide more details regarding her life: https://marceherz.org/marce-herz. Ms. Herz was also had a new Washoe County School District (Reno-Sparks area) middle school that opened in 2019 named in her honor.
Jump Hill (YAN platter built in 1968) was named for Norm Olsen. He was a director of the Reno-Sparks Junior Ski Program for 14 years and spearheaded its growth in the last 1960s and 1970s. This link provides more details regarding his life: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/rgj/name/norman-olsen-obituary?id=19612727.
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Rocco has been removed: http://www.galenatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GT-Winter-2021-web.pdf
Please also add the Constam T-bar that was installed in 1944 (2,000 ft / 800-980 ft, depending on the source / 600 pph). The first day of operation was 12/03/44.The lift received various upgrades during its first years (a terminal building in 1945, more Ts in 1946 and a “complete rebuilt” in 1947 with a new haul rope and even more Ts). Until the area was closed to the public in 1965, three rope tows were also installed on the hill (maybe also another T-bar?). The 1968 plan first called for chairlifts, but the $200,000 budget was eventually spent on five surface lifts worth $130,000 and on the renovation of the lodge worth $77,000. It wasn’t enough to complete Main Hill 2 until the area received another $30,000 in donations the next year.
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The other T-bar I mentioned was a 1959 Baco platter (Bachmann & Co., Switzerland). It was Baco’s first installation in the US. The lift was 1,400 ft long, had some 350 ft vertical and 600 pph.
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BACO also built the Bridal Veil Falls tram. I don’t know of any other lifts built by them though.
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Here’s some more Baco lifts.
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/liste-6-93-baco.html
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Some background on the names of the old lifts as nods to the individuals who made the Reno-Sparks Junior Ski Program possible starting in the late 1960s:
Rocco 1 and 2 (YAN platters built in 1968) are named for Rocco Spina. He was the former director of the Reno Parks and Recreation Department, the department that oversaw the operation of the Junior Ski Program from the 1960s to the early 1990s. This is his obituary from the Reno Gazette Journal that provides more details regarding his life and his impact on skiing in the Reno-Sparks area: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15783583/rocco-spina-obit/. On a side note, his grandson Lane Spina was a freestyle skier that represented the US in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.
Main Hill 1 and 2 (YAN platters built in 1968 and 1969) were named for Marce Herz. She was one of the co-founders of the Reno-Sparks Junior Ski Program as was a long-term educator in the Reno area, This link provide more details regarding her life: https://marceherz.org/marce-herz. Ms. Herz was also had a new Washoe County School District (Reno-Sparks area) middle school that opened in 2019 named in her honor.
Jump Hill (YAN platter built in 1968) was named for Norm Olsen. He was a director of the Reno-Sparks Junior Ski Program for 14 years and spearheaded its growth in the last 1960s and 1970s. This link provides more details regarding his life: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/rgj/name/norman-olsen-obituary?id=19612727.
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