Picto Diary - 24 July 2015 (Supplement) - Work helo
Above: Work chopper. Park City Mountain Resort. 24 July 2015.
No tail rotor. Two top rotors revolving in opposite direction ensure stability of the chopper.
Note the pilot (crane operator) leaning out of the chopper window to get a bead on properly locating the cable to make the next lift.
Fast operation. Six minute round trip from delivering one part to coming back to get another.
Above: Work chopper hauling lift tower superstructure over the hump to King Con lift. Park City Mountain Resort. 24 July 2015.
King Con lift is being converted from a high speed four (detachable) lift to a six pack. Less a conversion than the construction of a brand new lift.
Above: Drums. Roger YMCA Camp closing group performance. Uinta Mountains. Utah. 24 July 2015.
Above: Above: Drums exults! Roger YMCA Camp closing group performance. Uinta Mountains. Utah. 24 July 2015.
Addendum:
What or who made the property off limits ; please explain. Good article in the paper today-Ski Towns Feel The Heat [email protected].
Mr. Z3,
Ojai, CA
Heinrich,
I’ll pass this information on to my friend Steve Taylor. Thank you.
Phil Kirk
From: Heinrich Deters
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 4:41 PM
To: Phil Kirk
Subject: RE: Picto Diary - 24 July 2015 - Quarry Mountain
Yea, that one is a mess…yes in the county and previous access to towers has been moved (County noted there was no pedestrian/public easement ever, thus never truly was legal)
The area is private property in the county and the landowner is less than keen to have hikers around.
Public access is to the south on the Sandstone cove and Quarry Mountain Connector trail…sad days but this is the case.
People can contact me if they wish.
From: Phil Kirk
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:03 AM
To: Heinrich Deters
Subject: FW: Picto Diary - 24 July 2015 - Quarry Mountain
Do you know the answer to this trail question?
Phil Kirk
We will check the hiking status of this area with Charlie Sturgis, head of Mountain Trails Foundation. It is hard to believe that terrain used by hikers for years has been made off limits.
Above: Deux Magots hikers, TWO3 (left) and Miami Jim. Communication Tower easement/new residence (see prior image) driveway, east flank Quarry Mountain. 24 July 2015.
The hiking status of the easement/driveway is somewhat ambiguous. On the descent, from the top of Quarry Mountain, there are no "private property, keep out" signs. We hikers have been descending this side of the mountain for years along the previous communication tower easement, which has now been blocked off as it passes directly in front of the new residence (see previous image). The old access has been replaced by a well excavated driveway (see above image), which we assume, doubles as access used by service people driving to the communication towers at the top of the mountain.
But, on the ascent, on the other side of the gate seen in the above image (which was opened as we descended), there are two "private property.. no entry" signs. So... you can't walk up, but, you can walk down? Will the gate be closed to inhibit passage of both uphill and downhill hikers? How would downhill hikers, who have been hiking the east side of Quarry for years, get down the mountain if they wanted to take the east side option, were no trespassing signs also be erected at the top, and the gate closed at the bottom, of the easement drive? Or, for that matter, up the mountain if they wanted to hike up Quarry Mountain from the east.
We will check the hiking status of this area with Charlie Sturgis, head of Mountain Trails Foundation. It is hard to believe that terrain used by hikers for years has been made off limits.
tks to Captain Kirk for f/u on this question.
tks to Heinrich Deters for above explanation.
Why would the county be so eager to close off a hiking option that has been available to hikers for years?
Why would land owners be "less than keen" to have hikers around in this very hiking friendly community where many land owners allow hiking on their property?
LSDM hikers, as earlier noted, will seek a meeting with Charlie Sturgis, Mountain Trails Foundation, to discuss this hiking question.