The Spokane Riverfront Skyride on January 31, 2011. Image by Dan Pelle of The Spokesman-Review
I’m not going to say anything.
Sometimes nature deserves the respect only silence affords.
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I’m not quite getting why they were parked under the bridge? Where would they’ve been parked in case of a twister/storm?
I know I’m going far with my opinion, but somehow it looks like this was done on purpose – maybe for great shots.
@ LX,
I was wondering the exact same thing. Seems totally illogical to park the vehicles over a misty waterfall in the middle of a deep freeze.
5 is an odd number to have … are they missing one?
There is no parking rail or cabin storage facility. As such, the cabins typically stay on the rope line overnight with one set of three carriers at the top terminal. Thus, they are exposed to the elements.
@ selkirks,
Thanks for the info! Do you know why they don’t park the vehicles in the station? This is a rather odd practice that I’ve never seen before.
That’s a pulse gondola, where the cabins are permanently attached to the cable and it stops when each group of cabins enters the terminal to let people board. So, slow and low-capacity, but cheap. And, no way to park the cabins offline.
@ Chip,
Thanks! But does that mean that some cabins will alwaysbe parked over the water? Seems like a less than ideal situation. But again, as you said, “it’s cheap.”
“For a spectacular view of Spokane Falls, ride our new SkyRide. Enjoy a 15 minute ride in an “all weather” enclosed cabin. Each of the 15 cabins is ADA compliant and can hold 6 passengers.”
3-3-2-3-3…1?
Yes, I believe they put one away, so now it is 14.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEvaRe4qvdM&feature=related
It’s a one-station-gondola and indeed very slow. The whole area looks really nice though.
So it wasn’t the first time pictures like above were able to be taken, right?
@ LX,
What do you mean by “3-3-2-3-3…1”?
Yes, in that case I guess they are all balanced positioned all over the rope in five 3-gondola groups, so unfortunately they have to be over the water or very near to it. As in case of that picture it really feels like it happened on purpose. Because those cabins are so incredibly next to each other – as if they were posing.
Anyway: 3-3-2-3-3 are the groupsizes (and a pair) of those gondolas on the rope. I believe one (the …1) is damaged, so they took it off. Though it’s the middle one it kind of looks like a person smiling with one tooth missing 😉