After two seasons the Ski Club built another community project, a rope tow to address these problems. At 500 feet in length, it moved skiers from the parking area to the boat tow. The Midnight Mine ...

The ski boat got very impatient, started to do a second run and right before they got to the rowboat, the skier cut across, so basically clotheslined the people in the boat. That’s when I heard ...

ROCKINGHAM, Vt. (AP) - A town-operated rope tow for skiers won’t be running this winter in the village of Bellows Falls. The Brattleboro Reformer reports the ski tow that has operated ...

Models with swiveling pulley tow-rope connections ensure an even pull. Harnesses are used with outboards, as well as ski boats, when tubing. 4. Tow Tower Look for heavy-backed and bolted mounting, ...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–A new tow rope on the ski hill at Chestnut Ridge Park is complete, according to the Erie County Department of Parks and Recreation. The department says it will provide ...

The rope tow is an old Vermont ski hill tradition but this one is a new take -- it’s fully electric. It was engineered and built by a local firm and was funded completely by donations.

Below Big Sky Resort's Instagram posts, skiers and snowboarders clamored for a rope tow in the ski area’s terrain park. Once a running joke, those requests have now been made a reality. In an ...

Hoping for a potentially sizeable market for his rope-tow gripper, Dondero applied to the U.S. Patent Office in May 1939, receiving the first patent for a rope-tow gripper. It was dubbed the ...