"Iced-over cables can be a serious issue for chairlifts, gondolas, and tramways. When the cables become weighed down and frozen they're usually unsafe for riders, so ski resorts tend to take steps to deice the system. This could include slowly driving the cable at night to prevent the icing in the first place, special ice scrapers, or careful work done by hand."
"The folks at Åre, Sweden, take a rather unique, helicopter-based approach to remove the ice. As you can see in the video, a large log is hung from the bottom of a helicopter and the pilot simply taps the cable with the log, knocking off the ice that built up through storms or overnight. This likely isn't the only thing they do to deice, with more action likely going on behind the scenes, but it's still a seriously impressive sigh to see."
Iced-over cables on chairlifts, gondolas, and tramways become heavy and unsafe for riders, requiring deicing measures. Common methods include slowly driving the cable at night, specialized ice scrapers, and manual removal by crews. In Åre, Sweden, a helicopter-based technique is used where a large log is suspended beneath a helicopter and tapped against the cable to knock off accumulated ice from storms or overnight. The maneuver likely supplements other maintenance actions performed out of view. The aerial tapping approach effectively clears ice and provides a dramatic visual demonstration of an alternative deicing strategy for lift systems.
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