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...Jacinto has always been merely the inconvenient hulk that cuts off the January sun at 3:30 p.m. and sends swimming pool loungers shivering toward the bar. But previously inaccessible Mount San Jacinto is soon to be a resort area itself. The world's largest passenger-carrying tramway will lift vacationers from oven-like Chino Canyon to a winter-temperature summer resort some 5,900 ft. above-from the California desert to the California Alps in 15 minutes...
...tramway's cars (one going in each direction) will hold 80 passengers, who might not want to risk a ski run down San Jacinto's craggy sides, but can at least enjoy a 100-mile view of the valley...
Project Manager Strandberg was responsible for ordering $25 million worth of heavy equipment on his own say-so. He built a network of 26 radio stations to link 25 work camps with shelters for 6,500 men, set up a mile-long aerial tramway to haul 20-ton loads to inaccessible work sites, established what was then the world's biggest helicopter supply fleet outside the U.S. military. When he had manpower and equipment troubles, a phone call to Boise straightened them out. "My top tunnel man," says Strandberg, "was shifted from a job in Afghanistan to my team...
...Cannon Mountain in Franconia there are many trails easily reached by the 2000-foot Aerial Tramway. Laconia, Intervale, Mt. Sunapee and Peterborough also offer good skiing...
Some of New Hampshire's finest skiing may also be found on the other side of the White Mountain, in the Franconia region. Here on Cannon Mountain lie numerous intermediate and expert slopes easily reached by the 2,000-foot Aerial Tramway. The lower half mile of the Cannon trail was widened to 125 feet and two new trails added during the summer...