Article: Old tram at Teton Village to be retired

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- An aerial tram that has carried an estimated 2 million skiers and tourists since 1966 to the top of 10,927-foot Rendezvous Mountain for a breathtaking overlook of the Jackson Hole valley will be retired next year because of its age, officials announced recently.

Experts concluded that the tram at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village could run for an unspecified number of years, but resort owners decided it should be decommissioned in September 2006 before any safety concerns arise.

"It's kind of an end of an era here; it's kind of a sad day for a lot of us," Jerry Blann, president of the resort, said. "There's a number of lifts around the mountain, but that's ...

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