Jumbo start-up great news for skiers
After start-up delays caused by construction problems, AHI Turoa's new Jumbo T bar finally began operation on Saturday 27 August. With a lift length of 1005 metres the Jumbo is the longest T bar in New Zealand. It has a vertical rise of 292 metres and shifts 1400 people an hour. Lift queues have been practically non-existent on the Turoa skifield since the
Jumbo began operating. "We are very happy with the performance of the equipment so far" said AHI Turoa operations manager Warren Newland. "We wanted the Jumbo operating for the school holidays and the way local engineer Graham Dixon got stuck in so quickly and efficiently to fix the original construction problem really helped our situation."
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 14, 6 September 1983, Page 7
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