The Last Stand
Photo archive for July 24, 2007
Loris “Bugs” Werner, brother-in-law of the late Heisman Trophy winner Doak Walker, admires Jack Finney’s bronze bust of Doak while Verne Lundquist looks on.
Mark Rospierski of Graycor Blasting uses a high-pressure water gun to remove the stripping from the runway at the Steamboat Airport. The airport is closed this week, so work crews can seal the runways as part of normal maintenance.
A powerful KMAX twin rotor helicopter was brought in to deliver concrete for several tower foundations for the new Christie Peak Express chairlift Monday morning. The project is part of $16 million in on-mountain improvements planned for the 2007-08 season. It took the helicopter roughly 2 1/2 hours to move more than 70 yards of concrete used to form five footers. The helicopter will be back later this summer or early in the fall to install the lift towers.
Project manager Danny Mulcahy explains how he envisions the layout of Steamboat West from a high spot on the property where the planned 700-acre development will be located. The property, once owned by Steve and Mary Brown, could feature a variety of homes, commercial and office space, parks, trails and “support retail” that could include a grocery store.
Gravel fills in a utility trench dug across Yampa Street near the Howelsen Place construction site in downtown Steamboat Springs. Debris caused by construction is spurring debate about impacts to downtown, in the midst of summer tourism season.
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