Jay, Bill & I spent the morning fine tuning the tow line and figuring out which trees we needed to attach the return wheels to. Bill determined which trees would be used for this as well how many return wheels we needed to keep the rope up in the air from top to bottom. We brought along some string to help define the tow line. We tied one end of the string to the truck and the other end to a tree at the top. This turned out to be an extremley useful idea as it gave us a straight line from top to bottom. Getting a line established also pointed out which trees still needed to be cut. When we originally started clearing the tow line we didn't cut any of the big trees for a few reasons. One being that we wanted to attach the return wheels to the trees instead of trying to erect telephone poles on a steep slope that had very little soil to work with. Another reason for keeping trees around was to keep a certain level of tree canopy above the tow to help prevent future undergrowth. Plus, we wanted to create that glade skiing experience. The general idea is to manage the area as wooded area and not as an open ski trail.
Here is Jay pulling the string up the hill.
Bill hiking up along the planned tow line. If you look closesly you can see the string in this picture.
Jay also worked on thining the underbrush for one of his future ski lines.
Here is the string marking the tow line as seen from the bottom.
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