{"id":2455086,"date":"2020-02-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=321587"},"modified":"2020-02-27T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T13:00:00","slug":"aspen-history-a-silver-bucket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-history-a-silver-bucket\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen History: A silver bucket"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/history-atw-022720-1-703x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/history-atw-022720-1-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/history-atw-022720-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/history-atw-022720-1-768x1119.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/history-atw-022720-1-1054x1536.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/history-atw-022720-1-1406x2048.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/history-atw-022720-1.jpg 1757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\"><figcaption><strong>One b\/w glossy photograph of two cabins on the Silver Queen Gondola, 1986. One of the cabins has several passengers, and skis loaded onto the side.<\/strong><br \/><em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cA gondola for Aspen Mountain,\u201d proclaimed The Aspen Times on Feb. 27, 1986. \u201cA six-passenger gondola with the world\u2019s greatest vertical rise, 3,250 feet, is planned for Aspen Mountain next season. Barring any construction or approval delays, the 165-car Poma of America-manufactured enclosed lift, the \u2018Silver Queen,\u2019 with the ability to transport 2,000 skiers per hour, will be in operation by December 1986, coinciding with Aspen Mountain\u2019s 40th anniversary. The 13-minute base to summit trip on the Silver Queen will shorten lift-riding time by up to 35 minutes from the present three lifts to the top system. The installation of a gondola means for the first time, an Aspen Mountain lift will be open to foot passengers, who will be able to purchase single-ride lift tickets. It\u2019s likely the gondola will also operate in the summer. At present there are three other gondolas in Colorado, at Steamboat, Keystone and Vail, but the Silver Queen will be the only base-to-summit enclosed lift in the state.\u201d The image above shows the Silver Queen Gondola in the winter of 1986-87.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/a-silver-bucket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One b\/w glossy photograph of two cabins on the Silver Queen Gondola, 1986. One of the cabins has several passengers, and skis loaded onto the side. \u201cA gondola for Aspen Mountain,\u201d proclaimed The Aspen Times on Feb. 27, 1986. \u201cA six-passenger gondola with the world\u2019s greatest vertical rise, 3,250 feet, is planned for Aspen Mountain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2455086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 02:44:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}