Name: Super Sky Tram
Released: 2009-12-27

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S6 · E13 — Super Sky Tram

S6:E13 · Super Sky Tram

Episodes

18 episodes in this season

Miami Super Stadium

60 min

Soviet Doomsday Sub

50 min

Grand Canyon Skywalk

60 min

Train Wreck

60 min

Train Wreck

60 min

Electric Ocean

60 min

Extreme Helicopter

60 min

Icebreaker

60 min

Super Sky Tram

60 min

E10

John Deere

60 min

E11

Skyscraper

60 min

E12

The World's Tallest TV Tower

60 min

E13

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60 min

E17

Megabridges Greece

60 min

E18

John Deere

60 min

E19

Skyscraper

60 min

E20

The World's Tallest TV Tower

60 min

E23

Rocket Launch Demolition

60 min

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Super Sky Tram

Season 6 · Episode 13 · Dec 27, 2009

For over 40 years the Big Red Box at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, carried skiers, hikers, paragliders and sightseers up to the 3,400-metre summit of Rendezvous Mountain. But nothing lasts forever, so when cable inspector Norm Duke found evidence of stress fractures inside the aging steel track cables, there was no choice but to tear down and replace Jackson's iconic aerial tram. At a cost of US$31 million, this two year construction project is a top-to-bottom, state-of-the-art replacement. It will operate in 120 kph winds and minus 30Â°C temperatures, all with the quiet precision of a giant Swiss watch. Construction crews battle a record-breaking snowfall, zero visibility, high winds and impassable mud-slick mountain roads to build its five towers and two terminals, and string more than ten miles of heavy steel cable as they risk their lives in a battle to finish before winter closes in.

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Super Sky Tram

Season 6 · Episode 13 · Dec 27, 2009

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