Below Big Sky Resort's Instagram posts, skiers and snowboarders clamored for a rope tow in the ski area’s terrain park. Once a running joke, those requests have now been made a reality.

The rope tow is an old Vermont ski hill tradition but this one is a new take -- it’s fully electric. It was engineered and built by a local firm and was funded completely by donations.

The community felt especially excited for the joy they created for children. They charged kids only a nickel a day. Adults did not pay much more, 35 cents ($4.80). Friedl Pfeifer leased the Ski Club’s ...

A few years ago, [Jeremy Makes Things] built a rope tow in his back yard so his son could ski after school. Since the lifts at the local hill closed shortly after schools let out, this was the only… ...

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB)–A new tow rope on the ski hill at Chestnut Ridge Park is complete, according to the Erie County Department of Parks and Recreation. The department says it will provid… ...

ROCKINGHAM, Vt. (AP) - A town-operated rope tow for skiers won’t be running this winter in the village of Bellows Falls. The Brattleboro Reformer reports the ski tow that has operated ...

Chapman Hill ski area rope-tow cut Cable valued at $6,100 By Shane Benjamin Herald deputy editor Thursday, Dec 10, 2015 4:18 AM Updated Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 3:30 PM ...