rope tow

Example Sentences

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Basin began with a modest rope tow in 1939, according to the resort website.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

Educated as a mechanical engineer, Mickey Cochran installed a rope tow and affixed floodlights to adjacent trees to turn his rural hillside into a round-the-clock winter playground.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

There’s a large concrete footing that was used for a rope tow a little more than a half-mile up the trail.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2021

The McCoys stashed their rope tow proceeds in fishing creels and cigar boxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2020

“There’s that place across the river where you could ski. The place where they have the rope tow on that steep hill across from the railroad station. You could go over there.”

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles