With 1000 feet of rope, the tow ferries skiers and snowboarders 500 feet upwards. While the rope tow is now positioned in the Swifty Terrain Park, it’s mobile and can be moved elsewhere as needed.

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, ...

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… ...

The tow is Big Sky 40th lift. It's total rope length is 1,000 ft. Riders can be brought approximately 500 ft. up the park. For now, the rope tow has been set up at the Swifty terrain park.

Tow-ropes, costing less than $20 from any auto part store, can sometimes do the job of getting your rig unstuck if you are traveling with others and the others have four-wheel drive and hitches.

Once there is enough snow the tow rope will be open Wednesday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. It will also be open on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Hoping for a potentially sizeable market for his rope-tow gripper, Dondero applied to the U.S. Patent Office in May 1939, receiving the first patent for a rope-tow gripper. It was dubbed the ...

The man’s tow rope became entangled in the boat propeller, dragging him under the boat near Government Island around 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office told KPTV.

I’m an avid off-roader, and yet somehow I didn’t know about this brilliant method of winching out a stuck vehicle with nothing more than rope and some logs. Here’s how it works.

He owns Hercules Tow Ropes in Fargo. The business has been around for decades. The nylon comes in on big spools, and Matt and his crew twist, cut and ship the ropes to farm supply stores and farm ...