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You can use it to refer to an aerial cable transportation system. For example: "The ski resort had a ropeway that took skiers to the top of the mountain."
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ropeway
noun
A system of cables, slung from towers, from which carriers are suspended to transport materials.
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An aerial ropeway and a strip - it's a miracle remedy and works for anything.
And they do the outside thing, too - some kind of aerial ropeway swing.
Our latest trip was to the ruined croft houses of Shenachie with its old ropeway bridge across the river.
His solution would have been to replace the aerial ropeway — a rickety contraption — with a modern gondola that could have carried people as well as provisions.
Ursula Leitner said she would like to be able to carry her groceries home, rather than putting them on the ropeway.
In this isolated mountain settlement, food and fuel are carried in on an aerial ropeway.
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Because there were no ski lifts or ropeways in the valley, he and his friends would trek up hills with their skis hoisted on their shoulders.
Though a handful of resorts now have ropeways, cleared slopes and professional medical facilities, they remain exceptions and serve just a tiny niche, said Sudeep Jain, executive vice president of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels India.
Gulmarg has some of the highest ski areas in the world, and the Gulmarg Gondola, which started operations in 1998, is one of the highest and largest ropeways in Asia.
There are two cable car lines, called ropeways, from which to explore the Aso area.
Ropeways, which are similar to ski lifts, also have been provided at many points.
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