The Munday Alpine Snowshoe Park is scheduled to open today until dusk.  Avalanche Canada’s regional hazard rating for today is: high. Snowshoers must stay on marked trails.
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Tower 
  • Overall height: 65 metres/215 feet 
  • Made of structural steel in three sections 
  • Weight: 133,946 kg/285,300 lbs (145 tons)

viewPOD™ 
  • Diameter: 7 metres/23 feet 
  • Elevation: 57 metres/187 feet 
  • Weight: 13,600 kg/30,000 lbs (15 tons) 
  • Capacity: 36 people 
  • Framework: Structural steel and glass 
  • Glass: Tempered 2.54 cm/1 inch thick 
  • Viewing Area: 360 degrees (all points on the compass) 

Elevator 
  • Elevator Capacity: 7 people per passage 
  • Speed: 5.76 km per hour 
  •  Travel-time to top of tower: 35 seconds

Generation System 
  • Output: 1.5 Megawatt 
  • Model: Leitwind LTW77 
  • Cut-in wind speed: 9.72 km per hour 
  •  Cut-out wind speed: 90 km per hour 
  •  Max wind speed at blade tips: 300 km per hour 
  • Output Capacity: Enough energy to supply the needs of 400 homes over a year. 

Blades 
  • Blade material: fibreglass reinforced polyester 
  • Swept area of blades: 4,657 square metres/28,400 square feet 
  • Blades: 5,530 kg/12,200 lbs each, 37.3 metres/122 feet long each