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THE
GREAT
ORME AERIAL CABLE CARS Except where stated, photographs taken October 20th 2007 © Noel Walley
The Cable Car from
the Happy Valley to the Great Orme Summit
is, at over one mile each way, the longest Aerial Cabin Lift in the
United Kingdom. It was built in 1969 and fully overhauled in
2006.
Little Orme/Craigside - Photo © Elwyn Jones August 18th 2008
The four
seater cars are carried on an endless cable over
two miles long and which weighs over 17 tons. The lower
cable car
station (telephone 01492 876413) is on the lower slopes above the Happy Valley and
the entrance
is reached by the paths round either side of the building. The
following photos were all taken from the same car on a single upwards
journey.
Little Orme/Craigside - Photo © Elwyn Jones August 18th 2008
These are just some
of the many magnificent views that can only be seen in this way as the
cabins glide almost silently through the air. Here soon after the
start
we look down on the delightful Happy Valley gardens and across the
valley at the crags and cliffs of the Great Orme overlooking the sea.
The Llandudno Ski &
Snowboard Centre with its alpine chalet bar and restaurant is open
all year and floodlit on winter evenings features a 200 metre main
slope, a training slope and a 750 metre toboggan run. The slopes are
surfaced with the latest 'Perma Snow' surface. Lessons for
beginners and active ski and snowboard clubs.
Looking to the left (against the afternoon light) as we climb - The Tyn-y-Coed copper mine village.
Wyddfyd Road on the left of the ski slope and to the right of Tyn-y-Coed village.
Looking back,
Llandudno Bay - The cable is
supported at intervals by steel pylons
and the greatest
distance
between two pylons is approximately 325 yards.
The car proceeds, quietly, smoothly, sedately ever upwards, on its way to the summit.
The car proceeds, quietly, smoothly, sedately ever upwards, on its way to the summit.
Penmynydd Uchaf - one of the Great Orme Farms.
Crossing the 'halfway' plateau on its way to the summit. In the distance upper left is Pyllau Farm.
Looking back, the Halfway Tram Station on the Great Orme Tramway
and the views beyond of Maes-y-facrell and St Bueno's Road
all add to the many memories of this journey.
In the distance the modern town and resort of Llandudno.
