Del's Run at the New Lookout Pass Ski Area
This 640 by 480 pixel JPG animation will take a while to download as it has 14.3 Mbytes of bulk to it, even though Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2 compression was used. Minimize this window, go away and come back later. You will be glad you did!
This animation models the expert run directly to the left of
the new Montana lift shown in the Final Environmental
Impact Statement,
Alternative D, page 2-12.
The terrain at the bottom, beside the proposed lift,
is shown to be extreme. While Del, an expert snowboarder,
was able
to turn right and slow to a stop at the very last moment,
what about an out-of-control intermediate skier faced
with an unexpected lift line?
The animation was made using VistaPro 4.0 and USGS Digital Elevation Model data for the Lookout 7.5 minute quadrangle. The trees are individual fractal equations, so I have reduced their number so that individual frames take less than an hour to render. Therefore, expect to see more trees on the mountains across the way when you ski here next season (2003/04). The river is a mathematical function that flows downhill regardless of the weather, but don't expect to see much of it when you are skiing here for real.
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