INNOVATION May-June 2019

CLOUDRAKER SKYBRIDGE AND RAVEN’S EYE CLIFFWALK

At Whistler’s Peak, the Cloudraker Skybridge and Raven’s Eye Cliffwalk is a new, 130-metre-long, steel pedestrian suspension bridge leading to a cantilevered viewing platform, anchored into rock and projecting 12.5 metres out from the mountain’s edge. At more than 2,100 metres above sea level, it is thought to be the highest pedestrian bridge in North America, and offers access to spectacular 360-degree views of the Whistler Valley and surrounding mountain peaks. Morrison Hershfield provided overall bridge design and construction engineering for this complex attraction for the owner, Whistler Blackcomb, with structures designed to operate in some of the most extreme weather conditions in North America. Participants: Morrison Hershfield: Scott Loptson, P.Eng., David Wei, P.Eng., Macarious Hui, EIT, Shenyang Li, EIT. Design-Build Contractor: Axis Mountain Technical. Additional Team Members: Legacy Engineering: Kent LaRose, P.Eng. Wyllie & Norrish Rock Engineers: Duncan Wyllie, P.Eng. Alpine Solutions Avalanche Services, George Third & Son

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