Sounds like shovel ready jobs.I still say tunnel it. Get Elon over there with his borer and use a vacuum to get sucked up to the summit like those tubes you see at the drive thru at the bank
Pictures of this vintage always seem to have people skiing in sweaters, with no hat nor sunglasses. Maybe they didn't allow cameras on the hill before March, with people not being able to see their pictures due to snow blindness.
..and were alot tougher. Hand knit wool mitts were the bomb!They had style back then.......