Just off Interstate 70 in Colorado, crews are putting some of final touches on the Mighty Argo Cable Car, a new gondola that will carry visitors from downtown Idaho Springs up to the summit of Virginia Canyon Mountain Park. Once complete, the gondola will connect travelers to miles of hiking and biking trails, scenic overlooks, and event spaces, the latest step in transforming the former mining mountain community into a new age of tourism.

On Monday, specialists were brought in to start splicing together the cable that the gondolas will hang off of as they head to the top of the mountainside.

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"You take the two ends, tear them apart, and then marry them back together," said Travis Jones, a veteran cable splicer. "Once it's all said and done, the whole thing goes on tires."

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