Estes tramway to cease operations unless buyer is found

ESTES PARK – The iconic Estes Park Aerial Tramway, which has been open since 1955, will cease operations unless its owners can find a buyer.

Robert Heron, who built the tramway, had worked with the 10th Mountain Division to construct alpine trams during World War II, then built the United States’ first double-chair ski lift. He managed the tramway until his death in 1999. His son, John Heron, then moved to Estes Park from Indiana and continued in his father’s footsteps, said John’s daughter, Aimee Heron. When John died last May 10, she said, “we had a tram manager, so he…