Google Ski Trip

On the bus ride up, the dangers of many engineers in close confines:

Tour operator/guide: "...and they are planning to install some sort of transportation device, the longest of its kind, between Whistler and Blackcomb peaks. I'm not a skier, so I don't know the name of it, tram? No, maybe it's a French word?"

anonymous voice from the back of the bus: "Trebuchet?"