Nop’s Metal Works just completed work at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl ski area. The job consisted of clearing away a 40 year old ski lift in order to replace it with brand new equipment. Kevin Messer, operated the Nop crane and helped lift the multiple towers and spools which were trucked away only to be replaced with a new $1.7 million dollar lift, as stated in the Addison Independent on August 3, 2009, by Andy Kirkaldy.