- The Balsams mega-project gets snowmaking water permit and releases its phase one plan which includes six new lifts. That will be the contract of the year next summer if it really happens.
- The owners of Saddleback have extended the deadline to find financing for a new lift before pulling the plug on this season.
- Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe announces an $11.00 minimum wage for all resort employees next season.
- Kitzbuhel in Austria will add another 8-passenger bubble lift for next season to be built by Leitner.
- France’s Avoriaz also announced a new Poma six-pack.
- Whistler will add the Creekside Gondola to its Bike Park starting Friday. The gondola has been outfitted with the latest Deasonbuilt center-pole bike carriers. Creekside will become Whistler-Blackcomb’s 11th lift open for summer operations including three gondolas and six detachable quads.
- The Neptuno double chair (Poma) in Las Lenas de-roped off 5 towers last week thanks to an avalanche. See photo below.
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What kind of cabins will Sweetwater have? The website shows CWA cabins while this picture shows Sigma cabins. Maybe the Sigma cabins are replacements for Bridger?
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Sweetwater is getting CWA Omegas. Bridger’s cabins are in great shape and will be in service for many more years. The Sigma cabin was just a sample. As a side note, it’s not really an option to buy an L-P lift with CWA cabins or vice-versa anymore.
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