The East’s next big resort at The Balsams still hopes to break ground before the snow flies and open in late 2016. Still no word on who will supply the lifts.
Leitner-Poma flies towers at Loveland, Snowmass and Sipapu. Brian from Timberline Helicopters has flown every tower in the west so far this summer with his K-Max. At Sipapu it reportedly only took him 37 minutes!
Leitner-Poma identified as possible manufacturer for the Perth Boomerang gondola system in the land down under. L-P of America in Grand Junction traditionally supplies lifts to Australia and New Zealand rather than Poma’s facilities in France.
Pictures and write-up of Leitner’s MioCable, which opened in Colombia’s third largest city last week.
The Banff Gondola, originally built by Bell in 1959, is closing on October 25th for a $26 million redevelopment being billed as North America’s premier mountaintop destination. Garaventa did a major retrofit of the ropeway systems in 1997. Look for the gondola to re-open May 1st with the building to follow next August.
Finally a North American ropeway will get a terminal building worthy of the Alps.
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