- The $210 million Fansipan Legend 3S opened yesterday after two years of construction, becoming the world’s longest and tallest tri-cable gondola.
- Brothers selected to build and operate a chairlift at the North Carolina State Fair to open by October. Now they just need the chairlift.
- Weak Canadian dollar not helping ski hills looking to buy lifts that are now twice as expensive.
- Doppelmayr USA says it’s in “active dialogue” with 15 to 20 cities for urban gondolas, including Clearwater, Florida.
- Developers of Garibaldi at Squamish get the first of many approvals for a new resort with 3 gondolas and 18 chairlifts.
- Two people hospitalized when a grip issue stacks two chairs at Granite Gorge Ski Area. The lift in question is a 1981 Borvig double.
- Okemo stops the practice of heating motor rooms 24/7, saves $31,000 a year.
- An errant tree at Snow Summit de-ropes a CTEC triple in gusty winds. Two riders fall from chairs, others are evacuated with only minor injuries.
- Contract awarded for India’s first urban gondola, to cost $24 million and open within two years.
- Just a week after sanctions on Iran were lifted, Bartholet announces it’s building a gondola system on the resort island of Kish. A definite upgrade from the salvaged Yan detachable installed last year in Isfahan (if you’re wondering, it made the journey from Silver Star, BC.)
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