- Bear Valley seeks a name for its new six-pack.
- While we wait for D-Line to come to North America, check out this one going up in Austria.
- Fly day photos from Pats Peak show major Skytrac upgrades to Ascutney’s old Snowdance triple.
- I was asked by ANSI to link to the new B77.1-2017 Standard for Passenger Ropeways, which replaces the 2011 version.
- See how Sun Valley swaps a haul rope.
- Connecticut’s Woodbury Ski Area, with one 1976 Hall double, is for sale.
- As NSAA weighs its future again, industry leaders chime in anonymously on aging lifts and more.
- Proposed Steamboat budget includes $3.78 million to replace the Burrows chairlift at Howelsen Hill with a fixed-grip quad in 2019.
- Powder and others spread headlines that Colorado resorts are adding more roller coasters than chairlifts this season. However they missed Copper Mountain’s new high-speed quad and counted Vail Resorts’ four new detachables separately from Colorado Ski Country USA. The state as a whole is actually adding its most new lifts since 2013 (six) and fewer mountain coasters (four.)
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Speaking of aging lifts, do you think Snoqualmie will ever build the Snake Dance high speed quad at Alpental?
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Yes, I do think it will happen eventually. Seattle is the fastest-growing big city in America with only three primary resorts. Snoqualmie builds a new lift about every three years, on average but there are a lot of needs. The master plan calls for nine new lifts compared with six more approved at Crystal and four for Stevens.
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Parsenn/Gotchna at Davos Klosters Mountains is installing the first D-Line in Switzerland which replaces a 1972 vintage doppelskilift, aka twin T-bar. This will definitely change the way the mountain is skied!
http://www.davos.ch/en/davos-klosters/news/new-furka-chair-lift-under-construction/
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Very nice. Does anyone know how many D-Line installations are going in this year? There were eight last year and one the first year I believe.
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Thanks for the link about Sun Valley replacing the rope on Mayday. Happy that the old gal will be running for a few more years yet and not upgraded to a HSQ anytime soon.
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