- Plans for a 3S gondola servicing Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles move ahead.
- A new gondola system ridership record is set: 406,459 passengers in a single day.
- Killington joins the bubble club with Snowdon Six Express.
- Fatzer says it has donated more than 180 miles of wire rope leftover from ropeways to build 600 bridges in developing countries.
- Ramcharger 8 flies tomorrow at Big Sky Resort.
- Accidents knock two gondolas out of commission at the same Austrian ski resort in the span of a week. One due to a fire and the other a pileup of cabins. The latter one is already back in service.
- Doppelmayr USA taps former New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority head Ted Blazer to lead the company’s urban ropeway push.
- Copper Mountain hopes to have the new American Flyer bubble lift operational by Christmas.
- There might be some news regarding the shuttered Hermitage Club early next week.
- Big White’s Powder 2.0 opens today.
- So does the big Blackcomb Gondola.
- More than 150 guests are evacuated from the Blue chairlift at Mt. Hood Meadows after multiple systems fail.
- Peak Resorts releases quarterly financial results including strong season pass sales figures.
- Timerline Four Seasons Resort keeps pushing back its opening day, now scheduled for December 21st. Yesterday its managing partner was arrested and charged with failing to remit hotel taxes.
- Work carriers are spotted traversing Walt Disney World.
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RAMCHARGER 8 IS ALIVE!!
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Sorry but that video is for some reason no longer live. Here’s another view.
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Regarding Big White’s article, they mentioned “The mountain’s Alpine T-Bar will also open Friday morning, opening up more runs for skiers hungry for Big White’s famous “champagne powder.”
https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/244250/New-Powder-Chair-to-open
Sorry, but Steamboat laid claim to the Champagne Powder” thing when it comes to skiing. :oÞ
https://www.steamboat.com/explore/champagne-powder-snow
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So what do you think happened with Blue at Mt. Hood? Too much capacity for the little back up engine to handle?
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any news on shedhorn?
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They claim it will open next week.
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Drove past the new American Flyer at Coppet sans chairs on the way to Vail this week. Hope they get it running soon.
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The Blackcomb Gondola didn’t end up opening today due to wind. Hopefully tomorrow!
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Do you think that whistler will get a bubble chair?I think big red would be great.
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personally, I hope Franz’s becomes a detach first
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