- Winter Park’s Gondola becomes the third direct drive lift to open in as many weeks in the United States. As of October, there were zero!
- Pico is added to Ikon, bringing the pass to 40 mountains with a combined 474 lifts in the the US and Canada.
- The Hermitage Club won’t reopen until January at the earliest.
- The last of British Columbia’s seven new lifts debuts at Sun Peaks.
- I did a double take on this lift: a D-Line gondola with Carvatech cabins.
- The new American Flyer is very close to becoming the world’s longest bubble chair.
- Stratton’s new high speed quad is now set to open early in the new year.
- Skeetawk remains on track to become Alaska’s eleventh lift-served ski area next winter with a SkyTrans triple chair.
- An 8 year-old boy sustains only minor injuries falling 33 feet off a lift at Nordic Valley.
- The Colombian capital of Bogotá launches a $73 million urban gondola called TransMiCable.
- Frost Fire says it cannot open yet due to “contractual obligations with our chairlift,” a brand new Skytrac quad.
- Big Sky brings high speed access to the southern flank of Lone Peak with Shedhorn 4.
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What could the “contractual obligations with our chairlift” be?
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Money not paid to Skytrac per contract?
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I am a little surprised that Big Sky did not upgrade the grips on the new shedhorn chair given they upgraded the terminals. Anyone know any background on why?
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They only upgraded the skins of the terminals, the terminal itself is the same as the old one. To upgrade the grips would mean a complete retrofit and would have been far more expensive.
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Another update from Copper re: Flyer
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Peter, are you headed to YC anytime soon to see the somewhat new gondy?
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The upper section of the gondola opened last winter and the lower section just this month. Of course I will go back if I ever get the opportunity. YC is now the 16th largest resort in the country by number of lifts and sure to keep growing.
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Bullwheel liner issue causes evac of East Rim Chair at Whitefish
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6540559/140-people-evacuated-chairlift-Montana-ski-resort.html
One picture looks to be from the the Lift Blog database…
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Used without permission or credit, of course.
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