- The Mountain Collective adds four awesome resorts for 2020-21: Chamonix, Grand Targhee, Panorama and Sugarloaf.
- Kicking Horse celebrates 20 years of operation on the site of the former Whitetooth Ski Area.
- Sun Valley’s Cold Springs double is about to end a 50 year run but will live on at a resort in California.
- Arizona Snowbowl’s Agassiz reopens for one last hurrah after being down since January 18th with a gear issue.
- Hundreds of ski resorts in Austria, Italy and Switzerland are forced to close for the season due to coronavirus.
- Berkshire East, Catamount, Middlebury Snow Bowl and Mt. Abram become the first US ski resorts to shut down due to the virus.
- Belleayre, Gore, Whiteface and the Lake Placid Olympic Complex close gondolas for the season for the same reason. Snowbird’s tram is shut down until further notice. Aspen Snowmass will no longer load unrelated parties in the same gondola cabins.
- Indiana Beach, one of only four venues with an aerial lift in the Hoosier State, closes permanently.
- The two year old LST Ropeways detachable in France shuts down indefinitely again. Instead of the LST design, MND America will offer Bartholet detachables in the United States.
- Vail Resorts reports financial results: skier visits are down 5.3 percent percent this season through March 1st but lift revenue is up 0.8 percent. On a conference call, CEO Rob Katz addresses coronavirus, lift lines at Vail and possible future acquisitions.
- Timberline Mountain promises to make multiple big announcements at a media event Tuesday. All three existing lifts are in poor condition and being dismantled.
- Arctaris Impact Fund doesn’t expect to realize a profit on its Saddleback investment until it sells the resort in 7-10 years.
- An enterprising family is building the first Australian-designed and manufactured chairlift in 30 years for private use only.
- Alterra Mountain Company CEO Rusty Gregory will deliver a keynote address on Monday in Park City covering the rise of Alterra, industry consolidation and multi-resort pass products.
- For the second time in three weeks, a sudden stop on the Mont-Sainte-Anne gondola elicits an emergency response and the lift is once again closed indefinitely.
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MND will offer Bartholet detachables in the US? Who do you think will buy them?
Also, is Skytrac still the North American distributor for Bartholet? (after their purchase by Leitner-Poma)
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Yes, IDK, and no. They ended the contract after just one T-bar.
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Valar at Cannon was a Skytrac / LST partnership, not a Skytrac / Bartholet partnership. I think all other Skytrac T-bars were with Leither parts.
So they probably ended it after zero T-bars : )
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Does anyone know where in Cali cold springs is going, I assume it is probably going to a place which only has surface lifts.
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Jay Peak and Burke Mountain are closing for the season tomorrow due to new travel restrictions:
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And Nub’s Nob, MI.
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Add Norway, Germany, Spain and Andorra to the list of major ski countries that have shuttered their season. France is still going. For now.
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The Jackson Hole Aerial Tramway is now closed.
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Has anything major closed in Colorado? Vail and Beaver creek are still open.
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No.
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All mountains are closed in Colorado.
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Taos is closing.
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Can you name the other three venues with lifts in Indiana?
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Paoli Peaks, Perfect North Slopes and the Indiana State Fair.
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Howelsen in Colorado closed a few days earlier then expected due to the virus.
http://steamboatsprings.net/131/Howelsen-Hill-Ski-Area
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Mohawk mtn ct is closed, and loon closed its gondola
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Vail just announced all of their mountains will be closed until at least March 22.
I would not be surprised to now see a wave of closures, as Vail’s influence extends beyond its resorts.
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Steamboat cancelled most of their events
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Alterra closes as well now: https://www.alterramtnco.com/news/2020/03/14/alterra-mountain-company-closure-announcement
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Wouldn’t be too surprised if Mountain Capital Partners closed next
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There’s also Boyne, Power, Pacific Group, RCR, and more large indies to consider.
Alterra also didn’t specify exactly how they’re closing, does anyone know?
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Loveland and A-Basin closed from March 15 as well.
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Looks like Telluride will be closing after all…
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Sugar Bowl has suspended operations also.
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