- Boyne Resorts raises an additional $120 million through the sale of bonds to cover general expenses during the downturn.
- An Australian ski resort burned in last summer’s bush fires will be rebuilt over the next year.
- On the latest SAM podcast, Mountain Capital Partners says it’s moving forward with two new lift projects this summer.
- Indy Pass adds some big names: Cannon Mountain, China Peak, Crystal Mountain (Michigan), Granite Peak, Lutsen Mountains, Sasquatch and Tamarack.
- Aspen Skiing Company raises $10,000 for charity through the sale of Big Burn chairs.
- A structure fire briefly stops service on an urban gondola in the Dominican Republic.
- In a letter to employees, CEO Rob Katz says he hopes to reopen all the company’s resorts by late June or early July.
- A very large natural avalanche crosses the alignments of two different Yellowstone Club lifts.
- Zincton Mountain Village submits an expression of interest to develop a hybrid lift/backcountry resort in British Columbia’s Goat Range.
Valmorel in France posted a good video of them dismantling the cable on their Biollene chair, which they are replacing this summer.
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How many yans are left in Europe now?
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Sadly, RM don’t allow you to custom search entire continents. So you’d have to go through the list and look, there’s probably less than a dozen now in operation.
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/liste-6-30-yan-lift-engineering.html#page-1
List of all Yan installations on the RM database.
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/liste-6-79-mecalift.html
The doubles here are Yan licenses, none are in operation though.
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/liste-6-6-skirail.html
Another Yan licensee, some of the lifts are really reminiscent of Yan.
Note: these are only lifts in the RM database, so they need to have an entry for them…
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Were any lifts damaged in the avalanche in YC?
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A-Basin is going to re-open! Will be rough but hey do it!
https://kdvr.com/news/arapahoe-basin-re-opening-on-may-27/
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