- Looking back as Blackcomb turns 40.
- As Chair 1 reopens, 49 Degrees North provides a thorough update regarding what happened last weekend and the steps it’s taking to avoid future issues.
- Liftopia’s assets are acquired by a European firm.
- Arizona Snowbowl quietly opens the Arizona Gondola.
- More on the Eiger Express: Not only does it feature the first automated cargo loading on a passenger ropeway, but also a VIP cabin with boarding from a dedicated lounge (cost: $13,500 per year.)
- This interview with Hermitage Club manager Bill Benneyan includes tons of historical facts about Haystack and also Mountain Creek. The Club opens tomorrow for the first time in two and a half years.
- Mission Ridge works hard to complete the lift it brought over from Europe but cannot estimate a completion date.
- Residents seek to stop construction of Wasatch Peaks Ranch, a 3,000 acre private ski resort near Snowbasin.
- Leitner-Poma of America introduces Freedom Control, a wireless remote control for lifts.
- Public comments are being solicited for Big White’s new master plan, which includes a staggering amount of new terrain.
- Ski Magazine ranks top lift systems in the East.
- California effectively shuts down lodging in some ski regions.
- The new Broadway quad will carry its first passengers this weekend at Sun Valley.
- Zermatt and Doppelmayr prepare to launch the first unstaffed lift in Switzerland, a 10 passenger gondola.
- French ski resorts sue the government over closures.
- Holiday Valley pursues a tax break for its $4 million Yodeler Express project.
- A lawsuit seeking class action status alleges lift operators and other employees at Vail Resorts were not paid for use of personal equipment and time spent getting to and from work stations.
- Timberline Mountain relaunches tomorrow with both new chairlifts in operation.
- British Columbia’s Zincton Mountain Village releases new maps of its proposed layout.
- Les Otten courts environmental, social and governance investors as he tries to revive the northernmost ski area in New Hampshire.
- When asked about acquisitions on last night’s earnings call, Rob Katz said Vail is focused on positioning the company to be able to make the most of whatever opportunities may come over the next 12 months.
- Vail is forced to cancel some guest reservations and black out employee skiing in Colorado this weekend due to limited snow and terrain.
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How does an unstaffed lift even work? What if they need to stop the gondola for some reason?
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The way I understood it is that it is not entirely unstaffed, but only has staff in one of the three stations. An alpinforum.com who works for ski resorts posted some interesting pictures of the internals of the comm system in the gondolas that allows video and audio communication with the remote lift operator here: https://www.alpinforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=64670
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Epic pass holders got a PR fluff apology from Katz today about the wait times for customer service help without any concrete plans on improving the situation moving forward
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Meanwhile.. at Sundance..
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/redford-sells-sundance-mountain-resort-creates-300-acre-nature-preserve
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The video on Gary is ironic since neither heavenly or Kirkwood has seen a new lift in over a decade. I believe last years upgrade of galaxy from a double to a triple was a used chair from Colorado. Sad situation at vail owned resorts in California
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Galaxy upgrade was newish as in the lift got new terminals, and chairs but the line equipment (towers, sheave assemblies) came from various other Vail resorts. I was surprised with how long the lift was they didn’t go with a detachable.
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Is the Eiger Express VIP car targeted to Chinese skiers? Or is 8 a lucky number in other cultures too?
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