- I managed to completely miss an installation from last year – a used Doppelmayr quad at a publicly-owned hill in Lévis, Quebec.
- Bousquet acknowledges engineering issues with its chairlift project and offers passholders privileges at nearby ski areas until its new triple is complete.
- Ontario extends the closure of ski resorts another 28 days, forcing business like Mt. St. Louis Moonstone to make more difficult decisions.
- France’s 250+ ski resorts may not open at all this season.
- Austrian resorts expect business to plunge 75 percent this year, calling operating “philanthropic” rather than profitable.
- One of British Columbia’s largest resorts provides a sobering look at business: lodging occupancy down 87.5 percent, midweek skier visits down 84 percent and ski school down 96 percent.
- Here’s another 1A update from Aspen.
- As it negotiates with Vail Resorts, the Park City ski patrol union weighs attempting to unionize other work groups such as lift operators.
- Skeetawk remains closed for a second week following a lift malfunction.
- Kimberley reopens the Northstar Express after a successful multi-continent repair effort.
- Utah’s new Governor expresses support for a gondola in Little Cottonwood.
- A new lift garners rave reviews at Lake Louise.
- There’s tons of cool lift history in this feature on the legendary Lone Peak Tram.
What kind of lift is at Skeetawk?
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It’s a SkyTrans.
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“Lift One project at base of Aspen Mountain moves to next phase”
is it just me or have I seen nearly this exact headline like 17 times already?
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1A is the *Winds of Winter* of the lift industry.
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Kind of related to Bosquet, Mount Bohemia is offering passholders unlimited access to both big powderhorn and the Porkies ski areas since they have had such a bad snow year.
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Well there are worse ways to die.. riding up a mountain on a lift doesn’t seem like such a bad way to go.
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/man-dies-after-passing-out-on-deer-valley-ski-lift
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To go along with the Big Sky Tram article….
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