- Leitner unveils a prototype dual mode transport system which combines ropeway technology with autonomous driving.
- Developer Perry Williams still expects to purchase Big Squaw, Maine in the coming months and will change the mountain’s name. Chairs from the former Thompson double are being auctioned.
- New York State resorts saw a 27 percent increase in visits last season with four million skier days.
- Interior BC ski areas again face being cut off from their largest markets, this time due to floods. Sasquatch Mountain Resorts postpones its opening day due to the State of Emergency.
- More than 12,000 people sign a petition asking Whistler Blackcomb to require proof of vaccination for riding gondolas.
- Park City won’t run Eaglet this winter.
- The State of New Hampshire says a replacement Cannon Tram could carry 100 passengers and cost between $24 and 32 million.
- Wachusett’s owners explored purchasing a bubble six pack and made an offer for Jay Peak last year.
- Another great podcast with the legend himself – James Niehues.
- A local newspaper traces the history of the first chairlift and gondola on the West Coast, both located at Sugar Bowl.
- Catamount’s new trail map shows the locations of two new lifts.
- The new Grand Targhee map shows where the Peaked Mountain lift will go next year.
- Attitash introduces a completely new trail map.
- Gunstock will host an open house tomorrow to unveil its new master plan.
- Florida investors propose leasing and operating long-closed Cuchara in Colorado.
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How come the new peaked chairlift won’t go to the top of Peaked Mountain.
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More than likely due to wind issues. I’ve skied there a few times and it can be quite windy at the top.
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Exactly. It’s a huge cornice up there with significant potential for wind and visibility issues.
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Perhaps over interpreting the new Targhee map, but it appears that the new Peaked Mtn lift will terminate well below the actual summit. I think that’s new information?
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2018 master plan had it going to 9691′, which would look like this:
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Based upon the earth moving and concrete that was poured this summer, this view is far more accurate than the trail map’s version.
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They will have to change the map as the map shows no route out of Peaked Bowl even though there is if you look at Google earth.
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Stevens Pass management is trying to cross train other departments on lift operations due to the resort’s inability to hire enough liftees for the upcoming season.
Expect frequent delays and lift closures.
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Oops I’m late but lol leitner must have seen the doppelmayr press conference earlier this year. It’s odd they would go full mimic on an unproven prototype.
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