- The Bud Light Seltzer SkyView gondola at Hard Rock Stadium becomes the Heineken High Line for the Miami Grand Prix.
- A chairlift which rotates between two fairs in California and one in Arizona now also goes to Texas.
- Granite Gorge is scheduled to be sold at a foreclosure auction next month.
- A Swiss paper interviews Roland Bartholet about his company being acquired by HTI. The brand will remain separate from Leitner and Poma, will focus on new products and help the group compete with Doppelmayr Garaventa.
- Indy Pass signs six more resorts as affiliate partners; redemptions totaled 125,000 this season.
- Gore Mountain signs with Leitner-Poma for the North Creek Ski Bowl detachable.
- Doppelmayr proposes a $200 million urban gondola system in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Bottineau Winter Park fundraises for a new T-Bar.
- Friends of the Tulsa Skyride say the only lift in Oklahoma may be removed in the next few weeks.
- The United States sets an all-time skier visit record – 61 million – with 11 more ski areas operating than last season.
- NSAA says offseason capital improvements will also set a record this year at $728 million.
- A big urban 3S opens in France.
- Doppelmayr’s latest Bike Clip carriers will make their North American debut at Loon Mountain.
- Mt. Rose’s first high speed quad will be called the
Tahoe Express. Update: Lakeview Express - A tram breakdown makes the news in Palm Springs.
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Glad to hear that the Indy pass is slowly gaining more ski areas, especially on the east coast. Even though you still have to purchase a ticket for the “Allied” resorts, taking initiative to attract new customers is always a good thing. Considering the amount of people frustrated over Vail poor management of certain areas, I suspect somewhat of an increase of Indy pass sales for this year. Can’t wait for next season!
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On the mt rose trail map it says its called the lakeview express, not the tahoe express.
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One of the maps and the lift status page calls it the Lakeview express. idk how to post pictures here.
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What I did to get that picture there is I went to the website with the trail maps and right-clicked on one of the images, not the link to the pdf. I selected “copy image link” then pasted the link in the comment. Once I posted the comment, the image popped up.
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https://skirose.com/snow-report/
The lift status page calls it the Lakeview express.
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My best guess would be that it is going to be Tahoe Express, and they just haven’t updated things, but I really don’t know. It’s definitely odd how there are two completely different names in different places. I’m wondering if the lift status page and that trail map that you attached were created before they decided to name it Tahoe Express.
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As a local who has skied Mt. Rose for the last 45 years, it is perplexing. I will ask around to get clarification, but I am almost certain that they are changing the lift to Tahoe Express. Mt. Rose changed the name prior when Ponderosa was moved to a different alignment (now Wizard) and when Zephyr replaced Overland/Pioneer lifts on the Slide side in 1989. At any rate, it is exciting to see this lift getting replaced as it will greatly help uphill capacity when the summit lifts are closed on windy days.
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Why did the north bowl quad contract cost $8.7 million?! That seems like a ton!
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Have you read the news of late?
Doppelmayr actually bid lower by ~$100,000. LPOA was determined to be the best value bid. LPOA agreed to do some foundations for a mountain coaster as an add on which Doppelmayr wanted nothing to do with. Also Doppelmayr refused to supply a 1,100 ft/min lift without auto locking restraint bars. Apparently that would be against European code which all Doppelmayr lifts are built to.
Leitner-Poma bid: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:a5c1c266-7e51-4650-952e-58ff103115d9
Doppelmayr bid: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:0ee86950-8bab-4846-bf8e-8dc3cd0b8f26
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Thanks for the context.
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It’s a pretty large lift all things considered, it isn’t a multi lift order, and the prices are higher than all of us armchair enthusiasts think they are.
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Probably because of the terrain prep work for lift tower foundations. Alot of rocky terrain in spots under the surface. It would probably be less if Gore set the towers and helped with installation. But ORDA always like the work done by the lift manufacturer get the full warranty not a limited warranty.
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Red Dog lift at Palisade started coming down today. Bottom station is removed and sitting in the parking lot.
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Mt. Rose reached out to me. The name will be Lakeview Express. Tahoe Express was considered but not selected and some maps were published in error.
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