- A storm blows terminal panels off the new Tecumseh Express at Waterville Valley.
- Ditto for the T-Bar at Smuggs.
- A landslide takes out a lift tower in France.
- A de-roped moving gondola and power lines do not mix well in Bulgaria.
- Two major lifts to go down at Whitefish, one gets rope evacuated over multiple hours.
- An upgrade project run long is what prevented Thunderwolf from opening early season at Big Sky (now finished.)
- Holiday Mountain, Manitoba reopens after years closed.
- Vail christens the Game Creek Express; Sun Down Express remains under construction and Leitner-Poma apologizes.
- The Palisades Base to Base Gondola spins as one continuous lift for the first time.
- Attitash will reveal the name of next year’s new lift on New Year’s Eve.
- Maine approves expansion at Sugarloaf.
“Doppelmayr is down to just 3 lifts not finished out of 31 North American projects. They completed a ton in December.” What are the other two lifts in addition to Telluride’s lift 9?
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Burns at Deer Valley and I believe the hsq at Utah Olympic park.
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Excited that Holiday Mountain is re-opening.
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Very classy of Vail and LP to post the updates and apologies like that.
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Happy New Year!
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