- California Mountain Resort Company (owner of China Peak/Dodge Ridge/Mountain High) buys Taos’ outgoing Lift 4 for reinstallation next summer.
- One of New Zealand’s largest ski resorts faces liquidation right before ski season.
- Solitude’s next three lift replacement priorities, in order, are Link, Sunrise and Powderhorn II.
- Buck Hill holds a chair sale. Middlebury Snowbowl too.
- Gatlinburg SkyLift Park simplifies its name to SkyPark.
- A New York public broadcaster highlights the Olympic Regional Development Authority’s $700 million in recent spending subsidized by taxpayers.
- A one year delay over sewer issues increases the cost of Gore Mountain’s new Ski Bowl detachable quad by $681,000, will now be built next year.
- New Hampshire commits $18 million to a major overhaul of the Cannon Mountain tramway.
- The Forest Service approves the replacement of Wilbere at Snowbird with a fixed grip quad.
- Leitner releases its 2022 annual report showcasing installations across Europe.
- Loon Mountain shares a South Peak construction update.
- Big Sky’s new tram cabins are complete and ready for shipping.
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Solitude’s priority list is odd. I get replacing Sunrise, probably with a newer 4clf. Links is the beginner lift and it seems well suited to that, outside of maybe upgrading to a 3 seater for class management. Then Powederhorn II? That’s a pretty new lift and suits the terrain pretty well.
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I’d welcome a HSQ for Powderhorn. It’s a decently long lift and can rack up a bit of a line. I can see Link being a useful HSQ or even a small gondola to provide a transfer lift between the base areas.
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Link is so short I don’t see it requiring a HSQ or Gondola. Most people ride it for the beginner terrain, not to transfer between bases. Moonbeam and Apex are such short rides and provide green terrain to opposite bases.
And my old fashioned self wishes Powderhorn was still the old Doppy Double from the bottom to keep people off of good terrain!
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It wouldn’t surprise if Mt. Bachelor’s former Skyliner lift towers are headed to Snowbird as they were air lifted out.
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It looks like there’s a mistake on the FS document for Snowbird. It mentions the Wilbere bottom terminal will be located at Creekside, near Midgad and Gadzoom. It says to the West, which is the Baby T side, it should be the East (since I assume the lift won’t cross the others), but I don’t see figure 3.0 referenced.
I also really like the Solitude priority list. Link is due for an upgrade, I think a FGQ probably makes the most sense, so they can send an instructor+3 up each chair, and it’s so short I don’t see them going detachable. HSQs for Sunrise and Powderhorn also make sense, they’re the only two longish ride time lifts left, and the terrain on both can handle additional capacity. None of the high speeds need any attention once the Eagle upgrade is complete, and Honeycomb is totally fine as is.
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The Cannon tram is primarily a summer ride given that it only operates weekends and holidays in the winter, but daily from Memorial Day through Columbus Day. I wish there was another lift on that side of the mountain that could run weekdays, but that’s wishful thinking. I do think that they are letting other infrastructure slide at the expense of the tram….
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Aspen Heights in Hardisty, Alberta (last operated mid 2000s) just recently sold to new owners. Hopefully, it means a re-opening. The ski hill has a Mueller double from Fernie BC, and a handful of runs.
https://www.theagencyre.com/listing/3404445-41436-Range-Road-101-Hardisty-AB-T0B-1V0-CA
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Yea les goooooo Lift 4 is still alive!!
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