- Mont Sutton, Quebec becomes the latest resort to announce a loading conveyor addition this season.
- Mt. Bachelor says the new Skyliner Express is on track to open in December despite some shipping delays.
- Sunlight releases a fresh master plan with a series of lift upgrades and additions.
- Vail Resorts plans to wrap gondolas at multiple resorts with messages of diversity and inclusion.
- Breckenridge offers old Five chairs for sale.
- Park City says new, heavier cabins will require Red Pine Gondola towers to be reinforced, acknowledges the Sigma cabins list 2 degrees when empty.
- Aspen Mountain’s new Pandora’s lift will now be called Hero’s.
- Ikon Pass resorts invest over one billion dollars in improvements for this season.
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania names a new operator for closed Denton Hill.
- Multiple factors contributed to the deadly collision between a gondola cabin and drill rig at Tremblant this summer.
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It will be interesting to see if Aspen commissions a new complete trail map, seeing as the Hero’s expansion is signed by James Nieheus disciple Rad Smith.
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I’m a huge fan of Sunlight’s new master plan. That ski area is such a hidden gem, with its lift network being its only weak spot. Upgrading its ancient lifts and adding an East Ridge lift will make Sunlight not just good but great in my opinion.
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I also am in full agreement with that master plan for Sunlight. The proposed Grizzly lift will provide some great opportunties for longer runs for advanced beginner and intermediate level skiers without the need to return to the base and I have always thought it would be great to have lift service in the east ridge area even if it is a T Bar or similar eliminating the current hike-out. Sunlight is a great mid size mountain and nice to see them planning for improvements.
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kind of odd they have a massive, largely undeveloped SUP boundary, and yet the additions are mostly on private land (with rather short lifts).
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Weird that the IKON article only mentions Crystal opening a yurt but doesn’t reference the new Mountain Commons opening. Is it delayed? The Reimagine Crystal website still references Fall 2023 opening.
Thank goodness RFID is returning…
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I was wondering about that. Interestingly most of the “Reimagine Crystal” information seems to have been removed from their website, including the detail pages about Mountain Commons and the other improvements.
Honestly Crystal’s lack of clear communications (in general, including about operations last winter) has become a real problem.
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Love seeing “lost areas” gain new life. Granite Gorge, Deer Mountain (private), Cuchara, Paul Bunyan, Deepwood (Woodwind Park?), Norway Mountain, Thrill Hills, Farr’s Hill, Kingvale and now Denton, all reopened or in the process.
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Add Adventure Mountain and Steeplechase.
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