This is a list of new lifts likely to be built in the United States and Canada during the 2024 construction season. Last updated 7/18/2024. Have an addition or correction? Comment below or email Peter@liftblog.com.
Blue = Doppelmayr
Yellow = Leitner-Poma
Green = Skytrac
Red = MND
Purple = Partek
Orange = SkyTrans
Gray = Re-installations (used lifts)
White = To be announced
ATW = Aerial Tramway
CL = Chairlift
G = Gondola
SL = Surface lift
D = Detachable
F = Fixed grip
M = Monocable
P = Pulse
J = Jigback
B = Bubble
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What lifts are getting replaced at Ober Mountain ?
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Looks as though the January 20, 2024 update to the 2024 project list now contains Pleasant Mountain 4CLD “hand-me-down” from Sunday River former Barker. I do not see a formal announcement at PleasantMountain Resort or Boyne corporate websites. Is this project now Boyne confirmed and funded? And if so, will the work be done by Boyne or perhaps Dopplemeyer?
Most recent email pertaining to the multi-week https://liftblog.com/summit-express-shawnee-peak-me/ Summit Triple outage:
“Summit Lift returns to full capacity
Hi David,
We are pleased to share that we will be running the Summit Chairlift at full capacity starting, Saturday, January 20.
We will no longer be running the shuttle to the East Lodge. However, we will continue to run the Sunnyside Triple Friday to Monday for the remainder of the season (weather permitting).
We are so thankful for everyone’s patience and understanding as our team has worked diligently on this lift issue.
Hope to see you on the hill
Sincerely
Ralph Lewis / General Manager”
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I assume you mean old Jordan not old Barker
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I stand corrected – thanks “Skier”
See “The former Jordan high speed quad is now being stored near Boyne’s Pleasant Mountain ski area, possibly for a 2024-25 installation.”
at https://www.newenglandskiindustry.com/viewstory.php?storyid=1027
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Noticed the gondola is omitted for Blue Mountain Ontario for 2024.
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is the j bar at aspen highlands still planed?
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Bogus Basin issued a press release today about their two new lifts. It looks like you already know about them.
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Per Snowjournal McCauley Mountain report…”Big news is the mountain did get a funding grant and lift through the ORDA to replace the Summit double with a Triple this spring/summer.”
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Is double runner at sugarloaf, ME getting replaced this year
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I hope it does soon. It’s pretty old and slow, and they could throw in a high speed quad to the top of west with a midstation where the easy unload is.
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Is Deer Valley’s bubble 6 still on track?
Will it be open to the public next season? What is the alignment?
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I’ve been told 3-5 Expanded Excellence lifts will be built this summer and the rest next summer. They aren’t promising any early openings before 25-26 but it would not surprise me. The Hyatt opens December ’24 and those guests would probably appreciate not having to take a bus.
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Hope this happens!
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I believe the Mighty Argo Cable Car is a go. Every time I drive through Idaho Springs, I see a cut alignment scaling the hill. There is a black trailer at the base of the cut, and maybe even some parts in the trees behind?
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Hopefully. The cut has been there for a couple years now.
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Will the new Seattle Ridge lift be the only UNI-G with direct drive? Feel like thats uncommon.
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I don’t think Doppelmayr offers Direct Drives on UNI-G models.
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There’s actually a direct drive gondola in South Korea that uses UNI-G terminals.
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Well thats what Peter has it listed as.
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Thredbo ski resort in Australia has a UNI-G called Merritt’s Gondola and it has a direct drive, the top drive station has a UNI-G enclosure over the direct drive while the mid and lower stations look similar to the Park City Quicksilver Gondola mid, so if that’s possible then there’s a very good chance Seattle Ridge 6 could have one too.
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Sadly the Midwest is kind of having a slow season.
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When did BV announce the new koala?! Why did they buy a used 4pack?
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Is Homewood still on track to build the Madden Gondola this summer?
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Rumor on the street is NO.
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What and Where is Big Bear?
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The branding that encompasses Snow Valley, Snow Summit and Bear Mountain
https://www.bigbearmountainresort.com/
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Southern California. 2 hours East of LA. There are three separate mountains that are all owned by Alterra: Bear Mountain, Snow summit and Snow Valley. They are all medium sized ski resorts, each having at least 1 detachable. The plan is for Bear mountain and snow summit to expand into each other creating 1 big ski resort.
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On the northern flank of the San Bernardino Range, one of SoCal’s Transverse Ranges. Just north of San Gorgonio, which, according to Summit Post, a somewhat informed compendium of things mountainous, is at about eleven and a half grand, and is the tallest peak in all of the Transverse Ranges. It’s about 45ish miles (30ish for Snow Valley) from San Bernardino proper, on a windy af road over which LA tourists famously fail at driving.
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Lakeridge Ontario is replacing the Center lift, not the East lift in 2024. In addition, Mount St. Louis Moonstone is in Ontario, not Quebec.
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It looks like Segundo replacement at Sunlight is postponed again, is USFS not approving the project or are there other reasons?
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It was approved on July 10, 2023. My understanding is Sunlight could not find anyone to do the installation.
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Why can’t they just self install it?
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I think their maintenance team is two or maybe three people, and none of them are licensed to fly a helicopter
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First Sunlight cuts the lift line for East Ridge Chair…then postpones it. Then buys A-Basins lift to replace Segundo, then postpones it for a year only to put it off yet another year. I’m thinking money issues are the reason.
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So is the McCauley Mountain chairlift replacement confirmed for this summer?
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Yes. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid026hVf96Fpxtj8FX3UYhp5fiaqqgHvYJyALRVmYHBGJMcFfvs1rFrh7UG8zahD9VG1l&id=100057854511205
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Dang! A gondola and 5th Bubble chair for WPR
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Fourth bubble chair. The fixed grip lift is non-bubble.
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Peter I learned that Sugarloaf might also be installing a double runner replacement in 2024. I saw it on the website.
https://www.sugarloaf2030.com/timeline
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Where is the Gondola going at Wasatch?
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Any new news about the big bear project? It was supposed to be approved by last week and the big bear website has nothing on it. My theory is that they are keeping quiet so they don’t have to deal with protesters. As frustrating as it is not knowing the details I think it best for them to keep quiet so they don’t have to deal with all the drama like dodger gondola did. I’m just curious if they are doing the whole interconnect and proposed lift A or something else. Everybody feel free to reply if you have any info. Thanks! ;)
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Drove by Bear Mountain today and all the chairs have been removed from lift 2, along with some tarping of the bottom terminal. I think they’re going to replace 2 and 5 with a single lift.
There’s no activity in the forest between Bear and Summit, so I doubt the interconnect is going to happen this year. Too much clearing to do at this point.
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makes sense. Maybe next year
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Hey have you seen any progress on this, i live 2 hours away but this is still my home resort. Really want to know if it is finally happening.
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From the live cams, I can say that they are removing chairs 2 and 5 and likely replacing them with a CLD-4 or CLD-6. While I doubt the expansion will happen this year, I think the new chair is huge because it will move the Terrain Park people away from Bear Mountain Express which has some of the best long groomers in SoCal. I do find it odd that they are not public saying anything about this. We know it is happening because or the live cams and the fact that they already bought a detachable and are hiring people to install it.
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When did Stagecoach Mountain Resort order a 10 passenger d-line gondola?
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Read March 22 news roundup
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I believe sometime around march, early winter 2024.
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Peter I was curious where you heard that Lift 2 at Deer Valley is now going to be detachable instead of fixed grip?
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So Ski Santa Fe is replacing a 1988 double chairlift with a 1988 quad version 🤔, I wonder why they couldn’t have moved the SFSC over to replace Sierra, the length is very similar.
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Retrofitted 1988 double at any rate.
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Easy street was never retrofitted it did however use towers from a removed double with new assemblies added when built in 88′
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As of right now, over a quarter of 2024 lift installs (58) are happening in just two states: Utah (10) and New York (6). Half of New York’s are hand-me-downs. Utah’s are all brand new.
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For those of you who might want to watch close up, the building of a quad chairlift, the Alpine Ski Club in Collingwood Ont has their webcam camera pointed directly at the bottom the new Arrowhead chair, now under construction.. I believe the camera gets turned slightly during ski season to better show more ski slope conditions, but right now you get clear, images of the chair build, pointed at the bottom return station relatively close up. Search for Alpine Ski Club Youtube and you will find it. Most days , this season, the camera is live.
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I wish more ski areas would do this. For us ski lift nerds summer season projects are still interesting. The marketing departments haven’t realized that yet.
Bear Mountain in Southern California looks to be installing a new chair this summer. You can see things happening on the webcam but there hasn’t been any announcements. Thy should point a webcam right at the construction and give a weekly blog update on the progress. They could post a weekly construction update photo on their social media.
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On Lakeridge’s Instagram, it says their new lift will be called “Rieky’s Express”
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Now for Sale: This summer, the Devil’s Glen Ski Club in Glen Huron Ont, took down the |Lucifer’s Chair, a 1990 Borvig Quad chairlift. Devil’s Glen is now selling off the chairs for $500 Canadian dollars. Sale to Members and local residents (you need to come get it, no delivery available. Each chair seats 4 people, is 91″ wide x 120″ tall in size, weighing approx. 170 k
https://devilsglen.com/chairlift_sales
I personally live local to Devil’s Glen. If you want one and want me to pick it up for you and deliver or meet you half way on the highway, let me know. Fee applies. Andy Stayner Ont. Devil’s Glen has two local welding shops listed who will make the chair into a bench or swing. You can’t buy them to use them on a ski area chairlift.
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August 27, 2024. Tower Day at the Alpine Ski Club in Craigleith Ontario, as Dopplemayr builds the new Arrowhead Quad Chair. As of 9:30Am Eastern, watch the last few lower towers go up.
Search for Alpine Ski Club Youtube and you will find it. Most days , this season, the camera is live. A good shot of the lower terminal and half of the lift line as it is getting built.
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Monday Sept 16, 2024. Looks like it is cable splice day at the Alpine Ski Club, Craigleith Ont. 11:45AM. Splicing the cable for the new Arrowhead Quad Chair. Good view from the club’s webcam.
Cut and paste won’t allow me to enter a youtube video address so do a search on Google for the Alpine Ski Club Webcam
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Wed Oct 16, 2024. Looks like chair hanging day )or close to it) for the new Arrowhead Quad Chair at the Alpine Ski Club, Craigleith Ont. 11:45AM. Good view from the club’s webcam. At 9:30AM, a tractor at the bottom of the lift with a new chair hanging from the forks.
Cut and paste won’t allow me to enter a YouTube video address so do a search on Google for the Alpine Ski Club Webcam
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It’s still sad to see Santa Fe Super Chief get replaced. I grew up on that lift insanely hard
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Peter, I believe Big Sky’s new lifts will both have DirectDrive. Correct me if i’m wrong but I do know for a fact that Madison 8 will have DDD not sure about O&O however.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAgzIABTtkV/?igsh=MWU5ejV3b3hoZWVqMQ==
Also will Big Sky’s Explorer Gondola have Direct Drive?
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I assume so seeing Boyne’s reputation concerning projects like that, it will be a flagship lift…
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Did Homewood procure the Gondola they planed to build? It seems like their announcement of not opening this ski season suggest the owner and operator have a mess on their hands? I’m a Truckee/West Shore long time resident. Any further insights?
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Not sure if surface lifts count, but Snow Trails in Ohio is adding a rope tow this year for their park.
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No rope tows on the blog.
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Nope. Only t-bars and platter lifts count.
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For all those who may be interested, the first of the chairs for Snowmass’ Coney Express are headed up right now. You can view them on this webcam:
https://coloradowebcam.net/camera/snowmass-webcam-snowmass-village
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Is Chicopee actually replacing their tenderfoot double with a quad for 2024/2025 or was it put on the list by mistake and actually going in next summer?
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Not a mistake.
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Wait at Deer Valley are Neptune and Galena chairs opening in 2024 along with Keetley, Hoodoo, Aurora, because I thought it was gonna be 2025?
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While Deer Valley has certainly made great progress on the terminals for Neptune and Galena, it would be very unlikely that either of them would be ready for this winter. Galena only has a few towers flown in, I would only assume the same for Neptune. That being said, I would assume work will continue on the remaining lifts at Deer Valley East for this winter but I heavily doubt Neptune and Galena will be ready to open this winter.
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They flew the rest of the towers yesterday for both of them. Word on the street has been that they want to open at least 4 lifts this season. My bet is at least one of them opens this season, but maybe not at the same time as the 3 on the map.
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Hey Peter, just to let you know, Gore’s new lift is called the “Hudson Chair” not the Hudson Express. Here’s a picture of the name on the terminal.
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And it seems like they stuck with the cheaper Omega chairs to match the other detachable lifts. However, if they build a 6 pack, they might use the newer and more expensive LPA Chairs
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Looks like the Black lift isn’t happening at Troll this season. I asked about it being open and they responded “not this season”.
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Sad, what is the status on it?
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Incomplete.
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Has anything been installed?
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Hey Peter, when do you think you are going to get the pictures for the Troll mountain lift? Next season?
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