- A ski patroller dies at Titus Mountain, New York in an accident involving a chairlift.
- Bittersweet, Michigan says last week’s lift incident was caused by high winds.
- A 15 year old dies after falling from a lift at Sommet Morin Heights, Quebec.
- Hickory, New York to open this weekend for the first time in years.
- Sandia Peak works toward doing the same.
- Sleeping Giant, Wyoming won’t open this season.
- Neither will Misty Ridge, Alberta.
- A viral video shows chairs stacking up on a de-roped lift in France.
- Nordic Valley reopens after a lodge fire shuttered the resort.
- Doppelmayr and Mantis Ropeway Technologies secure regulatory approval for unmanned chairlift unloading stations in Austria and Switzerland.
- The Mantis system is also undergoing testing in Canada.
- Leitner Ropeways provides significant compensation to the families of 14 people who died in a 2021 Italian tram incident.
- Vail Resorts reports North American early season skier visits declined 16.2 percent but lift and ski school revenue were up.
- Hundreds sign a petition urging Powder Mountain to maintain public access to two existing and one future chairlift planned to go private.
- PowMow asks the public to weigh in where the outgoing Paradise Quad should be reinstalled.
- Double Diamond/Southern Cross at Stevens Pass closes for repair.
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Cloudmont Alabama’s only ski area posted on their Facebook page this week, they will not open this season due to family illness.
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I’m curious why Leitner obligated itself to this tramway payout for this incident because this really opens a loop hole (in my opinion) for future lawsuits against all manufacturers. Any lawyer can use this case as an example regardless the manufacturer was at fault. Maybe I read the article wrong, but I’m just saying.
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My guess is that they felt they had to because they performed work directly on the lift; they weren’t simply the manufacturer and all of the work had been done by third parties.
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I agree with ppropetech. The fact that they had the maintenance contract and had performed work was involvement beyond “manufacturer”. This is like a plea of Nolo contrendre- you don’t admit fault or guilt. As I read it, they settled out of court. But the Italian courts are fairly strict. Leitner and their 3 employees could still be found guilty / liable.
JMO
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La mafia.
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