- Indy Pass promises 200 resorts next season, Powder Mountain will no longer be one of them.
- Garaventa Chief Rigger Cédric Aellig talks about building America’s newest tram.
- Big Sky shows what Madison 8 chairs will look like.
- The Wall Street Journal tackles billionaires buying ski areas such as Taos, Powder Mountain and Windham.
- Speaking of billionaires, here’s a peak inside Wasatch Peaks Ranch.
- Bystanders make a very good catch of an unseated passenger on Blackcomb’s Crystal Ridge Express.
- A European cat driver climbs on the roof of his machine to help another unseated passenger.
- A profile of Stephen Kircher, lift visionary and President of Boyne Resorts.
- Snow Ridge owner Nick Mir explains why North Chair kept rolling after a deropement last week, says the lift won’t reopen until next season.
- Eaglecrest is approved to break ground on its pulse gondola project this summer.
- Skytrac shows off progress on its new factory, gears up to build 9+ complete lifts this summer.
- Steamboat works toward building an 8 or 10 passenger gondola from the Meadows area to the village.
- Sponsored: Skytrac is hiring parts and service technicians.
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I must say that the letter / blog post from about why the North Star lift kept running was a very open and honest one. It is easy to see how such a situation could happen in the real world and commend them for the nature and tone of the letter.
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It’s a bit concerning that management of an area would put a lift in bypass and send up the head of lifts to ride it to see what’s up. Why not just snowmobile up the lift line? Is riding a lift in bypass to diagnose an issue standard ops? I assume this is a no-go option if public has loaded the lift?
I bet their insurance and/or NYS will require them to rewrite policies on this. This could’ve ended very badly.
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On Snow Ridge: skiers liked that moment. I liked that moment. Adults should hold themselves accountable for failure.
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Alright Mr. McAvoy
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very classy and good to see people accepting accountability for their mistakes makes me trust that person more. Lessons learned from this will help others. No one killed, or injured.
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