- The private equity firm working to build a gondola in Idaho Springs, Colorado will reopen the Estes Park Tramway.
- A surveyor is spotted for that Idaho Springs gondola.
- Utah environmental groups seek to consolidate three lawsuits against the Little Cottonwood Gondola.
- Extell says three new lifts will open at Deer Valley next winter.
- Chicopee, Ontario looks toward lift upgrades.
- Hogadon, Wyoming closes the season early due to lift issues.
- Grizzly at Bear Valley, California suffers multiple breakdowns and closes for the season early.
- Long waits have Snowmass leaders asking for a Sky Cab “Skittles” pulse gondola replacement.
- ORDA commits $1.1 million for new grips on Gore Mountain’s Northwoods Gondola and $5 million to replace Little Whiteface with a new double chair in 2025.
- Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina plans a detachable gondola across the Saluda River.
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Very exciting news for the Idaho Springs Gondola!! With how popular lift-serviced mountain biking has become in Colorado, another place to offer it will sure be exciting, especially with how close it is to Denver.
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Maybe. Idaho springs is very rough to be in during the weekends, limited space, limited parking.
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Something that may be related to the Grizzly lift at Bear Valley is the future Firebowl lift at China Peak (which was supposed to go in this summer) will be sent to Bear Valley.
Maybe this area will be served by that quad chair?
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There is no way the cost to replace the grips on the gondola at Gore is that price. A Doppelmayr TB-104 is $5,800.
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The bid amount is $1,105,001 or $15,137 per grip.
Cabins will cost $3,055,977. Total cost of each new cabin plus grip is $56,987.
Interestingly, the Little Whiteface project was originally supposed to be this summer but Doppelmayr had the only bid – $7.67 million – too much even for ORDA. So they put it back out to bid for next year and have budgeted $5 million.
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Is that a recent quote for 73 grips, delivered?
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The Grouse gondola is going under the trams? I didn’t realize the until watching the video.
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I’m glad to hear that the Estes Park Tram will be running once again. It is a cool piece of Colorado history. And with Sunlight removing the Segundo lift this summer, I think it is the oldest ropeway in the state.
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My old hometown resort Snowbasin, Salt Lake, Ogden, and other potential venues hosted the IOC this past week as they looked around and met with local officials as they get closer to announcing the 2034 winter olympics hosting state. I’m cheering for Utah again and hope it happens.
https://www.fox13now.com/news/2034-slc-winter-games/snowbasin-shows-off-during-ioc-visit-to-weber-county
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Does Doppelmayr even still make EJ double chairs?
Also would the new Little Whiteface lift be an Alpenstar or Tristar
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Would Gore have to modify their omega terminals for the Northwoods gondola if they bought new cabins and grips?
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C53tTmetkBy/?igsh=MWtzMG8wYXVhOW1zYg==
It looks like Leitner has introduced a fully automated gondola system called LeitPilot. This system looks to be very similar to doppelmayr’s AURO.
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