- Colorado’s Governor, Doppelmayr and investors break ground on the Mighty Argo Cable Car project in Idaho Springs.
- Alterra presses pause on a new parking gondola at the base of Steamboat.
- The Forest Service weighs whether to allow chairlifts at a proposed bike park in Arkansas.
- The International Olympic Committee selects Salt Lake City to host the 2034 games with events at Deer Valley, Park City and Snowbasin.
- A wildfire tears through Jasper, Alberta with Marmot Basin cautiously optimistic but no word on the fate of the Jasper SkyTram.
- Mt. Abram’s Mainside chairlift will miss the rest of the summer due to maintenance.
- An update on Jackson Hole’s new Sublette detachable quad:
Lift Blog 
There is nothing in Arkansas that needs a chairlift to serve mountain bikers. Nothing tall enough!
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By 2034, I imagine that the lifts Snowbasin received for the 2002 games will be due for replacement (Allen Peak Tram, John Paul, Needles and Strawberry). I say that if we’re to assume that Snowbasin hosts the Downhill events once more.
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Snowbasin is posting on social media that they are hosting. Needles, JP, and the tram are visible from the courses.
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I know Becker’s on the upgrade list for 2025. So Porky probably follows a few years after that, then John Paul, Needles, and the tram by 2032.
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Couldn’t they do what park city did with the red pine gondola and repalce the Gondola cabins? I belive that red pine gondola was built in 1997, while the snowbasin lifts were built in 1998. I guess we will see.
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It will be interesting to see if they replace the “beer can tram” with a new modern-looking one. Maybe now Park City will get some new lifts approved as well.
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Will see. Those NIMBY’s have quite alot of power these days.
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I drifted through Idaho Springs today, and there were a lot of cool developments happening there. I didn’t see much of the ceremony, but I took a look at the cabin and talked to some of the people there – everyone seemed very happy that its finally going in.
It’s great that another town in Colorado has a scenic gondola for guests to enjoy!
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Is that video a new Leitner terminal design? Kind of like what Doppelmayr is doing with their new D Line terminals?
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As of publishing date July 26, 2024, Marmot Basin and Jasper Skytram unaffected by the Jasper fires.
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/jasper-wildfire-live-updates-friday-july-26
includes map of damage in town as of that date.
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