- Gore Mountain plans to replace the Topridge triple with a fixed quad next summer.
- ORDA would relocate Topridge to Mt. Van Hoevenberg.
- Grouse Mountan will hold an art contest to wrap new gondola cabins.
- Another art contest to decorate retired gondolas in Park City.
- Cascade Skyline Gondola proponents argue the competing Bridal Veil Mountain Resort project in BC shouldn’t be built due to spotted owls.
- A young Canadian racer suffers severe injuries in Switzerland allegedly due to a malfunctioning T-Bar.
- A lift maintenance worker is killed in Italy after being hit by a carrier.
- A study concludes that only 9 percent of chairlift riders use safety bars in the Midwest compared with 80 percent in the Northeast.
- A French resort highlights how used chairlift projects generate significantly lower carbon emissions than new.
- A number of Aspen executives to retire amid sale rumors.
- In Canada, Lake Louise’s new six pack will be named Pipestone Express; Mont Grand-Fonds’ will be named Lynx Express.
- I joined the Low Pressure Podcast to talk about lifts.
Lift Blog 
A HSQ that resembles a d-line!!! That is something that I have to see. The only other time I’ve seen something similar is at Jackson with the sweet water gondola.
LikeLiked by 1 person
oops I meant to comment on the deer valley article.
LikeLike
Hey Peter, not fond of the Podcast host’s style but great to learn about you!
LikeLike
Peter, (just an idea) you should start making posts dedicated to construction updates just in the summer. I would like to see a Madison 8 update because personally I love when you post construction updates
LikeLiked by 2 people
A mid mountain station with an integrated garage for Pistenbullys… Can’t not love that.
The study about not using safety bars on chairs is so odd for me as an european. We always lover them.
There are new chairs (especially around ski school areas) where the bar goes down automatically.
LikeLike
I think a big reason people in the midwest US don’t use the safety bar is because the vast majority of lifts simply don’t have a bar, so they are comfortable riding lifts without using it. In my personal experience only families with young children typically use he safety bar.
Also, all skiing in the midwest is on hills (no mountains), so generally short lifts, and they don’t cross “scary” looking terrain.
LikeLike
I find it odd that automatic bars are even legal. They’d kill half of us in the PNW our first rides. I’m always leaning over unbuckling my boots or or whatever, meanwhile some maniacal death machine is tryna squish me or push me off the chair. Not okay. Also, too, as well, tourists lowering bars without warning is the number two reason I wear a helment behind domestic tranquility.
LikeLike
You probably already saw this, Peter but just in case, might be worthy of your Friday Roundup. Not sure if it is too huge of a deal (it is to those who get laid off)
https://kdvr.com/news/local/vail-resorts-plans-to-layoff-14-of-corporate-workers-within-2-years/
LikeLike