- Poma introduces a totally new logo.
- Telluride residents will vote whether to fund a new Mountain Village gondola November 5th.
- Riverbanks Zoo & Garden in Columbia, South Carolina plans to debut a Leitner-Poma eight place gondola in 2025.
- Indy Pass to host a community meeting on the future of Black Mountain, New Hampshire tomorrow.
- Homewood presents an updated master plan with a new gondola and replacement Ellis chair.
- Powder Mountain carves out, re-brands three of its lifts as a private ski area called Powder Haven.
- Hidden Valley, Ontario offers up retired chairs from the Red and Blue lifts.
- Doppelmayr’s first TRI-Line nears completion in Switzerland.
- Vail Resorts and the Town of Vail reach an agreement to develop a fourth base portal, likely including a new gondola.
- The reopening of the Palm Springs Tramway following a maintenance period is postponed a second time due to “unforseen technical difficulties.”
- Eaglecrest warns the Black Bear chairlift may not operate at all this season due to “significant mechanical damage.”
- Lookout Pass’ new trail map shows a future Lift 6.
- Deer Valley previews an all new trail map by Rad Smith showing expansion lifts.
- Spirit Mountain retires the Double Jaw lift and is selling the chairs.
- A woman falls out of a gondola during high winds in China.
- OSHA reaches a settlement with Park City regarding the death of an employee who fell from a lift in 2023, dismisses a proposed $2,500 fine.
- The Province of Quebec and Resorts of the Canadian Rockies reportedly reach an agreement to improve lift infrastructure at Mont Sainte-Anne.
- Bear Mountain’s new Midway six seater will feature a loading conveyor and 3,200 skier per hour capacity.
- Sublette towers flew last Wednesday above Jackson Hole.
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Looks like the new Sublette is a HSQ with Six Pack Gauge
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Re: Bear Mountain; is there a concensus on the pros and cons with a conveyor belt?
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No consensus. Personally I love the latest ones for reducing beginner misloads and on fixed-grip lifts. Big Sky’s fully-loaded D-Lines and Challenger prove their value.
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I can’t wait to see a more detailed map to Deer Valley, mostly so I can see how well my father will do on the new trails.
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I know that Doppelmayr’s done high speed quads with six pack line gauge can be found here and there (Snowbird notably has two with Little Cloud and Peruvian). Sublette would be the first time I’ve seen Leitner-Poma do this.
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2nd, First was Meadows at Coronet Peak in New Zealand, Built in 2010
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Silvertip at YC has 6 Seat Gauge
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Will Midway the Only LPA six pack with a loading conveyer?
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I believe American Flyer at Copper has a loading conveyor.
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I looked at it and I think it only has a gate, not a conveyor.
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American Flyer never had one.
The Colorado SuperChair did used to have a carpet until a couple seasons ago.
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The Flyer never had a conveyor. Both versions had load gates, but in both instances they proved worthless so they became spare parts.
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Did some research and found that the only other LPA 6 pack to get a conveyor was Colorado at Breckenridge. Since Breckenridge removed the loading conveyor from the lift Midway will now be the only LPA 6 pack with a loading conveyor.
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I miss the swoosh already.
Also, Peter, happy 400th News Roundup!*
*assuming that it really is the 400th, that’s what it says in the URL, and URLs aren’t always the most accurate
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The Swoosh will live on, at least here. I’ve made it a point to either touch up or completely add on a logo to every Poma I’ve worked on. The only exceptions have been our new LPOAs. While I understand rebranding, sometimes the original is still the best.
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Glad to hear it!
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