- HTI, the parent company of Agudio, Bartholet, Leitner, Poma, LPOA and Skytrac, reports stable revenue of €1.4 billion and record R&D investment of €41 million.
- Leitner teases “the exclusive launch of a groundbreaking new standard for monocable uni-directional ropeways” at Interalpin.
- Leitner also nears completion of a material transport gondola that includes a 1,600 foot underground tunnel.
- The next phase of the Bartholet RopeTaxi on demand gondola network is delayed to December.
- President Trump tempers announced tariffs on most countries to 10% for 90 days.
- Calls continue for the Government of Quebec to terminate its lease with Resorts of the Canadian Rockies for Mont-Sainte-Anne.
- Freakonomics tackles the economics of ski areas with help from Loveland and Mt. Ashland.
- Mt. Hood Meadows to retire the Blue double without replacement, raffle the chairs.
- Alpental plans an all weekend celebration for the retirement of iconic Chair 2.
- Doppelmayr breaks ground on its new Salt Lake City building.
- French authorities propose nearly €2 million in fines against MND and its investors for alleged disclosure and insider trading violations.
- You can buy an Overbrook chair from Ski Butternut
- McCauley is also selling chairs.
- CBS drama Fire Country to feature a ficticious ski lift disaster tonight.
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Does anyone know where the Fire Country episode is filmed? All I know is that it’s a white Poma/Leitner Poma Alpha terminal bottom drive.
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Looked to me like Sugarlump at Mt. Baldy, BC.
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Would make sense. Sadly many TV shows now a days are filmed up in Canada due to lower costs to film there vs in Cali other USA States. You can generally tell the Canadian filmed movies based upon the weather and sky/sun settings, and back in the day poorer film and sound quality and selections. They’ve done better in recent years.
From the web: “Fire Country” is filmed in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with most scenes shot in and around the city. While the show is set in Northern California, filming primarily takes place in Vancouver
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its Peak Chair at Grouse. they were filming there and had Fire Country signs at the bottom of the tram for a few weeks
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That would also make sense, it’s also a white Alpha terminal, and the surroundings look the same. I ruled it out because of how close to Greenway it was.
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Does anyone have any information or updates on the Primo + Segundo lifts at Sunlight Mountain? Just wanted to know if they actually started both the projects yet. Apparently management has been saying they will do it for years, but no actual efforts were made to construct the two.
I see both of the new lifts labeled as “Construction” on Sunlight’s tab in Colorado, so that’s pretty cool. Hopefully they will pull through this year.
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The difference this year is (1) they have Forest Service approval and (2) have hired Leitner-Poma to do the construction. https://sunlightmtn.com/component/content/category/120-sunlight-mountain-blog?Itemid=1987
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Ahh, I see. Well considering LPA is just down the road, that’s pretty good to hear that they have the ball rolling with them already. Looks like they’ll start in mid April for construction – which is right around the corner!
I didn’t know they had to dodge F.S approval for both lifts either… I get the feeling the rumor mill had turned up some demeaning topics over the past couple years, which I guess Sunlight had no control over unfortunately.
Thanks Peter.
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