- Hickory, New York closes.
- Steel erection begins for the only lift in Arkansas.
- Cannon’s new map shows no more tram.
- Steel and aluminum tariffs increase the cost of certain maintenance projects on the Telluride-Mountain Village gondola by 50 percent.
- Vail CEO Rob Katz reiterates his company’s desire to build new Eagle and Silverlode lifts at Park City.
- A wildlife reserve in Kentucky plans a three station sightseeing gondola.
- Sir Sam’s, Ontario retires the Red Rocket and Eagle View doubles.
- The Los Angeles City Council votes 12-1 to oppose a Dodger Stadium gondola.
- MND hires a Director of Ropeways for North America.
- Snowland, Utah eyes building a T-Bar or J-Bar next summer with $1.46 million in state grant money.
- Unionized patrollers at Breckenridge and Eldora ink new contracts; negotiations continue at Telluride and Whitefish.
- A rider falls from the Montezuma Express at Keystone.
- Whitecap Mountains, Wisconsin could go to foreclosure auction on December 2nd.
- Enjoy these Argo progress photos from reader Munier S.
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That’s a short D-Line Terminal for the Mighty Argo they got there!
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Sir Sam’s website also mentions they are selling chairs from the Eagle View chairlift.
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and red rocket
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Did Cannon use AI on the updated trail map to remove the Tram? Lots of nonsensical artifacts if you compare the new to the old. Almost all of the cars, and some of the buildings are deleted, among some other oddities.
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I agree, it does look a little off putting…..
It looks like someone took a white brush in photoshop and just started painting over the base lodge. I have no clue as to why they would do that, as all the buildings are still standing. I’m sure somebody who works there could clarify.
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The Boone’s Ridge gondola project sounds rather interesting. Just happened to check the 2026 New Lifts page and it appears that we might get the first MND gondola in North America. The rendering on the website leaves a lot for interpretation and it is probably too early to draw conclusions but it appears that the lift is using a Felix Wopfner grip with an Orizon line cabin. As far as I was aware, the Wopfner grip was used due to their former partnership with Bartholet rather than MND actually having the rights to distribute that model? Either way, interested in following this project and hopefully we can eventually see a third player in the North American lift market!
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Here’s a video that explains the plan. It’s very similar to the triangle gondola at Sterling Vineyards and several in Europe. Was originally designed under the Bartholet/MND joint venture. If completed now it would utilize MND Orizon technology. Big lift with 34 towers, 76 cabins and 23,902′ slope length. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6990658897233547264
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Whitecap has been on life support for many years, I hope they can keep going but the place is so far behind in needed improvements. With all the lift issues, the lodge fire, and not enough snowmaking power for the recent winters, they haven’t been able to catch a break.
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Those angled conical towers look funky.
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