- Crescent Hill, Iowa to install a new (used) drive terminal on its double chair.
- Approval of a new gondola in Hawaii may be rescinded.
- The private ski resort planned near Steamboat faces a mix of public backlash and support.
- Deer Valley President & COO Todd Bennett says several more lifts are planned for Deer Valley East, timeline TBA.
- Megève, France joins the Ikon Pass.
- Doppelmayr wins the tender to build a nine station urban gondola in Puebla, Mexico.
- Val Bialas, New York to reopen after several years closed.
- Lifts and ski trails return to Google Maps after a one year hiatus.
- A power outage leads to a rope evacuation at Sunburst, Wisconsin.
- Electric infrastructure problems will delay the start of Mont-Sainte-Anne’s season for at least another week.
- Skeetawk, Alaska seeks public funding for a second lift, possibly a gondola.
- Eaglecrest extends the bid deadline for a gondola general contractor, wants to open in 2028 but doesn’t have enough money to finish.
- Lost Ontario ski area Talisman to be preserved as conservation land.
- Aspen Mountain’s Nell Bell approval moves along.
- The New York Times spends a day with Snowbird’s mountain operations team.
- Holiday Mountain, New York sends a Poma bullwheel and gearbox to help Whaleback, New Hampshire revive its chairlift.
- Welch Village, Minnesota’s new quad is named Joy Ride.
- Spirit Mountain’s new trail map shows where the Highline Quad runs.
- Toronto Zoo’s SkyPod to open in 2027.
- Leitner-Poma and Skytrac celebrate completing 20 lifts on time or early.
- Pico to auction 1965 Bonanza chairs for charity.
- Bear Mountain, California purchases new Skytrac chairs for Lift 7.
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Is there any possibility that Whaleback will get the chair running this winter?
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I bet they do.
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No big surprise regarding Eaglecrest.
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HOLY AI!!
(toronto zoo skypod article)
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Yeah, wtf is that about? As far as I can tell it’s just fancied-up gondola cars, but the fact that the only photos are this godawful AI slop does not fill me with confidence in their capabilities.
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AI sucks at creating images of lifts lol
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Åre Sweden is planning several new lifts, among them a gondola to the top of the mountain. Also a new World Cup Slalom Run.
https://www.freeride.se/ny-gondol-ersatter-kabinbanan-i-are/ (in swedish, but google translate should be able to help you)
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“several more lifts are planned for Deer Valley East, timeline TBA”
I believe it could be any of the lifts that are left to be built like Hailstone, Big Dutch, Crown Point, Silver Lake Gondola, Bald Mtn Connector, etc.
Right now for next year 2026-27, only adding Hail Peak isn’t really gonna lead anywhere other than just being its own lapping pod. it’ll still require the gondola, Keetley or Pioche to funnel to other areas unless Hailstone gets added also. (Lift 9 from the Maintenance Facility to just above the junction of Tug-O-War and Joker)
Initially I overlooked that Lift as a late-stage infill but as time went on and the mountain areas became more real I realize more of its role it could have along with Hail Peak. I know lifts like Big Dutch and the Gondola from Silver Lake to Park Peak are slated to be installed in a few years time from now
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I think Deer Valley might expand into South Peak soon although everything I say and predict could be inaccurate. Looking from Google Maps, the expert trails there could boost as much as ~2,000 of vertical in a single lap.
Lift 10 (Crown Point) has the ability to solve so many logistical problems, especially as it’ll be more direct to reach Snow Park and even Silver Lake Lodge without having to ride up to Bald Mtn, Little Baldy Peak or Park Peak first.
I’m surprised DV chose to not open the long green from Park Peak to the base of Vulcan (Crown Prince?) and the two intermediate trails from Navigator off Crown Point that lead close to Galena. Maybe they’ll open them next season who knows.
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