- Epic Pass adds additional access in Zillertal, Austria.
- A man suffering a medical emergency falls from the chairlift at Southwick’s Zoo in Massachusetts.
- Wasaga Beach, Ontario floats a possible waterfront gondola or chairlift.
- Juneau and Eaglecrest Ski Area officially cancel installation of a used gondola.
- Mountain Capital Partners buys a different used Austrian gondola to install in Chile.
- Elko County Commissioners uphold approval of a five lift private ski area in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains.
- Loveland proposes removing the long-idle Lift 5.
- Purgatory’s new lift to be named Colorado Couloir.
- Proponents of a gondola in Rock City, Georgia narrow their proposal in hopes of winning approval.
- Aspen Meadows Club in Utah to build its first chairlift this summer, a Skytrac quad.
- An Australian family sues Aspen Snowmass after their child fell 24 feet from a chair last season.
- Hatley Pointe, North Carolina confirms construction of a six pack with midstation in 2027 and relocation of the old Summit chair to service advanced terrain.
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Lift-5 Loveland- As sad as it is to see it go, it’s time. If they are not going to replace it, get it down.
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They proposed to replace it years ago, but that will most likely not happen as its cheaper to run a bus between the two areas.
The real question is when the chair auction will be :)
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lift 5 was still part of the latest master plan. They showed a new chair above chair 7 which shortened chair 5 to start/end at that new lift. Id perfer riding lift 5 over a shuttle bus anyday. Leave skis on and not have to wait for a bus. Plus climbing in and out of that bus is a pain with holding skis and poles.
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Notably, that same master plan showed a lengthened lift 7 to provide access to the shortened lift 5. When the new lift 7 was built with the new top terminal in the same location, this plan seemed less likely. The chairs were taken off the line sometime last week.
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I wonder how they accomplished that? Someone in the comments for lift 5 said that the motor had been removed years ago and sold to some other mountain or sent to another mountain or something like that.
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I was wondering this as well. A friend of mine was up there last week skinning and saw mechanics taking the chairs off. Not sure if they hooked up some kind of temporary motor or something. Maybe the evac drive (if there was one) was never removed?
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I had heard it was the drive. Either way the electric motor wouldn’t be able to be used. I suspect it was done with the APU. You wouldn’t even need a control system with that.
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I was able to ski Harley Pointe on a weekday in February, obviously no crowds to speak of, so it seems to me that that’s a lot of lift for the ski area.
It looked like they were working on the abandoned part of the ski area to the right as you ride the lift up.
I’d like to see a rendering of the proposed changes.
They are investing a lot of money, I hope it pays off for them, and I look forward to returning soon.
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Anyone know where MCP is moving the used gondola to in Chile? I’m guessing one of the tres valles resorts but the instagram post didn’t give any clues.
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Probably El Colorado.
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After further inspection, it looks like it might be a connection lift between El Colorado and Valle Nevado.
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Another new detachable here in NC! So exciting!
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Is it just me or does it look like that the lift projects for 2027 are already outpacing this year’s construction in terms of quantity? We’re not even in 2027 yet!
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There’s a bunch of lifts getting built this summer. Next year’s does look pretty full though.
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Aloha!
I am the project manager for Kaukonahua Ranch http://kaukonahuaranch.com on the North Shore of Oahu – an 2300 Ranch active with cattle, native reforestation and ag crops in the lower valley. We received a Conditional Use Permit – minor (CUPm) in 2019 from the City and County of Oahu to conduct agribusiness on our ranch. This entails hiking, biking to explore and learn about our ranch activities and our biological & cultural assets. The lowest ecological impact mode to transport people to the mauka (mountain) areas of our property is a gondola. The gondola was approved in our CUP permit. in 2025 we submitted for a minor modification to the permit that would reduce the gondola be 500ft in elevation and reduce the number of towers by one-third. This resulted in a local vocal minority group initiated a campaign to stop the project. One of their efforts resulted in a state senator putting forth a bill – HB1881 (CD1) that is now on the governor’s desk for either signing or a veto.
I am reaching out to see if Lift Blog could help us solicit letters to the governor to request to veto this bill that would preclude any landowner or even the state from building a ropeway lift (all gondolas, trams, chairlifts, cable cars, funiculars) in mountainous terrain – private or public lands. As our industry is very aware of the benefits of ropeway transportation, I am hoping you could push a note to your audience to request Governor Josh Greet Veto’s Bill HB1881.
We are asking people to take five minutes right now to submit a comment urging the Governor to VETO HB 1881. The deadline is 30 business days from May 7th — and he could sign at any time. Visit https://governor.hawaii.gov/comments-on-legislation and input “HB 1881”, and comment or attach a brief letter stating your position as someone who opposes this overreach. Please also share this message with other industry partners where possible.
We see Hawaiʻiʻs agricultural lands are irreplaceable — and protecting them means protecting the economic conditions and landowner freedoms that make long-term stewardship possible. Agribusiness in Hawai’i is a key tool to achieve this and loosing our rights that the city had granted due to a state bill made based on a lot of misinformation and lack of understanding of how ropeways work is simply an over reaction and over reach.
We appreciate anything you can do to help get this message out to garner support to Veto this bill.
Mahalo,
M A R K “S K I P” T A Y L O R
General Manager
KAUKONAHUA RANCH
Native Forestry – Agriculture – Livestock
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Done!
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This is a local issue, let it be handled locally.
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Sounds like a modern version of desecrating a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota that the locals believe to be sacred. (Mount Rushmore)
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Not remotely the same Dope. We’re talking about banning all future ropeway installations, even on private land. Why even visit this site if you consider ropeways a desecration of a mountain? (Or in Hawaii’s case, a young, constantly evolving volcanic archipelago)
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I love ropeways, but I also respect other cultures. The locals believe the mountains of these islands to be the home of their gods. Not everything needs to be developed and commodified. You wouldn’t want ropeways all over Zion or Bryce, would you? Would certain solve transportation and capacity issues, but would it ever be the same? Go to St Maartin or Costa Rica for the island ropeway experience. The world will be just fine without ropeways in Hawaii
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On the issue of gondolas; a resort I frequent quite often (Trysil, Norway) had a new gondola this year with holes in the floor for skis. But my Salomon QST Blancs with twintips didn’t fit.
Do gondolas do either holes in the floor or carriage space on the doors? Seems like a combo of the two would be great; holes for regular skis; carriage space for snowboards and twintip skis.
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I believe most modern will have the racks on the sides versus holes in the floor.
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Big Sky opted for both on their gondola, though I did find that because their gondola has a mid-station, the floor-mounted racks got in the way if passengers wanted to get off—causing a somewhat awkward dance of people lifting their skis out of the way. I would expect that because snowboarding is more popular in the United States, if resorts do opt for in-floor ski racks, they will take the Big Sky route and install racks on the doors as well.
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Sounds like a good choice by Big Sky.
Maybe some signage to tell people planning on going off on the middle station to keep their stuff outside might help.
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Big Sky has both but if it is windy they will have everyone take their skis inside.
I have seen another option is no racks or floor slots but rails above the seats to protect the windows from the equipment leaning against them (Breckenridge) some resorts will hand out tip covers for boards and skis at the load and collecting the covers at the return with this setup, but I have only seen these covers used on new D-line in Japan (Nozawa Onsen).
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tcd10-nagasaka-nippon-cable-doppelmayr-8311.html
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Mt. Bachelor has posted an article about the NWX project. https://www.mtbachelor.com/culture/blog/northwest-modernization-project/
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Will the summit chair at Hailey Point be relocated to where Laurel ran or a new Terrain expansion.
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the talk I’ve heard is the 80s Doppelmayr Summit lift will be refreshed and reinstalled to open some new / reopen some advanced terrain.
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