- Alberta conceptually approves the master plan for a Fortress Mountain reboot.
- Waterville Valley and the Forest Service to host a public meeting regarding a proposed gondola on June 26th.
- Revelstoke will host an info session on the future of the resort June 24th.
- Cannon Mountain issues a request for bids for an 80 passenger tramway reusing certain components from the last tram with an expected completion date of December 1, 2028.
- Amid bankruptcy, Whitecap Mountains lists a disused CTEC for sale.
- Vail Resorts reportedly hires takeover defense bankers.
- Alterra says a new law in Colorado could unlock public funding for a Winter Park town gondola.
- Aspen-Pitkin County Airport’s new terminal design leaves room for a future gondola to town.
- The federal government will fund a new haul rope for Whaleback, New Hampshire’s double chair.
- Both ladder trucks and ropes are used to rescue riders from the skyride at Dutch Wonderland, Pennsylvania.
- Teton County, Wyoming plans an objection to Grand Targhee’s expansion plan.
- A black bear cub climbs a tower on Whistler’s Fitzsimmons 8.
- A new operator plans to reopen Spout Springs, Oregon with help from the family that owns Timberline Lodge.
- Big Sky dismantles parts of Powder Seeker to move the top terminal due to ground movement.
- Lots of construction pictures from readers this week starting with Deer Valley’s Hail Peak expansion:
- Next Caberfae Peaks, Michigan’s expansion lift:
- And finally Powderhorn, Colorado’s Wild West Express:
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What are the tall things in the DV parking lot? lift components.
Love seeing Hail Peak updates.
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Those are tower forms.
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ok, Thanks. Can’t wait for more progress.
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What kind of tower was that on Fitzsimmons? It didn’t have a tower head, sheaves and cable
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It’s a tower just for the combline so it stays low to the ground while crossing WVG.
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glad to see the news about the potential for Spout Springs to reopen. Was a favorite resort growing up and had been thinking it was going to be a lost. Fingers crossed it actually happens.
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I understand the takeover defense bankers are a precautionary measure, but Vail is not yet at a point where it is in danger of being ripped apart by activist investors. Vail is worth ~$5bn. With oversimplified math, Whistler is probably worth ~$750m, Vail/Breck/PCMR (which is a partial lease) are each worth ~$500m, Beaver Creek/Keystone are each worth ~$250m, Perisher/Heavenly are each worth ~$150m, Stowe/Northstar’s lease/Falls Creek/Hotham/Stevens Pass are each worth ~$75m, Kirkwood is worth ~$25m, everything in Europe is worth ~$275m, the former Triple Peaks properties are worth ~$225m total, and all of Peak Resorts plus Afton Alps & Mt. Brighton is worth ~$150m. That is ~$4.1bn total of Vail’s total ~$5bn valuation, so the Epic Pass/Vail Management is worth ~$900m. Now, the valuation of the Epic Pass and Vail Management is worth a lot less than it used it be, but as long as it remains positive, it will be difficult to break the company up from the outside. The more likely outcome is a management change to increase the valuation, which is exactly what happened with Rob Katz returning.
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