- Four cabins pileup on a tall Poma gondola tower in Russia.
- Eagle Point posts another update including photos and videos of heavy fire damage.
- Lifts at Asessippi, Manitoba flood for a second time this summer.
- The WestJet Skyride at the Calgary Stampede reopens in a modified, shorter configuration.
- Alterra and Vail seek dismissal of a proposed season pass competition class action.
- Aspen auctions chairs from both Bell Mountain and Little Nell; Loveland to raffle Lift 5 chairs to employees and season passholders.
- 49 Degrees North will soon offer chairs from Payday.
- Both Leitner-Poma and Doppelmayr are listed as qualified bidders for the Cannon Tram replacement RFP with bids due August 5th.
- Whitecap Mountains emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under existing management.
- The Forest Service accepts a fresh Monarch Mountain master plan which includes five lift replacements, a base-to-ridge detachable quad and second lift in No Name Basin.
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Three high profile disasters on Russian ropeways in the past year. Maybe you shouldn’t build a country out of oligarchy and corruption.
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So what exactly is the point of the second lift in No Name Basin? Doesn’t seem to serve much. Also, is Monarch seeking to replace all the existing lifts? Pioneer seems too new to replace yet.
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Seems weird that Aspen Ski Co didn’t donate Little Nell to Howelsen Hill, Colorado or another non-profit like Whaleback, New Hampshire. That lift barely ran so it has low hours.
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It is good to see possible lift network improvements soon. I have always thought Garfield would be a good lift to upgrade to high speed. Hopefully during that change the traverse could be improved to access No Name (the run), Lobo, and the other front side runs without the awkward climb behind the lift shack. If Garfield was high speed, I doubt anyone would ride Pioneer anymore so maybe it could be used as that second lift in No Name Basin or to upgrade Tumbelina. Pano would be a great upgrade for phase 2. With those two lifts upgraded, the “Divide Express ” might not be necessary. It will be interesting to see what happens.
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**at Monarch
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fires near Steamboat as well as as by the planned Stagecoach resort area.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BWjKJPjNY/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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