- Sugarloaf no longer plans to install the former Six Shooter from Big Sky, plans a new Timberline detachable quad instead. The Loaf also plans to replace Skidder with two conveyors and remove Sawduster.
- Killington to close the K-1 Gondola much of next summer for a major systems modernization. Replacements for Snowshed and Ramshead to follow as part of a $200 million capital plan.
- Pico to replace Outpost with a low capacity Doppelmayr quad next summer.
- Holiday Mountain, New York’s revitalization tops $15 million.
- Doppelmayr wins a $255 million tender for a six station, 4.1 mile urban gondola in Panama.
- Sir Sam’s, Ontario names its new quad Fireball Express.
- Snowland, Utah’s new T-Bar to be named Ridgeline Express.
- Doppelmayr breaks ground on a new €200 million expansion in Wolfurt.
- A gondola is proposed for the US side of Niagara Falls.
- Sandia Peak, New Mexico eyes a new beginner lift.
- Some in Vail call for Vail Resorts to return to local roots.
- Whistler’s new Showcase lift includes an epic cantilevered tower to avoid glacial ice.
- BC’s Hell’s Gate Airtram, closed since August due to a wildfire, vows to reopen in May 2027.
- Toggenburg Mountain, New York to reopen next winter under new ownership as part of an antitrust settlement.
- Purgatory eyes completing the Ice Creek expansion in 2027 and replacing Twilight with a gondola in 2028.
- Canada’s capital region to study an urban gondola linking Ottawa and Gatineau.
What happens to the old Six Shooter then?
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she’ll be stored until a new home is found? I don’t think they’ll scrap her.
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Maybe send it to Loon and make that the new Cabriolet lift? So if it does have a mechanical issue, not the end of the world.
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I think it will go to either the Powdercrest real estate development at Big Sky or one of the Moonlight West lifts. They need a lift that’s 7200 ft long for Powdercrest and Six Shooter would be perfect for that.
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It could be used to replace Double Runner at Sugarloaf, or Sunday River could use it for one of their planned upgrades.
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In the linked video, Sugarloaf’s general manager stated that it will be sold. It’s one of these old Garaventas, so unclear how much interest there will be.
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As per CEO Dave Rathbun, Purgatory’s new triple chair will re-use parts from the Plunge Lift at Telluride (a 1985 CTEC triple), and parts of the former Legends Lift at Purgatory (a 1985 Poma triple). It seems like the chairs from both lifts will be re-used, as well as some of the grips and towers. He also mentioned that the Plunge lift will be a part of the new Ice Creek (Lift 11) expansion on backside as well, with the lift constructed at around 1,100 feet in length.
After listening to the podcast, it seems like there’s a couple things left to be desired for the new Ice Creek expansion. Not sure about what everyone’s first impressions are, but having a new expansion that goes almost nowhere, while serving a plentiful amount of Intermediate terrain (that Purgatory already has) doesn’t exactly make sense. If it’s about a connection from Purgatory’s backside areas to the frontside, I can certainly see why that’s a talking point, as it would only be helpful for skiers leaving from the backside. It also seems like they want an easier egress from the beginner area to this secluded pod of trails, which explains why they want to replace Twilight with a gondola down the road. That being said, not running the lift to the top of Twilight in the current draft seems like a bit of a missed opportunity IMO.
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