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Author: Peter Landsman
News Roundup: Powder
- Aspen Mountain retires Lift 1A with replacement plans uncertain.
- Bartholet completes its first tramway with Sigma Cabins and a new design utilizing tubular towers.
- Cape Smokey, Nova Scotia teases what looks like a major expansion with a new lift.
- An Eagle Point damage assessment shared with the Utah Passenger Ropeway Safety Committee finds one lift undamaged, another with light to moderate damage and three lifts heavily impacted by fire and heat. The resort might partially reopen this winter but faces a lengthy road to recovery.
- Telluride’s transit agency postpones selection of a new gondola manufacturer while officials clarify Buy America requirements with the Federal Transit Administration.
- A Poma Alpha quad briefly catches fire in Chile.
- Alterra could receive millions in public financing to relocate headquarters within Denver after considering a move to Salt Lake City.
- Park City’s Eagle and Silverlode replacement approvals are upheld, moving the projects closer.
- The Forest Service publishes the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Brian Head’s proposed expansion with several new alternatives.
- Whistler leaders receive a preliminary study into a valley gondola connecting Whistler Village, Creekside and Function Junction.
- Thanks to reader Roger for sharing shots of Powder Mountain’s four lifts under construction and reader Auston for flying me overhead yesterday.
Instagram Tuesday: Chickadee
Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world.
News Roundup: Reinforced
- Red Lodge Mountain settles with the family of a man killed on a lift last year, clarifying in a joint statement his death was caused by a mechanical failure, derailment and collapse rather than a fall. As a result of the incident Red Lodge reinforced towers on the Triple Chair and added anemometers.
- Mountain Capital Partners’ purchase of El Colorado, Chile is called off over antitrust concerns.
- Teton County, Idaho and the State of Wyoming join others objecting to Grand Targhee’s nearly-approved expansion.
- Big Powderhorn, Michigan sells to new independent owners.
- Wachusett lists the former Polar Express for sale.
- The Sandia Peak Tram to receive new carriages and hangers in 2027.
- In addition to being damaged by wildfire, Eagle Point becomes inaccessible due to floods.
- As repairs continue, the Goldbelt Tram remains closed with another update expected in two weeks.
- The President imposes new tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on the European Union, Switzerland, Canada and numerous other nations and says more EU tariffs are coming.
Instagram Tuesday: Showcase
Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world.
News Roundup: Long-Awaited
- Cherry Peak, Utah is listed for sale with an asking price of $22.5 million.
- Glen Eden, Ontario to replace the Ridge quad with a new one in 2027.
- Sommet Saint-Sauveur, Quebec will replace Côte 71 with a six pack in ’27.
- Rock City, Georgia continues making the case for a sightseeing gondola.
- Bluewood, Washington receives lift parts delayed over a year due to an ongoing lawsuit.
- A decision on Park City’s proposed Eagle and Silverlode replacements could come in the next few weeks after four years of limbo.
- The Chief of the Forest Service considers giving more control of National Forests to states (speaking at Deer Valley Resort, one of the few large western resorts not on Forest Service land.)
- The President threatens new tariffs on Canadian goods due to wildfire smoke.
- Vail Resorts vows to improve the guest experience at its resorts.
Instagram Tuesday: Monolith
Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world.
News Roundup: Breathtaking
- 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.
Instagram Tuesday: Orange
Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world.
News Roundup: Ropeway Ban
- Eagle Point provides an initial fire assessment; four of five lifts sustained damage.
- Less than a month after a tower was bent on the Tamarack Express, Leitner-Poma and Tamarack install a whole new tower with the lift set to reopen tomorrow.
- The Goldbelt Tram remains closed following an April crash now reported to be caused by inexperienced staff mistakes.
- The story of how a small town in Arkansas got an $8.5 million detachable serving 280 vertical feet.
- Hawaii officially bans commercial chairlifts, gondolas and tramways statewide.
- The family of a child killed on a Quebec chairlift last winter speaks out.
- Deer Valley outlines the next two years of East Village development.
- Donner Ski Ranch offers free lift tickets to guests who photograph distracted lift operators.
- Mont-Sainte-Anne’s upcoming bubble six pack to be named L’Évolution Express.
- Several prominent Vail residents join Matthew Prince’s criticism of Vail Resorts infrastructure and trajectory.
- A filing reveals the precise alignment for Kicking Horse’s recently announced Pioneer Express.
- The Forest Service to host a Waterville Valley expansion open house on July 15th.
- OITAF’s Ropeway Innovations symposium to be held in Park City next June.
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