Vail Resorts retires some former Peak Resorts lifts: Mad River at Mad River Mountain, the Double Chair at Alpine Valley and Black Forest at Big Boulder (all Hall doubles).
One of Marble Mountain’s chairlifts will sit idle this season and the ski area won’t open until January.
Chairs are being sold off from three of six chairlifts at closed Sugar Loaf, Michigan.
TimberlineMountain.com goes live with a new trail map.
The Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board grants a variance for a new Telemix on Aspen Mountain.
Ikon Pass holders will need a reservation to visit certain resorts this season while other mountains will not require reservations and more are still deciding.
Big Sky’s Lone Peak Tram will be open this winter but guests may be allowed to boot pack to the summit as an alternative.
Alterra CEO Rusty Gregory says his company is well-capitalized and delayed projects should be completed next year (plus he’s still looking to buy more resorts!)
The Utah Department of Transportation will evaluate gondolas from the Salt Lake Valley and Park City as two possible options to improve mobility in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
The $2.2 trillion phase three stimulus package passed by Congress doesn’t include assistance specifically for ski areas but there is hope phase four might.
Vail Resorts borrows more than $500 million from existing lines of credit in order to increase its cash position and maintain financial flexibility during the outbreak.
While many Leitner-Poma staffers work from home, a skeleton crew continues production.
Even in hard-hit Italy, one major lift customer plans to commence construction as soon as the immediate health danger has passed.
Many Doppelmayr employees are also working from home and production continues in Wolfurt.
NSAA estimates costs from early closings and lost pass sales will exceed $2 billion in the United States and forecasts capital spending will plunge 50 percent this year.
The Edmonton Ski Club and its Mueller T-Bar will reopen this winter following a one year hiatus.
The developer of Big Snow America is so confident in the American Dream project that it offered the Mall of America and West Edmonton Mall as collateral to secure a $2.8 billion construction loan.
Investors and Berkshire Bank battle over whose claim to the Hermitage six pack should take precedent.
The final Disney Skyliner towers rise from a lake and one station gets a mural.
Peak Pass sales are pacing ahead of last year by 19 percent in units and 22 percent in dollars despite increased northeast competition from Vail and Alterra.
The shut down Hermitage Club expects to close on $25-30 million in financing around Thanksgiving. One potential reopening complication: the chairlifts haven’t been touched by mechanics since March.
A new trail map shows the locations of Killington’s three new lifts.
Beech Mountain is rocking two new quad chairs this winter and an all new trail map.
Taos has an updated map to go along with its high speed quad.
