• SkyTrans Manufacturing announces the passing of its founder and president, Jerry Pendleton, who began his career with O.D. Hopkins in 1960.
• John Dalton’s tale of how two brand new lifts survived the Category 5 hurricane in St. Maarten is a must read.
• A dangling Mammoth Mountain guest escapes a fall from a chair unharmed; lifty who caught her isn’t as lucky.
• Snowbird’s in-house magazine demystifies how detachable lifts work with a sweet diagram from Doppelmayr and copy from a guy you might have heard of.
• Hatcher Pass, Alaska moves toward building a SkyTrans triple chair ASAP.
• Video of a swinging Austrian bubble chair with two skiers struggling to hang on goes viral worldwide.
• The Hermitage Club comes within days of having its water and sewer services shut off and is still working through other payables.
• A gondola cabin blew off an outdoor parking rail at Sunday River during last week’s storm and a slew of other lifts suffered damage but are now back in action.
• 9-year old unharmed after falling 15 feet from a lift at Boyce Park, PA.
• A three-station gondola is one of ten finalists for a signature attraction in Edmonton, Alberta.  You can vote for it in an online public advisory poll.
• Fernie’s White Pass lift will be closed for awhile while new bullwheel bearings are sourced and installed.
• Powerful storm snaps a 30 mm wire rope on Mont Blanc’s iconic panoramic cable car, which was not operating and typically only runs in the summer.
• Granite Gorge’s sole chairlift has yet to open this season, apparently due to gearbox issues.