• Cranmore announces an over $1 million overhaul of the Skimobile Express to take place next summer.
• Granite Gorge’s owner says he’s unlikely to reopen skiing.
• Catamount and Berkshire East owner Jon Schaefer explains his strategy of relentless capital improvements.
• Park City Canyons Village skiers get stuck for a few hours when the Red Pine Gondola goes on wind hold.
• In Japan, a gondola lift doubles as a device to cure salmon.
• Carrabassett Valley Academy seeks to raise $1.6 million to build a T-Bar at Sugarloaf next summer.
• In other Sugarloaf news, pieces of Big Sky’s former Swift Current reportedly begin arriving.
• Telluride confirms it has ordered a Doppelmayr detachable quad to replace Plunge/Lift 9 in 2022. The existing triple will be sold to another resort.
• Chairs for Welch Village’s new Cannon Valley Quad arrive after a delayed journey from Asia through Canada.
• Alyeska’s tram will remain closed through December due to ongoing maintenance.
• Doppelmayr says its global market share stands at 55 percent.
• The gondola at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay will reopen in Summer 2022 after a more than two year Covid closure.
• An interesting tidbit from the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board: a suspected bullet damaged the haul rope of Game Creek Express at Vail, requiring a repair.

• Vail Resorts sells more than 2.1 million season pass products, 700,000 more than last year.
• The 2022 Epic Lift Upgrade expands from 19 to 21 projects with additional lifts announced for Jack Frost and Big Boulder.
• Indy Pass will add yet another Western resort next week.
• Former Palisades Tahoe President Andy Wirth signs on to advise Alpine-X.
• Sundance says the Outlaw Express opening is delayed until December 22nd due to weather and construction timing.
• Doppelmayr flies towers in December for Juniper at Lake Louise, set to open in January.
• Steamboat considers a fourth gondola connecting the base area to town, Greenhorn Ranch will include a chairlift and eight passenger chairs are in play for future lift replacements.
• Maine’s Bigrock Mountain fundraises to purchase a Doppelmayr quad.
• Les Otten partners with Provident Resources Group to revive the Balsams redevelopment (same firm involved in reopening Big Squaw, Maine.)
• Boyne Highlands becomes The Highlands at Harbor Springs with lift improvements planned, starting with the southern end of the mountain.