• Sugarbush’s Slide Brook Express may remain closed for the entire season.
• More brand new trail maps pop up: Black Mountain, New Hampshire and Sunlight, Colorado.
• Camp 10 in Wisconsin rope evacuates its only chairlift.
• Approximately 170 people are roped down from the F quad at Elk Mountain, Pennsylvania.
• Another Elk Mountain lift is the subject of a viral video.
• Cedar Pass, California won’t open this season due to required haul rope replacement.
• Boyne Resorts considers changing Shawnee Peak’s name back to Pleasant Mountain.
• The four people arrested for damaging the San Diego Zoo Skyfari are United States Marines and have yet to be charged with any crimes.
• Fortress Mountain’s owners now aim for a December 2023 reopening.
• Lake Louise opens the Juniper expansion and high speed quad.
• MND Group reports half year results with revenue up 41 percent to €39.7 million and snowmaking/ropeway sales increasing 79 percent.
• Telluride seeks public input on the future of the gondola.
• Operations remain limited at three Vail-owned Ohio mountains while other regional areas report being 100 percent open.
• Two Park City media outlets cover residents’ frustration with Vail Resorts over closed lifts, crowding and traffic.
• The Sandia Peak Tramway is seeking a tram maintenance manager and aerial tram mechanic.
• Work begins on bike trails which could eventually be serviced by gondola in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
• Caberfae Peaks releases a rendering of where its new triple chair will go.
• Fourteen Doppelmayr lifts will support the Beijing Olympics including 9 at the brand new downhill venue.
• Stevens Pass aims to finally open all its lifts by the middle of February.
• A resident floats the idea of a gondola running from a ferry terminal to business district on Bowen Island, British Columbia.
• Citing crowding, Berkshire East institutes a reservation requirement for Indy Pass holders.
• Whaleback aims to have its chairlift back in action by Sunday.