- The Hermitage Club to build a detachable quad to mid mountain this summer.
- Snowmass likely to replace the Sky Cab pulse gondola with a detachable system in 2027.
- Under a proposed settlement, Resorts of the Canadian Rockies would pay some 300 riders who were on the Mont-Sainte-Anne gondola during two abrupt stopping incidents in 2020 a total of CA$5.1 million.
- Blackcomb closes Catskinner for a few days for haul rope inspection/repair.
- Glen Eden’s Limestone quad goes out of service for repairs.
- Also Luckey’s at Table Mountain.
- And Lift 2 at Loveland.
- Ragged Mountain works to return Barnyard to service.
- Tremblant runs the rarely open Casino Express as a substitute for the Soleil Express for a few days.
- Two workers are killed on a Bartholet construction site in Oman when a work carrier falls.
- A snowboarder dies in Japan after being dragged by a backpack while trying to disembark a lift.
- A Graffer gondola for the Cortina Olympics may not be finished in time.
- An unseated passenger is okay after falling from height at Mammoth.
- Nonprofit Badger Mountain, Washington fundraises to maintain utilities and insurance.
- Another transit gondola route is floated in Park City.
- After two incidents and two lawsuits, Sun Peaks stops allowing a concessionaire to load “Snow Limos” on chairlifts.
- Closed Sleeping Giant, Wyoming in talks to sell to an unnamed operator with properties in Colorado and New Mexico.
- Gore Mountain conducts a high-profile evacuation of its gondola following a deropement.
- Cornerstone General Contractors is the low bidder to be construction manager/general contractor on the Eaglecrest used gondola install.
- An update on the sale of Eldora to a nearby town.
- Several Oregon ski areas suspend operations due to minimal snowpack.
Graffer
News Roundup: Upset
- Poma France introduces LIFE terminals equivalent to Leitner’s new ROPERA.
- Italian manufacturer Graffer wins tenders to build its two detachable lifts utilizing technology from Turkish manufacturer Anadolu Teleferik.
- Despite the new projects, Graffer’s owner says he’s not trying to take on Leitner and Doppelmayr.
- The Toronto Zoo nears a deal with a private company to build a short gondola.
- Sunrise Park, Arizona leaves Indy Pass.
- The Forest Service seeks public comment on Keystone’s proposal to replace A-51 with a detachable quad.
- Forest Service staffing cuts slow projects approvals, shift work to outside consultants.
- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey breaks ground on a $3.5 billion automated people mover powered by Doppelmayr tech.
- Timberline Lodge outlines an extraordinary rise in insurance costs leading to price increases.
- Friends of Little Cottonwood Canyon argues escalating costs make a canyon 3S unfeasible.
- Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz revives his podcast about the company.
- Tijuana, Mexico to jump on the urban gondola bandwagon.
- Sponsored job: Electrician at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
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