• As he prepares to relinquish day-to-day duties at Alterra, Rusty Gregory reflects on decades of ski industry changes.
• Poma names a new global President.
• One of the last US theme parks with a VonRoll skyride is sold to an e-commerce fulfillment developer and will close within the next decade.
• Pittsburgh will use $600,000 in federal grant money to study a possible gondola transit corridor.
• Vermont’s Suicide Six ski area will change its name in the coming weeks.
• The first gondola with 8 passenger Omega V cabins opens soon in Morocco.
• The Burnaby Mountain Gondola may really happen.
• Emirates ends its naming rights sponsorship of the London Cable Car after ten years.
• Sunday River provides an update on the massive Jordan 8 project.
• The Portland Tram finally reopens to the public.
• Hilltop Ski Area seeks $2.2 million in American Rescue Plan funds to replace its aging triple chairlift with a modern fixed grip quad.
• Firefighters help evacuate a chairlift at a Massachusetts zoo.
• Thanks to Benjamin Bartz for these photos of now-halted Park City lift construction. I have asked Vail Resorts what the plan is for already-produced lift equipment and will update if I hear back.