• Bear Valley seeks a name for its new six-pack.
• While we wait for D-Line to come to North America, check out this one going up in Austria.
• Fly day photos from Pats Peak show major Skytrac upgrades to Ascutney’s old Snowdance triple.
• I was asked by ANSI to link to the new B77.1-2017 Standard for Passenger Ropeways, which replaces the 2011 version.
• See how Sun Valley swaps a haul rope.
• Connecticut’s Woodbury Ski Area, with one 1976 Hall double, is for sale.
• As NSAA weighs its future again, industry leaders chime in anonymously on aging lifts and more.
• Proposed Steamboat budget includes $3.78 million to replace the Burrows chairlift at Howelsen Hill with a fixed-grip quad in 2019.
• Powder and others spread headlines that Colorado resorts are adding more roller coasters than chairlifts this season.  However they missed Copper Mountain’s new high-speed quad and counted Vail Resorts’ four new detachables separately from Colorado Ski Country USA.  The state as a whole is actually adding its most new lifts since 2013 (six) and fewer mountain coasters (four.)