• With approvals inked, Steamboat considers whether to build a second gondola or the Pioneer Ridge expansion first.
• The Kohlmaisbahn in Saalbach, Austria becomes the first gondola spotted with Omega V cabins.
• The Hermitage may miss Christmas.
• Catch a glimpse of the new Winter Park gondola cabins.  Killington too!
• The eight urban gondolas in La Paz transported a 318,532 riders last Wednesday – a crazy new single day record.
• Thanks to community support, Antelope Butte is poised to reopen with two chairlifts.
• After having its summer camp shut down by the state of New Hampshire, Granite Gorge likely won’t open for downhill skiing this winter.
• The ex-Gore Mountain employee who claimed he was left on a lift overnight last winter is convicted of making a false statement to police and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
• Mont Gleason, Quebec will build a fixed grip quad with loading carpet next summer.
• The Iron Mountain Tramway in Glenwood Springs is carrying its final riders next Sunday as Leitner-Poma mobilizes to build an improved gondola this winter.
• Thanks to Jared Emerson for taking me around the newest North American lift by LST Ropeways at Waterville Valley.  She’s a beauty!