• The Summit at Snoqualmie shuts Hidden Valley for the season due to an “unusual mechanical problem.”
• Sugarloaf closes King Pine due to a sheave assembly issue.
• Dave Brownlie, former head of Whistler Blackcomb and current Revelstoke President, weighs in on the state of the British Columbia ski industry and his company’s plans for Grouse Mountain.
• The Colorado Sun interviews three Colorado resort pioneers about industry trends and challenges.
• As the gondola at Mont-Sainte-Anne reopens, the resort says an external power issue caused last month’s sudden stop.  A lawsuit has been filed and the power company denies responsibility.
• Just the Leitner portion of Mexico City’s new urban gondola network will feature seven stations and 300 cabins.
• Experienced resort executives Andy and Jace Wirth may take over operations at Granby Ranch.
• Limited Ikon/Mountain Collective visits to Arapahoe Basin are 69 percent lower than unlimited Epic visits last year and the “experience is way up,” says Al Henceroth.
• Another informative podcast from Stuart Winchester features an executive from Mountain Creek and Big Snow talking about the next new lift and a possible Big Snow Miami.
• Smugglers’ Notch has no intentions of losing its independence or ditching its fleet of fixed grip double chairs.
• Whitefish will begin work in Hellroaring Basin this summer and move the current Hellroaring triple to a new alignment in 2021.

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The Hellroaring Basin Improvement Project will begin this spring! We're investing $1.4 million to create new runs, improve slopes, and relocate Chair 8. – Phase 1 (2020) Service road construction, clearing timber for new runs and gladed areas, and re-sloping areas of the Hell Fire run. – Phase 2 (2021) Relocating Chair 8 – A few benefits of this project are the ability to open the basin earlier in the season, increase accessibility and improve terrain. – Learn more at www.skiwhitefish.com/upgrades/ – #SkiWhitefish #CommitmentToReinvestment

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• Jay Peak expects multiple parties to submit offers in a second round of bidding this spring.
• The Epic Pass franchise keeps growing with added Northeast options and a new rewards program.
• Wyoming’s Sleeping Giant changes its mind on closing after this season, citing an outpouring of community support.
• Whaleback is closing early due to a lift problem.
• Gatlinburg, Tennessee already has five scenic lift rides but an outfit called Pigeon Forge Snow plans to build a sixth.
• A U.S. Department of Labor inspector finds 14 and 15 year old ski instructors riding chairlifts and lowering restraint bars constitutes “operating heavy machinery.”
• Tremblant will announce its next major investments on March 10th, a day we may hear from other Alterra resorts as well.
• Guests are responding well to a slate of recent improvements at Catamount.
• Cuchara is on track to reopen one of three remaining chairlifts next winter.