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News Roundup: Olympic Games

July 26, 2024Peter Landsman10 Comments

Colorado’s Governor, Doppelmayr and investors break ground on the Mighty Argo Cable Car project in Idaho Springs.
Alterra presses pause on a new parking gondola at the base of Steamboat.
The Forest Service weighs whether to allow chairlifts at a proposed bike park in Arkansas.
The International Olympic Committee selects Salt Lake City to host the 2034 games with events at Deer Valley, Park City and Snowbasin.
A wildfire tears through Jasper, Alberta with Marmot Basin cautiously optimistic but no word on the fate of the Jasper SkyTram.
Mt. Abram’s Mainside chairlift will miss the rest of the summer due to maintenance.
An update on Jackson Hole’s new Sublette detachable quad:

News Roundup: La Fenster

February 24, 2023Peter Landsman1 Comment

The 66th and final new lift of the season opens at Belle Neige, Quebec and is named for two Holocaust survivors who founded the ski area.
Les Otten continues to pursue financing for The Balsams redevelopment.
Wachusett will invest $1.3 million to overhaul the Minuteman Express this summer.
A bill with $25 million for Cannon tram replacement advances in the New Hampshire Senate.
Sun Peaks closes the Morrisey Express for three days and will close it again next week due to a power supply issue.
Locals express frustration with Vail Resorts’ operation at Snow Creek.
Mt. Abram’s Wayback Machine will be down all weekend due to an unspecified mechanical problem.
Ditto for Snoqualmie’s Pacific Crest quad.
Mt. Bachelor will operate a modified footprint in May due to construction of the new Skyliner six pack.

News Roundup: Wish List

October 29, 2021Peter Landsman18 Comments

The largest gondola network in the world looks to add four more lines.
Aspen Mountain is likely to gain approval for Pandora’s next month with lift installation targeted for 2023.
The Burnaby Mountain Gondola remains a top funding priority in the Vancouver region.
49 Degrees North names its new detachable quad Northern Spirit.
Opposition emerges to the Lutsen Mountains expansion proposal.
Kelly Canyon flies towers for its new Skytrac.
Ground is broken for a seven station urban gondola system in Santiago, Chile.
Beaver Creek releases its new map with McCoy Park. Okemo’s new lifts hit the trail map. Saddleback too.
A proposed wildlife park with gondola ride receives a $400,000 grant from the State of North Dakota.
Maine’s Mt. Abram reactivates its long disused Mini T-Bar.
A documentary about Canada’s largest lost ski area will debut at the Banff Film Festival.
MND Ropeways commences construction on its first North American detachable at Waterville Valley.
462 ski areas operated last season in the United States, 8 fewer than 2019/20.
Purgatory’s Ice Creek expansion and triple chair are approved, subject to a 45 day objection period.
Ski Cooper’s wish list includes a frontside detachable quad and lifts on Chicago Ridge.
Alberta’s Hidden Valley may not open this season.
Nitehawk takes delivery of Lake Louise’s former Summit Platter for immediate installation and conversion to a T-Bar.
A Snow King gondola update.
Fire-damaged Big Snow American Dream will remain closed into 2022.
As some suggest a gondola, Denver International Airport seeks proposals for a non-rail link between its three concourses.

News Roundup: Viral

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020Peter Landsman24 Comments

The Mountain Collective adds four awesome resorts for 2020-21: Chamonix, Grand Targhee, Panorama and Sugarloaf.
Kicking Horse celebrates 20 years of operation on the site of the former Whitetooth Ski Area.
Sun Valley’s Cold Springs double is about to end a 50 year run but will live on at a resort in California.
Arizona Snowbowl’s Agassiz reopens for one last hurrah after being down since January 18th with a gear issue.
Hundreds of ski resorts in Austria, Italy and Switzerland are forced to close for the season due to coronavirus.
Berkshire East, Catamount, Middlebury Snow Bowl and Mt. Abram become the first US ski resorts to shut down due to the virus.
Belleayre, Gore, Whiteface and the Lake Placid Olympic Complex close gondolas for the season for the same reason. Snowbird’s tram is shut down until further notice. Aspen Snowmass will no longer load unrelated parties in the same gondola cabins.
Indiana Beach, one of only four venues with an aerial lift in the Hoosier State, closes permanently.
The two year old LST Ropeways detachable in France shuts down indefinitely again. Instead of the LST design, MND America will offer Bartholet detachables in the United States.
Vail Resorts reports financial results: skier visits are down 5.3 percent percent this season through March 1st but lift revenue is up 0.8 percent. On a conference call, CEO Rob Katz addresses coronavirus, lift lines at Vail and possible future acquisitions.
Timberline Mountain promises to make multiple big announcements at a media event Tuesday. All three existing lifts are in poor condition and being dismantled.
Arctaris Impact Fund doesn’t expect to realize a profit on its Saddleback investment until it sells the resort in 7-10 years.
An enterprising family is building the first Australian-designed and manufactured chairlift in 30 years for private use only.
Alterra Mountain Company CEO Rusty Gregory will deliver a keynote address on Monday in Park City covering the rise of Alterra, industry consolidation and multi-resort pass products.
For the second time in three weeks, a sudden stop on the Mont-Sainte-Anne gondola elicits an emergency response and the lift is once again closed indefinitely.

News Roundup: Stalking Horse

January 3, 2020Peter Landsman6 Comments

A power outage leaves guests stuck on the Skyeship Gondola at Killington for more than an hour.
A broken bolt leads to a similar situation at Mt. St. Louis Moonstone.
Teton Pass, Montana reopens after a few years shuttered.
A second American Dream location with an indoor ski slope may break ground in 2021 near Miami.
Travis Seeholzer, owner of Beaver Mountain, talks about running one of Utah’s oldest resorts.
Former members look to save Hermitage Club assets from a stalking horse reportedly prepared to bid $3.6 million for the Barnstormer six pack.
Vail’s new lift opens but not to the public. It will be available to all on select Tuesdays at noon.
Marquette Mountain evacuates a lift during the busy holiday week.
A man falls from Steamboat’s Sunshine Express due to a medical issue.
Windham’s former Wonderama triple turns up in the Ski Butternut parking lot.
Staff from the downed Sea to Sky Gondola will present what they learned about crisis management on January 30th.
Juneau weighs partnering with the cruise industry to fund a proposed adventure park and gondola at Eaglecrest.
The new Steamboat Gondola delivers fast ride times and short lift lines during its first Christmas break.
The Forest Service expects to weigh in on the Sunlight East Ridge project in May.
Mt. Abram becomes Indy Pass resort number 47.

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