- The proposed Bridal Veil Mountain Resort in British Columbia signs a letter of intent for a Bartholet Ropetaxi gondola system.
- Another proposed BC ski resort project changes hands, must begin construction soon or face losing environmental approval.
- Community members look toward reopening lost Big Tupper, New York.
- MND’s majority shareholder seeks to take the company private.
- Construction of MND’s prototype Orizon detachable moves along in France.
- Highlander Lift Services and Wasatch Peaks Ranch settle a lawsuit in which both parties sought close to $1 million in damages over a difficult and late lift install.
- Ski Sundown will auction retired chairs.
- Whistler Blackcomb to sell Jersey Cream chairs for $600.
- A deep dive into private equity’s dominance in unincorporated Big Sky, Montana.
- Deer Valley’s proposed Lift 7 bubble remains in limbo.
- Alta prefers metered traffic lights over a gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
- A Sun Valley property owner sues Sun Valley Resort over noise and visual impacts of the new Flying Squirrel lift, seeks its removal.
- Mountain Capital Partners acquires La Parva, Chile, its 12th ski resort.
- Mt. Ashland’s top lift replacement priorities are Ariel followed by Windsor.
- Mt. Ashland will also leave the Indy Pass.
- The Forest Service met today with objectors to Monarch Mountain’s proposed No Name expansion in hopes of resolution.
- Berkshire East to remove the Mountain Top triple.
- Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area won’t open this year due to low snow.
- Winter Park seeks environmental approval to replace Gemini with a 10 seat gondola, upgrade Endeavour and Discovery to quads, remove Looking Glass and install the Copper Creek South six pack as proposed in the 2022 master plan.
Mt. Ashland
News Roundup: Mineral Basin
- Snowbird proposes replacing both Mineral Basin and Gadzoom with six packs; Brighton plans a six passenger chondola in a new alignment.
- In Quebec, Mont Grand-Fonds plans a new lift for next year.
- Indy Pass adds 20 new North American downhill resorts including Big White, Montana Snowbowl and Shames Mountain.
- SilverStar buys 21 more cabins for the Summit Express Gondola.
- More Omega cabins show up at Homewood for the postponed Madden Gondola.
- Skytrac will build Mt. Ashland’s next new lift.
- Rabbit Hill, Alberta sells to new owners.
- Vail Resorts reportedly shops for another Swiss resort.
- Black Mountain, New Hampshire won’t open this season.
- Sugarbush confirms new Heaven’s Gate for 2024.
- Alterra buys Mike Wiegele Heli Skiing.
- Snowriver’s new map shows several new and removed lifts.
- An Austrian ski resort says its 15 passenger pulse gondola was sold to a ski resort in Canada.
- Smugglers’ Notch will continue studying a gondola connection with Stowe.
- Buck Hill and Red Lodge announce public chair sales.
News Roundup: Baldy
- Blue Mountain and Camelback, Pennsylvania join the Ikon Pass.
- Willamette Pass converts its backside chairlift from diesel to electric.
- California’s newest gondola opens October 29th.
- Big Sky’s new trail map shows the new tram route.
- New Hampshire lost ski area Mt. Whittier goes up for sale.
- Vail Resorts resurrects plans for a new six pack at Perisher.
- Silverton Mountain is sold to new owners from Aspen.
- Revelstoke adds more chairs to The Ripper.
- Eaglecrest hopes to open its used pulse gondola in fall 2025.
- Doppelmayr wins a contract to build a six station, 94 cabin urban gondola in Uruapan, Mexico.
- Mt. Ashland plans to build a new chairlift in long lost terrain with $2.5 million from Lithia Motors.
Instagram Tuesday: Construction
Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world.
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