• Vail Resorts officially takes ownership of Seven Springs, Laurel Mountain and Hidden Valley.
• Vail faces a mountain of criticism for operational struggles from Colorado to Washington, Ohio, New Hampshire and beyond.
• Vail slashes operating days and/or hours at Crotched Mountain, Hidden Valley, Snow Creek, Boston Mills/Brandywine/Alpine Valley and Mad River Mountain due to employee shortages.
• Stevens Pass rope evacuates two chairlifts in one day citing power outages.
• Park City Chief Operating Officer Mike Goar sits down for an extended interview to explain some of the issues facing Vail.
• The Park City ski patrol union rejects Vail Resorts’ latest contract offer, fundraises for a possible work stoppage.
• Beaver Creek will open the McCoy Park expansion Monday.
• Vail applies with the Forest Service to replace the Summit Triple at Attitash with a four or six passenger detachable.
• Waterville Valley proposes building an MND T-Bar in the former World Cup Triple alignment.
• Monarch Mountain advances the No Name Basin expansion.
• No link but I’m told Montana Snowbowl is moving forward with building a lift from the base area up TV Mountain.
• Ditto for Windham Mountain replacing the Whiteway triple with a Doppelmayr D-Line detachable.
• Sandia Peak management says tram icing which led to a 14 hour evacuation was unprecedented.
• Crystal Mountain announces a lift reservation system, quickly changes course to parking reservations instead.
• Another of Iowa’s ski areas transitions from private to public ownership.
• Some 80 containers arrive from Europe for the Caribbean’s next big urban gondola.
• Sunshine Express at Steamboat is closed all week for a motor repair.
• Magic Mountain’s Red lift passes another inspection and load test, will reopen Saturday.
• Charles Skinner takes full ownership of Lutsen Mountains.