• Timberline Lodge evacuates 42 guests from the new Pucci detachable quad by rope.
• Another late day evac happens on Castle Mountain’s Tamarack chair.
• Mt. Spokane considers upgrading two 60 year old chairlifts.
• The seemingly cursed Gold chair at Nakiska goes down for a week (now back in action).
• Under new ownership, Sundance Resort eyes an out-of-base detachable.
• Bogus Basin plans expansion and lift upgrades in a new master plan coming later this spring.
• Dakota at Big Sky has been down since March 1st.
• The first of its kind Leitner 2S gondola undergoes testing in Germany.
• Ischgl, an early pandemic hot spot last year, gives up on opening this season.
• Vancouver’s transit authority picks a preferred alignment for the Burnaby Mountain Gondola.
• The Seattle Times profiles Washington’s first bubble chairlift.
• A transportation bill which includes Little Cottonwood funding heads to the Utah Governor’s desk.
• Once slated to close, Sleeping Giant now considers adding more lifts.
• Zincton Mountain Village, a proposed resort in BC, announces the purchase of a late model Riblet quad.
• Facing capacity challenges, Crystal Mountain eliminates unlimited access on the Ikon Base Pass.
• Magic Mountain needs some mid-’80s vintage Poma sheave assemblies to complete the Black Line quad. Give them a shout if you can help!
• Winter Park’s proposed lift replacements I mentioned last week are a Pioneer Express six place and Lariat conveyor.
• On a podcast, Indy Pass creator Doug Fish says more resorts are coming, including in Canada (along with a price increase.)
• During recent historic snow, the Portland Aerial Tram ran for 114 consecutive hours while other transit modes shut down.
• When the Disney Skyliner stops for a bit, you better believe it will make the news.
• Nitehawk looks for funding to replace its landslide-destroyed chairlift.