• COO Al Henceroth breaks down the numbers behind Arapahoe Basin’s quest to maintain a quality experience through capacity management.
• Solitude intends to replace the aging Eagle Express within the next few years.
• An Indiana public broadcaster devotes five minutes to comparing bare bones operations at Vail-owned Paoli Peaks with Perfect North Slopes, which operated more lifts more hours per day over a much longer season.
• A broken sheave on the high speed quad at Marble Mountain leads to a 220+ skier rope evacuation; the lift may remain down for some time.
• Park City shows off the new alignment for the upcoming Eagle Express.
• Telluride appears destined to spend lots of money on its gondola, either as a major refurbishment or total replacement.
• A child is unhurt after falling from a Sugarloaf high speed quad.
• Eight months after a rooftop fire, Big Snow American Dream eyes a Memorial Day reopening.
• Moosehead Lake developers say the cost of a detachable six pack increased a million dollars in six months and financing remains an issue.
• The Seattle Times profiles a successful season turnaround at Stevens Pass.
• BigRock Mountain raises $1.2 million toward the purchase of a Doppelmayr quad chair.
• In Utah tram board news, Alta has sold the Sunnyside detachable triple to an unidentified mountain; Wasatch Peaks plans to build a third lift.
• Mission Ridge posts a bit of a wild wind video.
• Sierra-at-Tahoe will spin two chairlifts one weekend in April as it continues Caldor Fire recovery.