• The Seattle Times runs a feature story on Vail Resorts’ operational challenges at Stevens Pass compared with Alterra at Crystal Mountain.
• Ridgeline Executive Group will continue running Granby Ranch following the sale to a new ownership group.
• The unique triangle gondola at Sterling Vineyards remains closed seven months after a wildfire with no estimate for reopening.
• Big Snow renames its quad chair in honor of General Manager Jim Haas and others who died of Covid-19.
• Two employees of the Georgian ski resort where a lift rolled back in 2018 have been charged criminally and face up to five years in prison.
• Visits to New York’s three state-owned ski areas were up 14 percent to 672,000 with revenue up 10 percent and expenses down 8 percent.
• Whiteface will replace the Bear and Mixing Bowl lifts with a $2.5 million Skytrac quad.
• Powder Mountain, Mt. Ashland and West Mountain join the Indy Pass, which topped 96,000 redemptions this season.
• Cherry Peak, Eagle Point, Red River and Snow Valley sign on to the Freedom Pass alliance, Toggenburg leaves.
• Another fire threatens Ski Apache, which is so far unscathed.
• We now know why the Mighty Argo Cable Car project is stalled. Owners have sued lenders, alleging breach of contract and a $4.5 million loss.
• The Routt National Forest approves Steamboat’s Wild Blue Gondola and Sundown Express replacement projects, subject to a customary objection period.
• Japan’s first urban gondola opens.
• Mi Teleferico celebrates seven years as La Paz’s urban gondola system, providing 328 million rides.
• Loon Mountain confirms the former Kancamagus detachable quad will replace Seven Brothers in 2022.
• Loveland closes Lift 8 for the season due to a mechanical issue.
• The only jigback tramway in Texas could make a return.
• Holiday Valley posts tons of photos of its latest lift replacement project.
• The first gondola components arrive in Squaw Valley.