• Sunday River releases maps of the upcoming Merrill Hill project.
• Updated stats from NSAA show how many ski areas operated in each state last winter.
• Las Vegas’ decision to go with Teslas in a tunnel rather than a Doppelmayr automated people mover may have been short sighted.
• Jay Peak President Steve Wright discusses joining the Indy Pass, limited winter tram operations and potential future lift upgrades.
• Mission Ridge begins erecting terminals for the new Liberator Express, which load and unload inside buildings.
• Whiteface’s new beginner quad will be called Owl Express.
• A new lift at Sun Valley will also get a fresh name, to be announced soon.
• Gunstock burns down an old T-Bar station for firefighter training.
• An Ontario ski area worries about lift safety following a rash of vandalism.
• With the launch of a gondola up Hoonah Mountain next year, an Alaska Native corporation sees new opportunities for development.
• Despite a 30 percent drop in business last winter, at least two New Zealand resorts plan to build new lifts this offseason.
• As Smartwool moves headquarters from Steamboat to Denver, the company gifts $1.5 million to Howelsen Hill for a new Barrows chairlift, to be built by Skytrac.
• A Michigan ski area with 12 lifts won’t make snow and will operate weekends only due to Coronavirus.
• Mont-Sainte-Anne is no longer certain its base-to-summit gondola will be functional by December.
• Big Sky wraps up a busy season of preparation for the Swift Current 6 top terminal and carrier storage facility.