• Boyne Resorts acquires its tenth ski area: Shawnee Peak, Maine.
• A new trail map shows Loon Mountain’s gondola is now called the White Mountain Express.
• A Bloomberg profile notes visitation has grown 46 percent in five years at Big Sky with major development to continue.
• Snow Partners becomes the new corporate umbrella for Mountain Creek, Big Snow American Dream, Snow Operating and more.
• A new model of the Sigma Diamond EVO cabin will debut first at Austria’s Kaunertaler Gletscher.
• Whiteface proposes a high speed quad with angle station from Bear Den to the new Legacy Lodge and may replace Little Whiteface and Mountain Run with a quad in 2022.
• Boyne Mountain General Manager Ed Grice takes a deep dive on six future lift projects.
• The new Cape Smokey gondola is carrying thousands of riders on peak fall days.
• A conveyor project is delayed a year due to components being stuck on a ship near the Port of Houston.
• Welch Village also says it’s waiting for parts of its new chairlift.
• Le Massif adds a Doppelmayr platter to service the new Club Med Québec-Charlevoix.
• Crystal Mountain President Frank DeBerry says replacing Rainier Express is a top priority. Alterra also wants to swap the Mt. Rainier Gondola for a higher capacity machine and turn the existing gondola into a base area-Campbell Basin link. Bullion Basin Express, an East Peak lift, Kelly’s Gap Express and Northway detachable all remain under consideration.
• Reader Austin S. sent in the below photos from Mt. Shasta, purported to be clearing for a new lift on Gray Butte.