- A ski patroller dies at Titus Mountain, New York in an accident involving a chairlift.
- Bittersweet, Michigan says last week’s lift incident was caused by high winds.
- A 15 year old dies after falling from a lift at Sommet Morin Heights, Quebec.
- Hickory, New York to open this weekend for the first time in years.
- Sandia Peak works toward doing the same.
- Sleeping Giant, Wyoming won’t open this season.
- Neither will Misty Ridge, Alberta.
- A viral video shows chairs stacking up on a de-roped lift in France.
- Nordic Valley reopens after a lodge fire shuttered the resort.
- Doppelmayr and Mantis Ropeway Technologies secure regulatory approval for unmanned chairlift unloading stations in Austria and Switzerland.
- The Mantis system is also undergoing testing in Canada.
- Leitner Ropeways provides significant compensation to the families of 14 people who died in a 2021 Italian tram incident.
- Vail Resorts reports North American early season skier visits declined 16.2 percent but lift and ski school revenue were up.
- Hundreds sign a petition urging Powder Mountain to maintain public access to two existing and one future chairlift planned to go private.
- PowMow asks the public to weigh in where the outgoing Paradise Quad should be reinstalled.
- Double Diamond/Southern Cross at Stevens Pass closes for repair.
Sommet Morin Heights
Sommet Morin Heights Announces New Quad
Quebec resort group Les Sommets will build its fourth new lift in six years next summer at Sommet Morin Heights. The group has been investing heavily of late with four of its five mountains receiving new chairlifts since 2019. The Sommet Express opened at Sommet Saint-Sauveur in 2019, La Laurentienne debuted at Sommet Gabriel in 2022 and Apollo will launch this season at Sommet Olympia. Next up will be Sommet Morin Heights.
Morin Heights’ new lift will be called Élévation with the exact alignment to be announced. The planned vertical of 525 feet suggests it will replace Dynastar, a 1980s quad which operated previously at Ski Wentworth, Nova Scota. Élévation will feature 91 chairs moving at 450 feet per minute and will open for the 2024-25 ski season.
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