• Sugarloaf’s forthcoming West Mountain expansion makes the trail map.
• Disney blogs report some recent downtime on the Skyliner.
• Pine Knob removes Chair 4 and puts a rope tow in its place.
• Four mountains get new trail maps from VistaMap: Granite Peak, Loon Mountain, Sunrise Park and West Mountain.
• Winter Park renames Eskimo Express Explorer Express with the following reason behind it:

Last summer, we examined the names of our trails and lifts, and recognized that the name “Eskimo” is considered derogatory and offensive by many. Through research we learned people in many parts of the Arctic consider Eskimo a derogatory term because it was widely used by racist, non-native colonizers. Many people also thought it meant eater of raw meat, which connoted barbarism and violence. Brands with longer histories than Winter Park’s have also decided to abandon the term. The iconic Eskimo Pie dropped the name in 2020, and the Edmonton Canadian football team announced it would no longer use the name as well.

Winter Park is a place for all people to Venture Out, to escape and retreat, to transform and trailblaze. Winter Park is an inclusive place and that’s why we moved to change the name of the Eskimo Express Lift to the Explorer Express Lift. The name “Explorer” more accurately represents our resort, our brand, our team, and our guests.

• Both Gore Mountain’s new lifts run in somewhat new locations.
• You can virtually tour the new 3K K-onnection 3S gondola, including on top of towers and inside stations.
• Europe’s longest 3S opens tomorrow.
• New ski area alert! Skeetawk sends first chair tomorrow after decades of dreaming.
• Paul Bunyan, Wisconsin to reopen this month after 25 years shuttered.
• Mt. Baldy, Ontario’s new quad chair isn’t finished so the ski area is closing for an hour to teach people how to ride the T-Bar.
• Austria and Switzerland say yes to skiing while France, Germany, and Italy continue to keep lifts closed.
• BousquetMountain.com goes live with a new trail map.
• Liftopia will likely be sold with proceeds going to creditors.
• Saddleback secures $1.3 million in new funding to support redevelopment.
• Mountain Capital Partners’ bet that Texans would love lift-served mountain biking is paying off.
• This fact sheet outlines the five transportation options for Little Cottonwood Canyon, two of which include a gondola.