• The proposed Park City gondola system I wrote about last week could be tied to a 2030 or 2034 Salt Lake Olympic bid.
• Another Mission Ridge bubble update.
• Timberline Helicopters, the leader in ski lift flying for the Western United States, adds another Black Hawk to its fleet.
• The State of Virginia proposes building a chairlift at Natural Bridge State Park near Lynchburg.
• Vancouver explores another winter Olympic bid.
• Vail Resorts retires some former Peak Resorts lifts: Mad River at Mad River Mountain, the Double Chair at Alpine Valley and Black Forest at Big Boulder (all Hall doubles).
• One of Marble Mountain’s chairlifts will sit idle this season and the ski area won’t open until January.
• Chairs are being sold off from three of six chairlifts at closed Sugar Loaf, Michigan.
• TimberlineMountain.com goes live with a new trail map.
• A late season fire scorches 60 acres near Tamarack’s Summit Express.
• Receiver Douglas Wilson looks back at saving Tamarack during the 2008 financial crisis.
• Wachusett adds new graphics to the Polar Express, which is named for sister company Polar Seltzer.
• Sugarbush’s new chief discusses the future of Slide Brook Express, possible expansion and potential lift upgrades.
• Poma’s business is down 30 percent but the French company will keep its 1,300 employees working.
• One project keeping Poma busy: a showcase urban 3S in Toulouse.
• The Jackson Hole Aerial Tram will carry 25 passengers at a time this winter.
• This is how gondola Wi-Fi works.
• Aspen Snowmass prepares to debut its first DirectDrive lift.
• Sun Valley’s new lift, pictured below, gets named Broadway. Updated trail map here.