- Crowdfunding campaign to put up a used Riblet double in BC not going very well.
- Skier-lift tower collision ends badly at Deer Valley.
- 2 Borvig quads at Sugarloaf won’t reopen this season. Spokesperson says they have not decided what to do for next year.
- Woman wants $75,000 after maze sign fell on her at Park City Mountain Resort last season.
- Doppelmayr’s April 2015 Wir magazine is now online. Check out their new chair suspension (page 17) and new work carrier design (page 25.)
- Deropement and rope evacuation at Winter Park.
- Three days in, conservation group vows to kill Squaw’s Base-to-base gondola plan.
Sugarloaf
News Roundup: Reset and Go!
- Sugarloaf shuts down 2nd Borvig quad lift.
- Sugar Mountain, NC to build a base-to-summit Doppelmayr six-pack.
- Leitner-Poma might have to pay $222k back to the State of Colorado. This summer doesn’t look to be too busy for them either.
- Vail Resorts goes to Australia.
- Lift operator sued after boy hanged from backpack tangled in a chair.
- The State of Pennsylvania is “not normally in the business of ski-lift construction.”
- Another child falls from a chair, this time in eastern Canada. Seems like there have been a lot of similar incidents this winter particularly with children.
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