• The latest Wir highlights Doppelmayr Connect, various drive concepts and the Sweetwater Gondola.
• U.S. skier visits climbed 3.7 percent last season to 54.7 million.  479 ski areas operated in 2016-17, up from 464.
• Silverton Mountain is not a fan of the Epic Pass.
• Royal Gorge Bridge & Park considers chairlift down to the Arkansas River.
• Intrawest re-invested 8 percent of revenues at its resorts between 2013 and 2017 (compared with 11 percent across Vail Resorts.)  The company had 173 interested buyers, 16 of which were ski industry players.
• Early summer update from the Magic Mountain rebirth and Green Chair project.
• Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group buys Frey AG Stans, a leading global provider of ropeway control systems.
• Lifts from the defunct Talisman Mountain Resort have been sold; one is headed to Sunridge, Alberta.
• Granby Ranch investigation update.
• LA mayor suggests gondola to the Hollywood sign from Universal Studios.
• Ghost Town in Maggie Valley, NC goes up for sale, including Carlevaro-Savio chairlift that last operated in 2012.
• Nonprofit nearing purchase of Frost Fire, ND, hopes to repair two chairlifts and reopen skiing next winter.
• Government considers building world’s longest gondola into the world’s largest cave in Vietnam.
• Here’s a recap of what we missed at Interalpin.
• Lutsen Mountains’ six-lift expansion plan moves forward.
• The Denver Post reports a joint Aspen/Intrawest/KSL/Mammoth pass is in the works for 2018-19, meaning the Mountain Collective could lose seven members and 43 percent of its lifts.  The MAX Pass might fare better, losing the six Intrawest resorts and 85 lifts (20 percent.)  I chart one scenario below.

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