• Utah’s transportation department will host an open house July 13th to explain as solicit feedback on the gondola and enhanced bus alternatives for Little Cottonwood Canyon.
• Loon and Doppelmayr fly the towers for Kancamagus 8.
• A brown bear did not ride a chairlift at Vail as you may have read on Facebook.
• Welch Village’s new lift will be called the Cannon Valley Quad.
• The first test of UpBus, a passenger-carrying pod which transitions between wheel and cable propulsion, takes place at Doppelmayr headquarters.
• Mt. Southington replaces chairs and towers on the Avalanche double.
• The asking price is reduced for the defunct Plymouth Notch ski area in Vermont.
• Beaver Creek breaks ground in McCoy Park.
• Gondolas arrive at Snow King Mountain.
• Pueblo, Colorado considers building a $20 million sightseeing gondola.
• The investigation into the Mottarone disaster widens to 12 people including Leitner employees and the company itself. Leitner says in a statement that it is cooperating with investigators and that its maintenance operations were done in full compliance with the law and contractual obligations.