The European Union will pay French ski operators up to 49 percent of lost revenue from this winter.
Ober Gatlinburg’s tram closes for two months for track rope and drive replacement projects totaling $4.5 million.
Bluewood’s general manager explains why fixing a 43 year old lift still makes sense for the mountain vs. buying a new one.
The Burke Mountain and Jay Peak receiver says in a court filing the mountains are “desperately in need of liquidity” while battling financial services giant Raymond James.
With one Doppelmayr gondola finished but never opened to the public and another partially complete, Icy Strait Point removes all booking availability until April of 2022.
Mission Ridge isn’t done with On the Way Up just yet! Episode 18 explores the parking system and more.
At a leadership forum in Park City, Alterra CEO Rusty Gregory says his company will invest $200 million on capital improvements this year and plans to build the Squaw-Alpine gondola.
Developers say the Moosehead Mountain project is “moving fast” with a lift to be ordered as soon as May for completion late this year.
Two more days until Snow King’s Summit double stops for good to make way for a gondola, though the Forest Service’s Record of Decision has not been signed and litigation looms.
Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry confirms it’s investigating last weekend’s chair fall at Camelback but does not expect to make the report public.
Two more resorts are set to join the Indy Pass on February 2nd.
Re: Indianhead, an incident report notes the chair hit a halo on tower 4, causing its clip to be ejected from the haul rope. A follow up inspection found no mechanical or structural deficiencies with the lift.
With the launch of a gondola up Hoonah Mountain next year, an Alaska Native corporation sees new opportunities for development.
Despite a 30 percent drop in business last winter, at least two New Zealandresorts plan to build new lifts this offseason.
As Smartwool moves headquarters from Steamboat to Denver, the company gifts $1.5 million to Howelsen Hill for a new Barrows chairlift, to be built by Skytrac.
A Michigan ski area with 12 lifts won’t make snow and will operate weekends only due to Coronavirus.
Mont-Sainte-Anne is no longer certain its base-to-summit gondola will be functional by December.
Big Sky wraps up a busy season of preparation for the Swift Current 6 top terminal and carrier storage facility.
Regarding capital projects and the seven lift projects Vail postponed this year, Katz said on the conference call:
“We are of course going to be monitoring the season closely before we come out with any plan for calendar year 2021. We’ll make sure we’re incorporating what happened this year. We will likely still be in a conservative approach though hopefully not as conservative as last year because the environment around Covid and travel has all improved. We will definitely be prioritizing projects that we think will have a significant impact on the guest experience and certainly some of the projects that we deferred from last year will be top of the list.”
Government-owned Marble Mountain remains on the hunt for a private operating partner.
Le Relais eliminates season passes entirely. Guests will buy blocks of skiing until they reach a certain total for the season, then all remaining blocks are free.
A local investment banker will take over operations of nonprofit Sleeping Giant Ski Area.
Former owner Ariel Quiros will plead guilty to orchestrating a fraudulent investment scheme at Jay Peak.
The Jay Peak receivership has racked up more than $8 million in attorney and accountant bills so far.
Aspen Snowmass hasn’t decided whether the Big Burn six place will get bubbles.
A near collision leads to an evacuation of a Leitner-Poma six pack in New Zealand.
Skiing in that country proves super popular even without international travel.
The State of New York makes huge investments at Whiteface this summer: $2.4 million worth of gondola upgrades, a new quad chair, a new lodge and snowmaking enhancements.
Skytrac is the low bidder to replace Howelsen Hill’s Barrows double with a quad next summer.
Alterra characterizes season pass sales for next winter as “shockingly strong.”
Mt. Norquay will try again for approval to build a gondola linking the ski area to Banff.
I’m not an accountant but I think this filing reveals Vail Resorts has agreed with creditors not to make capital improvements of more than $200 million per year or undertake any mergers/acquisitions through January 2022.
Vail is also borrowing $600 million through the sale of bonds.
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