• Sierra at Tahoe reports more fire damage than initially thought with a large amount of vegetation burned, six lifts damaged and a vehicle maintenance shop lost.
• A GoFundMe has been established to support Sierra at Tahoe employees who lost personal property in the Caldor Fire.
• Jay Peak is “actively engaged” with multiple potential buyers and reports improving finances, though both Jay and Burke Mountain both still operate in the red.
• Sunday River will spin the new Merrill Hill triple select days this season with a full opening pushed to winter 2022-23.
• With a new lift on the way, Kelly Canyon begins disassembling the Stony Mountain double.
• A vaccine requirement for indoor entertainment venues in British Columbia won’t apply to gondolas.
• Also in BC, the Zincton formal proposal is out and includes five chairlifts plus a gondola.
• The New York Times does a feature story on green urban transportation including gondolas.
• James Niehues announces his retirement from trail maps though he will continue painting.
• Catamount continues construction on two new quad chairs, one of which will start out as a triple.
• Skytrac flies towers at Howelsen Hill.
• Snow King Mountain enters the home stretch on a $20 million summer and looks for public help to name new lifts.
• Speaking of Snow King, towers went up last weekend for both lifts.