• HTI, the parent company of Agudio, Bartholet, Leitner, Poma, LPOA and Skytrac,reports stable revenue of €1.4 billion and record R&D investment of €41 million.
• Leitnerteases “the exclusive launch of a groundbreaking new standard for monocable uni-directional ropeways” at Interalpin.
• Leitner also nears completion of amaterial transport gondola that includes a 1,600 foot underground tunnel.
• The next phase of the Bartholet RopeTaxi on demand gondola network isdelayed to December.
• President Trumptempers announced tariffs on most countries to 10% for 90 days.
• Calls continue for the Government of Quebec to terminate its lease with Resorts of the Canadian Rockies for Mont-Sainte-Anne.
• Freakonomics tackles theeconomics of ski areas with help from Loveland and Mt. Ashland.
• Mt. Hood Meadows toretire the Blue double without replacement, raffle the chairs.
• Alpental plans anall weekend celebration for the retirement of iconicChair 2.
• Doppelmayrbreaks ground on its new Salt Lake City building.
• French authoritiespropose nearly €2 million in fines against MND and its investors for alleged disclosure and insider trading violations.
• You canbuy an Overbrook chair from Ski Butternut
• McCauley is alsoselling chairs.
• CBS dramaFire Country to feature aficticious ski lift disaster tonight.

• Leitner plans to offer theConnX multi-model gondola system from 2025 after passing tests in Hungary.
• Aprogress report on the first Doppelmayr TRI-Line in Switzerland.
• Also on thefirst MND Orizon detachable in France.
• MND inaugurates anew production facility to support the Orizon line.
  Skytraccelebrates its new facility in Tooele, Utah.
  Bartholet releases its 2024reference book.
• Alta clarifies itsupports a Little Cottonwood gondola.
• White Passadds chairs to boost capacity on theGreat White Express.
• Aviral video shows a lift being jostled by a small tornado.
• Homewood now plans to build its already-delivered D-Line gondolain 2025 and upgradeEllis in 2030.
• Burke Mountaindelays summer opening to mid-July due to a mechanical issue with theSherburne Express.
• Marmot Basin tosell chairs from theKnob double.
• Jackson Hole toauctionSublette chairs.
• Beartooth Basin isfor sale.
• I visited my 750th ski area this week, marking the completion the CanadaLift Database.

• Ski Santa Feproposes a second chairlift project for this summer, replacingEasy Street #4 with the oldSanta Fe Super Chief #1.
• The Balsamsextends a deadline to complete phase one construction, may refurbish existing lift infrastructure.
• Dave Scanlan, the general manager behind installing a 35 year old used pulse gondola from Austria, isousted from his post leading Eaglecrest, Alaska.
• MND’s prototype detachablenears completion in France.
• Big Sky’s old Six Shooter isspotted at Sugarloaf.
• The capital of the Dominican Republic to build athird urban gondola line.
• Deer Valley maypour concrete for more Expanded Excellence lifts this summer to get a jump on next year.
• Cochran’s, Vermontsecures a grant to design and engineer a used T-Bar.
• Mont Grand-Fonds says its upcoming Doppelmayr six pack will be thefirst of its kind in Quebec.
• Jackson Hole’snew Sublette will feature Leitner comfort chairs.
• Snowmass to auctionConey Glade chairs.
• Mount St. Louis Moonstone also lists Poma quad chairsfor sale.
• Work begins on the Aspen Meadows project adjacent to Brian Head.
• Quebec records six million skier visits,a decline of 10 percent from last year’s record.

• The proposed Bridal Veil Mountain Resort in British Columbiasigns a letter of intent for a Bartholet Ropetaxi gondola system.
• Another proposed BC ski resort projectchanges hands, mustbegin construction soon or face losing environmental approval.
• Community memberslook toward reopening lost Big Tupper, New York.
• MND’s majority shareholder seeks totake the company private.
• Construction of MND’s prototype Orizon detachablemoves along in France.
• Highlander Lift Services and Wasatch Peaks Ranchsettle a lawsuit in which both parties sought close to $1 million in damages over a difficult and late lift install.
• Ski Sundown willauction retired chairs.
• Whistler Blackcomb tosell Jersey Cream chairs for $600.
• A deep dive intoprivate equity’s dominance in unincorporated Big Sky, Montana.
• Deer Valley’s proposed Lift 7 bubbleremains in limbo.
• Altaprefers metered traffic lights over a gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
• A Sun Valley property ownersues Sun Valley Resort over noise and visual impacts of thenew Flying Squirrel lift, seeks its removal.
• Mountain Capital Partnersacquires La Parva, Chile, its 12th ski resort.
• Mt. Ashland’stop lift replacement priorities areAriel followed byWindsor.
• Mt. Ashland will alsoleave the Indy Pass.
• The Forest Servicemet today with objectors to Monarch Mountain’s proposed No Name expansion in hopes of resolution.
• Berkshire East to remove theMountain Top triple.
• Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Areawon’t open this year due to low snow.
• Winter Parkseeks environmental approval to replaceGemini with a 10 seat gondola, upgradeEndeavour andDiscovery to quads, removeLooking Glass and install the Copper Creek South six pack as proposed in the2022 master plan.

• An avalanchecrushes a six pack terminal in France.
• Doppelmayr’slatest customer magazine focuses on North America overtaking Europe as the company’s largest market and achieving more than 50 percent market share in our highly competitive region.
• Two bearsclimb a very tall tower on Steamboat’s new Wild Blue Gondola.
• A prototype MND Orizon detachable isunder construction at the factory and expected to be operational in early summer for testing. The first customer installation may bein Uzbekistan.
• Sun Peaksresumes construction on the West Bowl Express after a winter break.
• Homewoodseek approval for its Madden Gondola in a modified alignment.
• Huff Hills, North Dakotato close following a lease dispute with the mountain’s landowner.
• Tenney Mountain eyesreplacing Hornet with a detachable lift.
• Alterra’s CEO discuses lift construction costs and more in awide ranging interview.
• Plans showfour major lifts at the planned Stagecoach Mountain Ranch near Steamboat.
• Legoland New York’s new gondolaappears mostly complete with the first Diamond EVO cabins in North America.
• Quebec Ski Resorts Company saysif it acquired the lease to Mont-Sainte-Anne, it would install a 10 passenger Doppelmayr gondola in 2025 and two detachable chairlifts in 2026. Resorts of the Canadian Rockies insists the mountain isnot for sale.
• The Park City planning Commissiondelays a decision again on Deer Valley’sproposed Lift 7, citing wildlife concerns.
• Park City’s upcomingSunrise Gondola will be constructed by Leitner-Poma with Vail Resorts’ first direct drive.
• An unnamed New Hampshire resort islooking for CTEC quad chairs for an upcoming relocation.

• MND postsa replay of its Orizon product launch at Mountain Planet.
• Doppelmayr andPoma release their annual yearbooks.
• Poma launches anopen air gondola concept where passengers will stand harnessed.
• Doppelmayr wins a$115 million contract to build a 3S and 10 passenger gondola in Chamonix.
• Okanagan Gondolareceives final approval for construction near Kelowna, BC.
• The Highlands, Michigan will auctionchairs for charity.
• Turkeyarrests multiple people over last week’sfatal gondola incident.
• Jackson Holesays goodbye to Sublette.
• Opposition emerges to Deer Valley’s proposed Lift 7.
• Quebec Mountain Resorts Company, owner of Mont Grand-Fonds and Mont Lac-Vert,offers to buy Mont-Sainte-Anne and Stoneham from Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, says it would invest tens of millions in new lifts and snowmaking.
• Vail Resorts reportsskier visits were down 7.8 percent this season but revenue was up. Same story for 24-25 season pass sales with units pacing down but revenue up.
• Bluewood, Washingtonlooks to replaceSkyline with a detachable quad.

After years of dabbling in the detachable space, MND today unveiled its full range of next generation detachable lifts at Mountain Planet in Grenoble. The French firm known for its avalanche control and snowmaking products has invested more than €20 million developing theOrizon line, which includes both detachable chairlifts and gondolas. Orizon will offer all the premium features customers may want in a detachable lift including direct drives, bubbles, and modern gondola cabins seating 10, 16 or 20 passengers. More than 60 people worked on the development of Orizon and approximately 100 more will join MND in the coming year to support the new product line.

“With this innovating range of detachable, single-cable gondola lifts and chairlifts, MND is consolidating its position as a global player and aims to win new market share in a fast-growing sector,” the company noted in apress release. “The Orizon range equipment caters to the most demanding configurations: steep gradients, long distances, large vehicles and high flow rates.”

This is not the first time MND has dipped its toes in the detachable space dominated by Austria’s Doppelmayr and Italy’s HTI Group, owner of Leitner and Poma. In 2017, MNDcompleted its first detachable lift at La Plagne, France. The Envers chairlift suffered problems from day one and was never duplicated but gave the company valuable experience to learn from. Later, MND pivoted to partner with Bartholet of Switzerland for detachable technology, building lifts around the worldincluding at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. That partnership proved successful but ended last year when HTI acquired a majority stake in Bartholet. With MND coming back to the market with its own product, three large European conglomerates will offer detachable lifts on a global scale.

MND’s chairs, gondolas and stations were crafted in partnership with the Stellantis Design Group. Americans know Stellantis for its car brands – Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram – but the company’s design arm also partners to develop products for other applications. The MND Orizon range is decidedly modern and designed to fit in both alpine and urban spaces. Orizon lifts will be geared toward demanding applications, capable of seven meters per second and up to 8,000 passengers per hour per direction. Two grips, P10 and P20, can accommodate up to 66 millimeter haul ropes.

The Orizon line will be produced in a new €10 million plant in Sainte-Hélène-du-Lac, France. MND did not reveal when or where the first Orizon lift may launch.

• The Summit at Snoqualmie releases renderings of and begins construction on thenew Wildside Quad.
• Jay Peakintends to replaceBonaventure next summer.
• Stratton eyes replacingTamarack with ahigh speed quad in 2025, may swap thegondola for a bubble six or eight place chairlift after that.
• Brian Head, Utah appears to beworking on an expansion.
• Powder Mountain plans to build anew lift in Wolf Canyon next year and add additional private terrain in the Davenport zone. Owner Reed Hastings tells theNew York Timesprivatized terrain will subsidize the money-losing public operation.

• Awild video from Italy shows the dangers of bubble chairs in high winds (no injuries).
• Obstructors sue tohalt progress on the proposed Los Angeles Dodger Stadium gondola.
• Park Cityhighlights unique operational aspects of openingNinety Nine 90 with no electricity or vehicle access to the summit.
• The Forest Serviceapproves Sun Valley’s Seattle Ridge six pack, slated for this summer, and the future Christmas chondola.
• Whistler Blackcomb debutstwo wrapped cabins on the Peak 2 Peak Gondola with designs crafted by indigenous artists.
• Hatley Pointeworks to reactivate two backside chairlifts, teases another lift upgrade skiers will be “really surprised” about.
• Deer Valleyhopes to break ground on a Snow Park-Silver Lake gondola in 2025, says the linecould eventually become part of a five segment network from East Village all the way to Old Town Park City with stops at Park Peak, Silver Lake and Snow Park.
• Highlander ishiring construction crew members for multiple lift installations at Deer Valley this summer.
• Sun Peaksfaces another lawsuit for anotherBurfield Quad mis-unload.
• Sugarbush catches flak forclosing much of Lincoln Peak early to begin construction of the new Heaven’s Gate quad.
• There’sfurther evidence MND will launch a new detachable line at Mountain Planet next month.
• Funding for a new Telluride-Mountain Village gondola will likelybe on the ballot this fall alongside the Presidential choice.

• Yellowstone Club and Homewood developer Discovery Land Companyplans to revive the former Stagecoach ski area near Steamboat as a private ski and golf resort. A local realtor says Stagecoach Mountain Ranch has aDoppelmayr gondola on order.
• Loon Mountainrekindles plans to build a pulse gondola from RiverWalk Resort in Lincoln to the base of South Peak in 2025.
• MND’s upcoming product launchappears to be lift related.
• Hesperus, Colorado willremain closed next season.
• Nordic Valleywill refurbish, not replaceApollo.
• Red Riverretires the outgoing Copper Chair early due to a mechanical issue.
• A paraglider in Austria dies afterflying into a moving gondola. Two passengers in the gondola cabin were slightly injured.
• Mad River Glendetails plans for Skytrac to add a mid-station toSunnyside this summer.
• Mt. Bachelorinstalls a new electric motor onNorthwest Express, allowing it to run full speed for the first time since January.
• Asmall forest fire briefly closes Timberline’sJeff Flood Express.
• Parks Canadasays no again to a Banff-Mt. Norquay gondola.
• White Hills, Newfoundlandrope evacuates thePowder Line Express due to a mechanical issue.
• Powderhornreopens the Flat Top Flyer after a 17 day unplanned closure.
• The Los Angeles City Councilwill vote today on a motion to halt approval of the Dodger Stadium Gondola.
• Arapahoe Basin moves to paid peak parking,may alter Ikon Pass access for next season.
• Sugarloafload tests the newly shortenedWest Mountain double.
• Norway Mountain, Michiganbegins selling season passes for reopening next season after seven years closed.
• FirstGroup, a large private operator of public transit, willtake over operation of the London Cable Car.

• Anew park map shows whereLegoland New York’s gondola will go.
• Askiing preview of Deer Valley Expanded Excellence.
• TheColorado Sun embeds withdepartments who work all night to make Winter Park run.
• Afton Alps removesChair 18 tomake way for a tube park.
• Vail Resortsreports season-to-date skier visits are down 9.7 percent and lowers earnings guidance.
• From the classifieds: a1987 Poma Quad for sale.
• Doppelmayrassumes patents needed for Autonomous Ropeway Operation (AURO) installations in the USA.
• Kimberley, BC files anew master plan.
• MND to makean announcement on April 16th.
• Upon learning of a young guest named Reid with a phobia of chairlifts,Stevens Pass staff spring into action, giving him a full day tour of mountain operations and making him an honorary lift operator.
• Red Lodge Mountain closes theCole Creek quad due to acomponent failure within the lift terminal structure.
• A high speed quad isrope evacuated at Burke Mountain.
• Flat Top Flyer at Powderhornremains closed awaiting delivery of parts.
• Sugarloaf closesKing Pine forwhatever this “mechanical problem” is.
• Guestswere stuck on Blackcomb’s new gondola for hours yesterday.
• TheOITAF World Congress for Ropeways is coming to Vancouver June 17-21.
• Leitner has reportedlypaid more than $16 million in settlements to families of victims of the 2021 Stresa-Mottarone tram disaster.
• A D-Line gondola in Austria willrun entirely on solar energy produced on site this summer.
• Grouse Mountain provides agondola construction update.
• Araccoon rides Sugarbush’sVillage quad.
• Costs double for the proposed gondola-served transit center at Steamboat.
• Also at Steamboat, Leitner-Pomaappears to have won the contract to replaceSunshine Express.
• Leitner-Poma also appears to have upcoming projects atBig Bear Mountain Resort,Snowbasin andWasatch Peaks Ranch.
• Chapman Hill willreplace its main rope tow with a Leitner-Poma platter.
• Wachusettnears a decision to replacePolar Express with a six pack.
• The Town of Altapasses a resolution opposing the Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola.
• Red Rivershares renderings of its upcoming Copper Chair, will sell retiring Riblet chairs.