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News Roundup: Court of Appeals
- Sipapu, New Mexicoproposes replacing one of thelast detachable Poma lifts in the United States.
- Four people are killed in an aerial tramway crash in Italy.
- Skiland, Alaskarope evacuates its only chairlift.
- Kicking Horsecloses for the season without its gondola; any compensation for passholders affected by five weeks of gondola closure to be determined at a later date.
- Two new gondolasnear completion in West Virginia.
- South Carolina’s only gondola isalmost ready to roll.
- Bretton Woodsformally announces the Bethlehem Express replacement project.
- A Utah court of appealshears arguments from Park City the town and Park City the ski area re: canceled 2022 Eagle and Silverlode lift projects.
- Vail alsotussles with South Lake Tahoe over Heavenly parking and taxation.
- Titcomb Mountain, Mainefundraises to build a new T-Bar as soon as this summer.
News Roundup: Great Causes
- Alpine Ski Club, Ontario lists the Arrowhead Quadfor sale with a replacement planned for 2024.
- Big Moose Mountain, Mainefundraises to revive trails abandoned since the summit double last ran in 2004.
- Snow Ridge, New York sharesmore photos of devastating tornado damage andfundraises for rebuilding. A volunteer cleanup day is scheduled for August 26th.
- Nonprofit Skiland, Alaskaseeks donations to operate next season.
- Busch Gardens Tampa Bayteases a reopening of its gondola that has been closed since Covid.
- Apower outage strands hundreds of guests overnight at theBanff Gondola.
- Seven Oaksleaves the Indy Pass.
News Roundup: Flying High
- Sun Valley and Snowbasin ditch the Epic Pass, will beIkon Pass and Mountain Collective partners beginning next season.
- Also for next season,Alterra pulls Mammoth, Palisades Tahoe and Sugarbush from the Mountain Collective Pass.
- Cascade Mountain lists theMogul Monster triplefor sale.
- New York State ski areas report a26 percent increase in revenue so far this season.
- Newly nonprofit Skiland Alaskalooks to raise $100,000 for upgrades to itschairlift.
- Jay Peak says it hastwo viable suitors currently.
- Agreat podcast features Andy Shepard of Saddleback taking listeners through the mountain’s closure, sale and reopening.
- The team behind Edmonton’s Prairie Sky Gondola says it’sworking on another gondola in a different Canadian city.
- Fast Company features a story on gondolas asurban transportation gap fillers.
- Alterra CEO Rusty Gregory is quoted saying this season has gone “shockingly well” despite “pinch points.”
- Leaders in Alaska’s capital cityvote to spend $2 million on a used pulse gondola for Eaglecrest Ski Area.
- Big Squaw owner James Confalone is ordered to pay$4.5 million in penalties for timber violations and failure to maintain the ski area.
- Alpine-X proposes asecond indoor ski area in Dallas.
- Officialspause pursuit of a Gunstock expansion.
- Flying Yankee at Attitash will bedown for the foreseeable future due to an issue with the tension system.
- The Colorado Suncatches up with me to talk about visiting every US ski area.
- A Panoramaguest is helicoptered to a hospital after falling off theMile 1 quad.
- Crystal Mountain confirms a$100 million capital plan will include new lift(s) and expanded terrain in 2023-24.
- The proposed Okanagan Gondola isalready moving forward.
- Belleayre and Doppelmayr organize amajor gearbox repair operation on theBelleayre Express.
- Skierscriticize staffing and operations at Hunter Mountain.
News Roundup: RFP
- The European Union will pay French ski operatorsup to 49 percent of lost revenue from this winter.
- Ober Gatlinburg’stram closesfor two months for track rope and drive replacement projects totaling $4.5 million.
- Bluewood’s general managerexplains why fixing a43 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.
- Whiteface issues arequest for proposals to replace theBear double with a fixed grip quad starting lower in the base area.
- Kelly Canyon’s new Skytrac will be a triplereaching 600 feet beyond the top of Chair 2.
- With one Doppelmayr gondola finished but never opened to the public and another partially complete, Icy Strait Pointremoves all booking availability until April of 2022.
- Skiland performs arope evacuation of thenorthernmost chairlift in the Americas.
- The National Ski Areas Association updates itslift safety fact sheet.
- Mission Ridge isn’t done with On the Way Up just yet!Episode 18 explores the parking system and more.
- At aleadership 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.
- We also learned Deer Valley isin talks with Mayflower Mountain Resort about shared access.
- Rustynext joined the Storm Skiing Podcast, confirming the Ikon Pass will add at least one new resort for 21-22.
- Vail Resorts slashes Epic Passprices by 20 percent.
- 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’sSummit double stops for good to make way for a gondola, though the Forest Service’s Record of Decision hasnot been signed and litigation looms.
- Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry confirms it’s investigating last weekend’schair fall at Camelback but does not expect to make the report public.
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