• Homewood toreopen next season but its D-Line gondoladelivered in 2023 won’t be installed this summer.
• Powdrabandons plans to sell Mt. Bachelor.
• Powdr’s sale of Eldora is said to be in thefinal stages.
• Le Massif, Quebecsigns on to the Ikon Pass.
• New details emerge from the antitrust case against the owner of Song Mountain and Labrador Mountain, New York; he plans to appeal.
• Whaleback, New Hampshire looks towarda new chairlift.
• Sun Valleyseeks to be removed from a lawsuit filed by a homeowner regarding the placement of the newFlying Squirrel quad.
• Stratton’sAmerican Express closes early and will reopen for summer later than normal for amajor systems modernization.
• The Forest Serviceapproves Steamboat to replaceSunshine Express with a six pack.
• The world’ssecond largest gondola network is proposed in India with 15 stations and 660 cabins.
• If Bluewood, Washington can’t complete its planned relocation of a used high speed quad from Austria next season, it willkeep its Borvig lift and credit passholders $100.
• The US government implements ablanket 20% tariff on goods from the European Union and 31% on products from Switzerland, both major source regions for lift components.
• Skeetawk, Alaskaworks to repair its only chairlift but snow may run out first.
• Arctic Valley, Alaska’sT-Bar will be inoperable the rest of the season due to anincident damaging the haul rope.
• Holiday Mountain, New York looks to reopen long lost terrain with athird chairlift.
• Alta torealign Supreme this summer, re-doing every foundation and re-using towers and terminals.
• Castle Mountain’s expansion lift to be calledStagecoach Express.
• The owner of Berkshire East and Catamount would operate Burke Mountain under aproposed sale to local investors. The group also plans torefurbish the J-Bar and relocate Willoughby if the sale goes through.

• Heavenly reopens theComet Express following aserious incident that sent five to the hospital butdeclines to specify what went wrong. From Heavenly: “Comet Express is open and operating normally. Safety is our top priority at Heavenly Mountain Resort, and we take this incident very seriously. Following a thorough inspection by the Heavenly team and the lift manufacturer, the issue was identified and resolved, and the lift was cleared for operations by the U.S. Forest Service.”
• A chair bail on theLookout Express at Sun Valleycracks in two; the lift has since reopened and the resort declined a request for comment.
• As the Park City patrol strike drags on,most of the mountain remains closed, the COOposts a video message to frustrated guests and Vaillooks to hire new patrollers.
• Apiece of guidage fails on theonly chairlift in the Yukon, leading to a rope evacuation.
• Sugarloaf’s SuperQuadmisses some of the holiday week.
• Panama looks to build asix station, 6.6 km urban gondola.
• Sasquatch Mountain, BC’striple chair will bedown for the foreseeable future due to a maintenance issue.
• Mt. Hood Meadows’ Heather Canyon double isdamaged by a falling tree.
• Mont Orford opens apop up bar in a gondola cabin.
• Ski Martock, Nova Scotiacloses for the week due to a lift issue.
• Waterville Valleyformally seeks approval for a village to summit gondola and southeastward expansion.

• 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.

• 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.

Fresh off replacing both major lifts on the Warm Springs side of Bald Mountain, Sun Valley today announced itsnext lift project will enhance the guest experience on Seattle Ridge. Following the debut of new four and six place lifts just last week, Doppelmayr will return to Baldy in 2024 to replace theSeattle Ridge detachable quad with a detachable six pack, increasing capacity by 20 percent. Interestingly the lift will not be a D-Line like the just-opened Challenger but rather a UNI-G à la Flying Squirrel andBroadway. The project is currently under Forest Service review alongside a futureChristmas replacement as Sun Valley works to retire its entire fleet of seven Yan detachables built in the 1980s and 1990s.

“Seattle Ridge is home to some of Sun Valley’s most beloved intermediate, family-friendly terrain and more recently with the Sunrise expansion, some of its best off-piste terrain,” said Pete Sonntag, Vice President and General Manager of Sun Valley Resort. “Over the last five years, we’ve been able to increase the skiable terrain serviced by Seattle Ridge chair by over 200 acres, and we believe the chairlift upgrade is coming at the perfect time as we continue our investment in the mountain experience at Sun Valley,” he noted. Construction is expected to begin in April with the new Seattle Ridge six place opening to skiers late next year.

• Leitner-Pomaassures the public that recentstopping and swinging on the Roosevelt Island Tram pose no safety issue.
• Doppelmayr secures a five yearmaintenance and operations contract for the Sterling Vineyards gondola.
• Attendants and mechanics working for Doppelmayr at the Portland Aerial Trammay unionize.
• Garaventa completes the firstAuro autonomous operation aerial tramway in Zermatt.
• Agondola in Raleigh, North Carolina?
• Officials release a360 degree preview of the proposed Burnaby Mountain Gondola.
• Belleayre’s new quad will be calledOverlook.
• Snow Valleyshortens Chair 2 into a beginner lift with the drive terminal from old Chair 1.
• In Quebec, new owners of Mont Grand-Fondsplan a six seat detachable.
• No link but Mammoth tells meChair 1 will be replaced in 2024.
• Sun Valley plans to replaceSeattle Ridge with a six place detachable in ’24.Christmas is next but no timeline yet for that project.
• Ajudge will decide whether Park City Mountain’sEagle andSilverlode upgrade projects can proceed in the future.
• Homewoodbails on going private, potentially allowing the delivered Madden Gondola to be installed next summer.
• County officials order the nonprofit attempting to reopen Cuchara to stop work,citing safety concerns.

• Smugglers’ Notchabandons plans for a gondola to Stowe.
• Marmot Basinremoves the long-closedCaribou double.
• Whitewater names its new quadRaven, posts anexpansion map.
• Boyne Mountain’snew map shows two new lifts.
• Ditto forSun Valley.
• Winter Park’s23-24 map shows the new mid-station for Wild Spur Express.
• Steamboat introduces acompletely new map with Wild Blue and Mahogany Ridge.
• Steamboatbegins testing Wild Blue II a.k.a. The Monster.
• Cooper and Mt. Shastajoin the Powder Alliance.
• More than 50 new resorts will join the Indy Pass next week,including Great Bear, South Dakota.
• The No Boundaries Pass says Indy Passbanned its resorts from participating.
• Lost Colorado area St. Mary’s Glacier goes upfor sale.
• Windham Mountainrebrands as Windham Mountain Club, will no longer sell single day tickets during peak periods.
• The Forest Service says it’sworking with Montana Snowbowl to correct lift issues from last season before winter.
• Doppelmayrturns 130.
• An Ontario mountainneeds a $100,000 lifeline to operate this winter.
• The Summit at Snoqualmie willsell chairs from the oldEasy Rider triple.
• Rabbit Hill, Albertamoves lift towers due to ground movement.
• The Okanagan Gondola projectcontinues to move forward in British Columbia.

• Blue Mountain and Camelback, Pennsylvaniajoin the Ikon Pass.
• Willamette Pass converts itsbackside chairlift fromdiesel to electric.
• California’s newest gondolaopens October 29th.
• Big Sky’snew trail map shows the new tram route.
• New Hampshire lost ski area Mt. Whittier goesup for sale.
• Vail Resorts resurrects plans for anew six pack at Perisher.
• Silverton Mountainis sold to new owners from Aspen.
• Revelstoke addsmore chairs toThe Ripper.
• Eaglecrest hopes to open its used pulse gondola infall 2025.
• Doppelmayrwins a contract to build a six station, 94 cabin urban gondola in Uruapan, Mexico.
• Mt. Ashland plans to build anew chairlift in long lost terrain with $2.5 million from Lithia Motors.

• Four years after the Sea to Sky Gondola’s haul rope was first cut, thecriminal case remains open.
• Adventureland, Iowadecommissions itsSLI double chair.
• An assessment findsextensive damage to lifts at Snow Ridge.
• Echo Mountain, Colorado appears to befor sale.
• Tremblant’sgondola reopens a month after a fatal accident.
• Fernieshifts hiking and biking operations from one side of the mountain to the other due to a mechanical issue with theElk chair.
• Utah Governor Spencer Cox says the Little Cottonwood gondola should be apublic-private partnership.
• Baghdad, Iraqplans an urban gondola.

Two of Bald Mountain’s most popular lifts –Christmas andSeattle Ridge – will be upgraded from quads to larger lifts undera plan up for Forest Service approval. The project follows hot on the heels of two similar upgrade projects taking place this summer at Sun Valley. Construction crews with Doppelmayr are working to replaceGreyhawk andChallenger with new four and six seat chairlifts on the Warm Springs side of the mountain. When both projects are complete, Sun Valley Resort will have replaced four of its seven Yan detachable quads built in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The last three up for replacement will beFrenchman’s,Lookout Express andRiver Run Express in future seasons.

The new Christmas lift will feature both six passenger chairs and enclosed gondola cabins. This will create a base-to-summit gondola route in conjunction with the existingRoundhouse Gondola, which runs from River Run Day Lodge to the mid mountain Roundhouse. Christmas Chondola will load at the Roundhouse and increase capacity from 2,400 guests per hour to 3,000 per hour. The top terminal location will move slightly to provide better connectivity with the Lookout Day Lodge for foot passengers riding the new chondola.

On Seattle Ridge, another new six pack will similarly increase capacity from 2,400 to 3,000 skiers per hour. This new lift will also travel in a slightly modified alignment to accommodate a new ski patrol facility. “Both of the existing lifts are over 35 years old and are nearing the end of their operational lifespans,” the Forest Service wrote in its scoping letter. “Replacement of the lifts would ensure a safe and reliable user experience, and increased lift capacity would help address the long lift lines experienced at both lifts in their existing condition.”

A public meeting about Sun Valley’s latest projects is scheduled for Thursday, August 31st from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at the Ketchum Library. Public comments can also be submitted online tocomments-intermtn-sawtooth-ketchum@usda.gov.