

An Ober Gatlinburg tram rebuild update.Owners of West Mountain discuss replacing an entire ski area worth of infrastructure and plans for future development.The Finance Authority of Maine approves $135 million in funding for the rebirth of Big Squaw as Moosehead Mountain with high speed quad installation as soon as this summer.Sundance’s Ray’s quad is listed for sale, though it will continue to operate until October 10th.As new cabins arrive in Canada, operators of the Sea to Sky Gondola say it will be the most protected lift system on the planet when it reopens this summer.West Mountain unveils plans for its first detachable lift, including an intermediate station.The Superior National Forest will host a virtual open house Tuesday regarding the Lutsen Mountains expansion.Stuart Winchester gets the latest from Aspen Snowmass CEO Mike Kaplan on 1A, Pandora’s, Coney Glade, Burnt Mountain, Goldenhorn and other lift projects.


Indy Pass signs on Manning Park, British Columbia The Rock, Wisconsin and Seven Oaks, Iowa.Shasta’s Gray Butte expansion and construction begins. Big Snow is on track to reopen May 27th.Bartholet prepares to build Flem Xpress, the first Ropetaxi with autonomous gondolas and multi-station selection.In case you missed Doppelmayr Insights, here’s a replay.Preliminary lift work begins begins at Mayflower.Mount Roberts Tramway operator Goldbelt downplays its involvement in the Eaglecrest gondola project.Juneau will spend $845,000 to transport the used 15 passenger gondola it purchased for Eaglecrest, more than double an initial estimate.A preliminary timeline for the Timberline Lodge gondola construction: 2028.With multiple projects in planning, Canada may beat the United States to the urban gondola party.Heavenly to sell North Bowl triple chairs beginning today (update: the sale has been postponed for unspecified reasons.).Whistler’s chair and gondola sale is live now.West Mountain looks to break ground in 2023 on a $140 million real estate project which includes a high speed quad.Grouse Mountain formally applies for a development permit to build a new gondola.The former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain is sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $8.3 million in restitution.Doppelmayr, Poma and Leitner all release annual brochures featuring lifts built last year.Four people file appeals seeking to halt construction of Park City’s new lifts.
