Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vail Mountain (@vailmtn) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Max Stosich (@i.max.s) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stuart Costello (@stuminous ..read more

California Mountain Resort Company has revealed its first major capital projects at newly-acquired Bear Valley. In an email to passholders, Bear Valley explained the plan includes changes to four different lifts in the main base area, improving the experience for beginner and intermediate skiers. “We’ve got some major lift improvement projects lined up for this summer, and they’re going to completely transform the Bear Valley base area,” the mountain wrote. First, the Koala double will be removed and replaced with a used fixed grip quad. Koala dates back to 1968 and the new machine is a 1992 ..read more

MND posts a replay of its Orizon product launch at Mountain Planet. Doppelmayr and Poma release their annual yearbooks. Poma launches an open 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 Gondola receives final approval for construction near Kelowna, BC. The Highlands, Michigan will auction chairs for charity. Turkey arrests multiple people over last week’s fatal gondola incident. Jackson Hole says goodbye to Sublette. Opposition emerges to Deer Valley’s proposed Lift 7. Quebec M ..read more

New Hampshire’s Loon Mountain has made it official: a pulse gondola will join the lift fleet in 2025. The connector lift will cross the Pemigewasset River, linking RiverWalk at Loon Mountain in the town of Lincoln to Escape Route parking lot B, the Timbertown Quad and future South Peak Village. Doppelmayr USA will build the 1,300 foot machine, which will become the first pulse gondola in New England. Pulse gondolas are fixed grip lifts with pods of cabins that slow down for loading and unloading. Loon’s pulse will be configured four groupings of three cabins each. The 12 Omega IV cabin will h ..read more

Photo credit: retailarbitrage via Reddit Big Sky Resort conducted a rope evacuation today after two chairs collided on the Shedhorn high speed quad. A witness wrote on Reddit that one loaded chair slid back into another loaded chair just uphill of the bottom station. Big Sky declined to specify the nature of the mechanical problem but said in a statement, “This morning, Shedhorn lift experienced a mechanical issue at approximately 11:40am. Lift maintenance, along with ski patrol, responded immediately and determined that a rope evacuation would be the quickest resolution to clear guests from t ..read more

Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Skytrac Lifts (@skytraclifts) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mt. Bachelor (@mtbachelor) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Red River Ski & Summer Area (@redriverskiarea ..read more

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 the Orizon 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 mor ..read more

A tripod style tower collapsed on a Turkish gondola lift yesterday evening, leading to a delicate overnight rescue operation. The scenic lift was fully loaded with approximately 180 passengers, eight of whom fell to the ground when their cabin was hit by the falling tower around 6:00 pm. A 54 year old Turkish man was killed and seven others were injured. Helicopters and hundreds of first responders worked all night to evacuate remaining stranded passengers. The Antalya municipality which owns the lift said it may take 24 hours for the last riders to be rescued from the steep, rocky lift line ..read more

The private equity firm working to build a gondola in Idaho Springs, Colorado will reopen the Estes Park Tramway. A surveyor is spotted for that Idaho Springs gondola. Utah environmental groups seek to consolidate three lawsuits against the Little Cottonwood Gondola. Extell says three new lifts will open at Deer Valley next winter. Chicopee, Ontario looks toward lift upgrades. Hogadon, Wyoming closes the season early due to lift issues. Grizzly at Bear Valley, California suffers multiple breakdowns and closes for the season early. Long waits have Snowmass leaders asking for a Sky Cab “Skittl ..read more

Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lake Louise Ski Resort & Summer Gondola (@skilouise) View this post on Instagram A post shared by SilverStar Mountain Resort (@silverstarmtnresort) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Whistler Blackcomb (@whistlerblackcomb ..read more