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The Hermitage Club’s new detachable quad to cost $6.25 million and include a chair parking facility. Oregon ski areas celebrate passage of an outdoor recreation liability reform bill. Castle Mountain rope evacuates the new Stagecoach Express. An investigation into the fatal Swiss gondola crash this week focuses on wea...

A cabin fell from a gondola lift in Engelberg, Switzerland this morning, killing the lone occupant. The incident happened on the upper section of the two stage Titlis Xpress, a Garaventa UNI-G system constructed in 2015. More than 100 other passengers were safely unloaded from the lift’s 159 remaining cabins. Swiss me...

Aspen Highlands could join the year-round gondola club alongside Aspen Mountain and Snowmass under a new plan submitted to the Forest Service. Over the past ten seasons, Aspen Highlands averaged 210,000 skier visits with occasional long lines in the base area and a lack of lift redundancy. To address these challenges,...

Whaleback’s chairlift is back in action after being closed all season. Angel Fire performs a mid-season splice on the Southwest Flyer, now back open. A child is okay after falling from a chairlift at Blue Knob, Pennsylvania. Another child falls from a chair and is airlifted from Sierra-at-Tahoe. Telluride sues several...

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Powder Mountain plans to invest $40 million on the public side of the resort over the next two years with a focus on the Sundown zone. Under new majority owner Reed Hastings, Powder operates a public-private model, with lifts on the eastern half of the resort open only to homeowners. So far, Hastings has added five ne...

Mountain Capital Partners may enter the Midwest with a deal to operate Spirit Mountain, Minnesota. Under the proposal, MCP would lease the mountain for a minimum of 20 years beginning in October. Vail raises Epic Pass prices approximately 3.5 percent, offers a discount to young adults 30 and under. Alterra raises Ikon...

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Alta Sierra, California reopens for the first time in several years but has to rope evacuate a lift on day one. Indy Pass raises its base pass price, lowers the full pass price and adds Thrill Hills, ND; Pebble Creek, ID and Murray Ridge, BC plus several international and cross country outposts. Lost Valley, Maine wou...

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