Industry News
The snow is about to start flying in North America and it’s time to check in and what’s new at US ski resorts.
We have 9 ski resorts installing new ski lifts this summer. All these lifts are making their ski resorts better.
Mt. Bachelor, OR
New Lift:
- Cloudchaser Chairlift
Details:
- 1,448-vertical feet
- Will open up 635 acres of new terrain at Mt. Bachelor turning Bachelor into the 5th largest ski resort in the USA (4,318 acres)
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Jackson Hole, WY
New Lift:
- Sweetwater Gondola
Lift Details:
- 1,276-vertical feet
- Will have mid-station 1/3 of the way up in the Solitude area
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Grand Targhee, WY
New Lift:
- Replacement of Blackfoot Double Chairlift
Details:
- Originally built in 1974
- New chair will be a fixed grip quad and will the 1,200-vertical-foot ride time from 12 minutes to 7 minutes
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Big Sky, MT
New Lifts:
- Replacement of Challenger Chairlift & Replacement Lone Peak Triple Chairlift
Details:
- New Doppelmayr triple chair to replace Challenger double chair
- New high speed Doppelmayr triple to replace Lone Peak Triple Chairlift
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Purgatory, CO
New Lift:
- 2-Way Surface Lift
Details:
- Will run between lower Bull Run and the bottom of the Legends (Lift 8) high-speed quad
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Arizona Snowbowl, AZ
New Lift:
- Grand Canyon Express six-pack chairlift
Details:
- 1,530-vertical-feet in less than 6-minutes
- Will be Arizona’s first six-pack chairlift
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Vail, CO
New Lift:
- Replacement Sun Up Chairlift
Details:
- Fixed-grip triple will be replaced with a new high speed quad
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Wilmot, WI
New Lifts:
- Chairs 2, 3, 6, & 8 will be replaced
Details:
- Combined with a new high-speed rope tow in the terrain park and two new surface conveyor lifts in the beginner area, the new lifts will increase capacity by up to 45 percent
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Cherry Peak, UT
New Lift:
- Summit Chair
Details:
- This will be Cherry Peak’s second season of operation and the new Summit Chair will be its 4th lift
- Summit will be the 4rd Yan triple chair for Cherry Peak and it came from Squaw Valley, CA.
Your list is only missing about 25 new lifts.
https://liftblog.com/new-lifts-2016/
Two new lifts at Cascade Mountain in Wisconsin. A high speed quad replaces a fixed grip quad and a new fixed grip triple expanding into new territory.
You left out the new lift at Caberfae Peaks in Michigan!!! We are vertically challenged but it is a big deal at one of the best and most historic hills in our state. What gives? You managed to include Wisconsin and a bump in the road at Vail?
Bigsky has a new 6 chair replacing lone Peak triple.
Nothing from Squaw/Alpine; they’re done pretending.