Lone Peak Cable Car at Big Sky, MT, is Nearing Completion With winter fast approaching and snow on Lone Peak, construction of the Lone Peak Tram at Big Sky, MT, is in its final stages. Over the past few weeks, the haul rope has been pulled and spliced, allowing for the most exciting step yet: the two 6,600-pound cabins now hang on the lines. Related: The New Lone Peak Tram at […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 24, 2023 0 Comments
Fresh Snow at Glacier 3000, Switzerland, Just in Time for Re-Opening of Glacier 3000 Cable Car After a stressful two weeks at the Glacier 3000 ski resort near Les Diablerets, Switzerland, not only isย the Glacier 3000 cable car back in operation, but the resort also was blessed with fresh snowfalls. In late July this year the Glacier 3000 cable car came to an unexpected halt, forcing all 270 tourists onboard to be evacuated by helicopter. Related: […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 9, 2023 1 Comment
Employee Killed Yesterday When Cable Car Fell From Cable at European Ski Resort An employee was killed in the Czech Republic after a vintage cable car detached from the cable and plummeted to the mountain floor below.ย The cable car has been running since 1933 and is the country’s oldest. The accident happened yesterday at around 1:30 pm local time at theย Jeลกtฤd cableway.ย Smutnรฝ den na Jeลกtฤdu😢 Zamฤstnanci Skiareรกlu Jeลกtฤd byli mezi prvnรญmi svฤdky, […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 1, 2021 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 14 Killed When Cable Car at Popular Italian Ski Area Plummeted to Ground [arve url="https://youtu.be/zwrm_DSxPwM"] SnowBrains | May 24, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
World’s first Cross-Border Cable Car To Connect Russia And China As ski, snowboard, and ski resort enthusiast we are used to boarding cable cars to get high, gain elevation, in the slopes. But this means of transport’s potential goes much further than just the mountain. In fact, the first-ever cross border cable car project is scheduled to start building in 2020, and it will connect the cities of Blagoveshchensk, Russia, […] Industry News Micho | December 20, 2019 0 Comments
Tanzania Government Plans on Putting a Cable Car Up Mount Kilimanjaro to Boost Tourist Revenue African country Tanzania wants to boost tourist numbers by putting a cable car on 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the worldโs tallest free-standing mountain and is in talks about the project with a Chinese and a Western company.ย 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually and officials estimate a cable car could increase tourist numbers by 50 percent, reports the East African. โWe are still […] SnowBrains | May 10, 2019 1 Comment
World’s Highest Roof-Top Cable Car Opens in Tignes, France The worldโs first high-altitude cable car roof terrace is now open to transport skiers and snowboarders up the mountainย in Tignes, France. This exciting new attraction starts at the Tignes funicular station at a height of 6,900-feet (2,100-meters). The cable cars lead up to the Grande Motte Glacier, which is at an altitude of just under 10,000-feet (3,032-meters). The views from […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 16, 2018 0 Comments
UPDATE: Despite Disastrous Cable Car Fire the Grand Montets Ski Area near Chamonix, France WILL Open this Winter In the early afternoon of Tuesday 11th September, a devastating fire broke out at the upper station of the 1st cable-car between Argentiรจre & Lognan (Les Grands Montets ski area), near Chamonix, France. The fire spread almost instantaneously throughout all the buildings of the arrival station, creating severe damage to the infrastructures of the two cable-cars, causing cables to snap […] Industry News Steven Agar | September 14, 2018 0 Comments
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