[VIDEO] Missile Strike Damages Chairlift at Israeli Ski Resort ื ืืง ืืื ื ืืจื ืืจืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืจืืื ืืคืืืขืช ืจืงืื ืฉื ืืจืชื ืืืื ืื. ืืจืืฉืืช ืืืืืื ืืืจ ืืืืฆืืื ืืืชืงืคืื ืขื ืืกืืก ืืื ืืืื@rubih67 (ืฆืืืื: ืืชืจ ืืืจืืื) pic.twitter.com/UXzUt9Msgb — ืืื ืืืฉืืช (@kann_news) September 25, 2024 The conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas has led to widespread devastation in Gaza and has also heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah on the Israel-Lebanon border. […] Brent Thomas | September 27, 2024 0 Comments
The Ski Industry’s Chairlift Guru Has Now Visited Every Lift in North America If you ever want to know details about a chairlift, unquestionably the best resource is Liftblog.com. The site contains a giant database dedicated to the latest news, reviews, and updates about every ski chairlift, tramway, and gondola in North America. It provides detailed information on new lift installations, technological advancements, industry news, and the history of ski lifts. The blog […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 2, 2024 1 Comment
History with SnowBrains: How Bananas Led to the First Chairlift in the World The world’s first chairlift was built in Sun Valley, Idaho in the fall of 1936. The first two lifts were located on Sun Valley’s Dollar and Proctor mountains. The design of this new machine was patterned after conveyor belts which were used to load bananas on cargo ships in Central America. James Curran designed the first plans for the ski lift. He was a bridge engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Curran’s previous work making conveyor systems that ran at a continuos flow and loaded bananas on ships in Honduras inspired his design for a machine that could carry humans uphill and drop them off on top of a […] Brains The Brains | May 21, 2024 11 Comments
[VIDEOS] Skier Thrown From Chair After 62 MPH Winds Batter Chairlift at Matterhorn Ski Paradise View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vinello e domiciliari (@vinello_e_domiciliari) Check out these videos to see if you’ve ever complained about a chairlift stopping due to wind hold. Related: The 5 Steepest Chairlifts in the United States The lift is the Cretaz chair at Matterhorn Ski Paradise, Cervinia, Italy. Videos were taken by lucky people […] SnowBrains | March 29, 2024 0 Comments
Attitash Mountain Resort, NH, Continues To Make Progress on the Mountaineer Quad As the end of November approaches,ย Attitash Mountain Resort, New Hampshire, appears to be behind on the construction of its new flagship chairlift. With their winter season set to kick off in just a few weeks, it’s crunch time in Bartlett. Towers were installed just last week, and construction on the bottom terminal of the lift has only recently begun, […] Industry News Will Hart | November 22, 2023 0 Comments
Chair Plummets to Ground at Thredbo Ski Resort, Australia, Injuring 3 A chair plummeted to the ground at Thredbo Ski Resort, Australia, in the afternoon today, August 19, 2023, atย approximately 2:20 p.m. The chair in question was the Kosciuzko Quad Express. According to the press release received from Thredbo, the chair became detached when it was struck by a gust of wind. The incident occured just before the top station at […] Industry News Oz Brains | August 19, 2023 0 Comments
Smoke Erupts From Chairlift at Cerro Chapelco Ski Resort in Argentina Skiers and riders at Cerro Chapelco, a popular ski resort in the Andes Mountains, Argentina, were concerned on Saturday when one of the resort’s chairlifts began emitting a significant amount of smoke. Around 2 pm local time on August 5, visitors at the resort witnessed large clouds of smoke billowing from the bottom terminal lift of the chairlift. Despite the […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 8, 2023 0 Comments
What to Know About Sunday River’s New “Barker 6” Bubble Lift For the 2023/24 season, Sunday River Ski Resort will have a new bubble lift titled Barker 6. The Doppelmayr D-Line design will replace the outdated Barker lift installed in 1987, currently the resortโs oldest detachable lift. The installation of this lift is part of Sunday Riverโs โ2030 Planโ which seeks to sustainably grow the ski area and make investments that […] Ian McIsaac | July 1, 2023 0 Comments
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