Man in Vail, CO Liftline Arrested for Claiming “I Have a Gun” When Asked to Pull Facemask Up When asked by an employee to pull up his facemask, a man in a liftline at Vail Resort told the employee ‘I have a gun’, prompting a 911 call, an arrest, and an extra long lift line. Related: Forbes Names Vail Resorts to “America’s Best Large Employers” List Once Again William Laufenburg, 26, an employee at Beaver Creek, was in […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 1, 2021 6 Comments
VIDEO: 125 Guests Stranded for Upto 3-Hours on Winter Park, CO Chairlift Before Rope Evacuation Getting rescued off a Winter Park lift after being stuck on it for 3 hours from r/COsnow 125 guests were stranded for up to three hours on the Pioneer Express at Winter Park Resort, CO on Sunday after the chair stopped due to a “mechanical component issue”. All lift passengers were successfully rescued and no injuries were reported. Related: VIDEO: Skier […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 5, 2021 0 Comments
Two People Fall From Chairlift at 49° North, Washington Two skiers fell from Chair 1 at 49° North Mountain Resort in Chewelah, Washington, at around 11 am on Saturday, December 5. The resort says that the chairlift unexpectedly detached from the cable. Related: Skiing the PNW – The Best Months to Ski Oregon and Washington 49° North says both guests suffered minor injuries and were immediately attended to by OEC […] Industry News Clay Malott | December 7, 2020 0 Comments
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VIDEO: Ridiculous Chairlift Cable Rail Grind Check out this video of professional skier Karl Fostvedt a.k.a. Crazy Karl grinding a chairlift cable like a rail! Incredible! Featured Video Clay Malott | October 2, 2020 0 Comments
First 8-Person Chairlift Coming to New Zealand The first 8-person chairlift in New Zealand is officially set for construction. NZSki announced Mt. Hutt will be replacing their current “Quad Chair” with a brand new, high speed detachable 8-person chairlift. Mt. Hutt is located on the South Island of New Zealand, roughly 50 miles from Christchurch. The ski area has three chairlifts and a magic carpet and is […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | September 22, 2020 0 Comments
How Bananas Led to the World’s First Chairlift 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 | July 27, 2020 10 Comments
2020 Tahoe Seniors to Graduate on Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA Chairlifts 2020 South Lake Tahoe and Tallac High Graduations at Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort The graduating classes of 2020 will have vastly different experiences than most high school seniors have had in years past, due not only to the pandemic but also the health concerns and delays resulting from the outbreak. Fortunately, one local ski area in the Tahoe region is getting […] Industry News Galen Carrico | June 12, 2020 1 Comment