Salt Lake County and City Officials Strongly Oppose Little Cottonwood Canyon Gondola Salt Lake County and City officials yesterday announced the county’s official position on the controversial gondola in Little Cottonwood Canyon––they’re firmly against the plan. The announcement comes a day after Ski Utah threw their support behind the gondola as the solution to Little Cottonwood Canyon’s traffic woes. The public comment period ends this Friday, September 3rd. Related: Ski Utah Strongly Supports […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 2, 2021 3 Comments
Ski Utah Strongly Supports a Gondola as the Answer to Little Cottonwood Canyon Traffic Woes In an Instagram post yesterday Ski Utah threw their support behind the gondola as the solution to Little Cottonwood Canyon’s traffic woes. The public comment period ends this Friday, September 3rd. Little Cottonwood Canyon Transportation Solution We strongly urge you to submit your comment regarding alternative transportation solutions in Little Cottonwood canyon via the link in our bio. Ski Utah strongly […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 1, 2021 9 Comments
UDOT Extends Public Comment Period For Little Cottonwood Canyon Alternatives UDOT has extended the original 45-day comment period for the draft Environmental Impact Survey (EIS) on the two preferred Little Cottonwood Canyon alternatives to 70 days. During the current public comment period for the Draft EIS, @utahtransportation received requests to extend the length of the current review and comment period from 45 days, to either 60 days or 90 days. […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 13, 2021 7 Comments
The 5 Scariest Lifts in the World: We’ve all had a scary experience on a chairlift, tram, or gondola. Some lifts are scarier than others and that should be recognized. Whitelines.com put together a list of the 5 scariest lifts in the world along with some details as to why each lift is great at raising the hairs on the back of your neck. We personally get freaked out every time we ride Red Dog at Squaw Valley… […] SnowBrains | June 4, 2021 17 Comments
Equipment for Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Has Begun Arriving Alterra Mountain Company confirmed on April 12, 2021, that the long-anticipated Squaw Valley to Alpine Meadows gondola would go ahead this summer, and it looks like no time is being wasted. On the same day that Alpine Meadows closed, and with Squaw Valley remaining open for just one more week, parts and equipment for the new gondola beganm arriving at the […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 10, 2021 1 Comment
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UPDATE: More Details From Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA on the Gondola That Will Create North America’s 3rd Largest Resort Alterra Mountain Company yesterday (4/12/21) confirmed that the long-anticipated Squaw Valley to Alpine Meadows gondola would go ahead this summer. Connecting the two resorts will create the third-largest ski resort in North America and the second in the US (depending on how you work it out), behind Whistler Blackcomb, BC, and Park City, UT. There has been talk of a gondola […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 13, 2021 21 Comments
Could the Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, CA Base-to-Base Gondola Happen This Summer? Liftblog, a popular site dedicated to everything (you guessed it) chairlift related, Tweeted on Tuesday that the base-to-base ‘Squaw-Alpine gondola is happening,’ citing Rusty Gregory, Alterra CEO, as the source. Straight from Rusty: $200 million in capital spending this year for Alterra, Squaw-Alpine gondola is happening. — Lift Blog (@liftblog) March 23, 2021 Numerous sources claim that on a call […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 26, 2021 5 Comments
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