The New Mt. Hood Express Six-Seater Lift at Mt. Hood Meadows, OR, is Officially Ready for the Season The Mt. Hood Express lift at Mt. Hood Meadows has been the primary workhorse lift out of the base area for the last 29 years. Originally constructed in 1994, over its life it has racked up an impressive 50,000 hours of service, including the night ski operations at the mountain. During that time an estimated 32.5 million passengers have been […] Industry News Brent Thomas | October 30, 2023 0 Comments
Breckenridge, CO, Continues Peak 8 Transformation With Installation of New High-Speed FIVE SuperChair View this post on Instagram A post shared by Breckenridge Ski Resort (@breckenridgemtn) This summer, Breckenridge, CO, continues the transformation of the Peak 8 base area with the upgrade of 5-Chair to a new, high-speed quad that will debut for the 2023/24 winter season as the FIVE SuperChair. With this lift upgrade, all four chairlifts that service Peak […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 29, 2023 0 Comments
Mt. Bachelor, OR, Extends Season Through May 28th Mt. Bachelor announced an extension of its season through May 28th, where it’ll end with its Annual North American Pond Skim Championships. It has been a fairly good season for the mountain, but nothing record-breaking like many resorts in California and Utah are experiencing. Mt. Bachelor averages 462″ per season, but for the first time since the 2016-2017 season, they have […] Industry News Luke Guilford | April 10, 2023 0 Comments
Winter Park Resort, CO, Replacing Pioneer Express Chair Next Summer, Including New Mid-Station Winter Park Resort, CO, announced yesterday that the Pioneer Express chairlift that serves the Vasquez Ridge territory will be replaced next summer and will include a new mid-station. Related: Winter Park Resort, CO, Shares Masterplan to Become Colorado’s 3rd Largest Resort If you’ve ever skied (or, even worse, boarded) over there, you’ll be familiar with the long, almost flat run […] Industry News Steven Agar | December 6, 2022 0 Comments
How Fast is Your Lift? Doppelmayr’s New System Moves Upwards of 8,000 Guests Every Hour Old School Skiing, Modern Day Lifts Switzerland, the home of St. Moritz and possibility some of the best skiing in the world is once again pushing the limits of the sport. This time it’s Doppelmayr introducing its new lift design, TRI-Line (pronounced “treeline”). According to a Doppelmayr company spokesman speaking in another interview the new TRI-Line concept, “pushes all the […] Industry News Ryan Kime | September 12, 2022 3 Comments
Finland Ski Resort Building Artificial Glacier Levi Ski Resort in northern Finland is a leader in innovation and environmentally friendly development. That trend continues as they are building a man-made glacier and a new high-speed chair lift to service it. So far Levi says they have moved around 20,000 cubic meters of soil to create a smooth base for the slope to get it ready to […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 24, 2022 2 Comments
Aspen Mountain, CO, Starts Work for New Lift and Terrain Expansion Aspen Skiing Co. has started prep work for their new Pandora terrain expansion on Aspen Mountain. Crews have begun logging trees for the new lift line and a construction road. The new lift won’t be built until the Summer of 2023. Related: Aspen Mountain, CO: Expansion Into Pandora Advances to Next Phases The expanded area will add 153 acres of […] Industry News Brent Thomas | June 10, 2022 0 Comments
Mt. Shasta Ski Park, CA, Announces New Lift and Significant Terrain Expansion Mt. Shasta Ski Park, CA, yesterday announced a long-rumored new lift that will service much higher elevation, epic terrain, and access to their backcountry area. “The rumors are true! We are working on a new lift!” – Facebook announcement The project site is in an unincorporated part of Siskiyou County near the base of Mt. Shasta, approximately six miles north […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 7, 2022 0 Comments