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”.ย All lift passengers were successfully rescued and no injuries were reported. Related: VIDEO: Skier […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 5, 2021 0 Comments
Winter Park Resort, CO Changes Derogatory and Offensive Chairlift Name Winter Park Resort, CO, has this season changed the potentially derogatory name of one of its oldest chairlifts.ย The Eskimo Express, installed in the early 1960s, will henceforth be known as the Explorer Express. Last year, the resort looked over all their runs and lifts to determine if any of them were offensive (shame they didn’t have a crystal ball, as […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 10, 2020 2 Comments
Winter Park Express Ski Train Suspended for Winter 20/21 Season Amtrak and Winter Park Resort announced that due to Covid-19, the Winter Park Express Ski Train will not operate during the upcoming winter season. The two companies indicated that social distancing precautions would make it impossible to run a successful ski train operation. Amtrak has been reducing train service and the number of seats sold around the country due to […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | October 1, 2020 0 Comments