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Doppelmayr Releases 2018 Worldbook
The cover for the 2018 Doppelmayr annual brochure features a tram with a 10,541′ unsupported span, the longest in the world. Each spring, the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group compiles its accomplishments...
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Deer Valley Plans 13th High-Speed Quad to Replace Homestake
Deer Valley’s Homestake lift is less than twenty years old and eyed for replacement with a detachable version. When Alterra revealed its hefty roster of 2018 upgrades on a Monday in March, Deer Valley...
View ArticleInstagram Tuesday: The End
Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world. View this post on Instagram A post shared by LOEN SKYLIFT (@loenskylift) View this post on Instagram A post shared by...
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News Roundup: Timelines
The Staten Island Economic Development Corporation secures $212,000 to study the feasibility of a gondola connection to Bayonne, New Jersey. The Forest Service green lights Alta’s big plans for a new...
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Bromont Announces Construction of Canada’s Second Chondola
Dignitaries celebrate the surprise announcement of a chondola and more in Bromont, Quebec April 20, 2018. Photo credit: Bromont, montagne d’expériences. The Government of Quebec and Bromont, montagne...
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Vail Proposes Upgrading Game Creek Lift
The Game Creek quad is one of seven first generation Doppelmayr detachables built on Vail Mountain between 1985 and 1989. Only three remain as Vail Resorts renews the fleet, which could continue this...
View ArticleInstagram Tuesday: Seasons
Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Skytrac Lifts (@skytraclifts) View this post on Instagram A post shared by...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Connected
See for yourself is how Aspen parks its gondolas for the offseason. The supremely-talented James Niehues is painting an all-new map of Copper Mountain to debut next winter along with two new lifts....
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Mayor, Dodgers Back a 3S Gondola in Los Angeles
One of the last remaining Major League Baseball stadiums not serviced by permanent public transportation could be reached by gondola in 2022, says a group with early support from the Los Angeles...
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California Express Draft Environmental Impact Statement Released
A 16 minute flight between Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows took a jump forward this morning as the Truckee National Forest and Placer County released the draft environmental impact statement for the...
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