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2022

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The Lift Business Bounces Back

The 2021 Lift Construction Survey shows a resurgence of new installations after a down year in 2020, with a mix of gondolas, big detachables, fixed-grips, a ...

Fire on the Mountain

Written by Katie Brinton

Sierra-at-Tahoe GM John Rice reflects on the devastating Caldor Fire, the hard lessons learned, and what's next for the resort as it emerges from the a...

Crunch Time

Written by Cindy Hirschfeld

As traffic surges, the industry must develop new strategies to manage resort access. Here's a look at some of the parking and transport solutions under...

Rental Buyers' Guide 2022-23

Written by Donna

Rental suppliers tout workhorse products and see new opportunity for resorts in the higher-end demo market across alpine, snowbord, and Nordic.

Schooled

Written by Mark Aiken

Did snowsports schools find better ways to operate? Lessons from the pandemic suggest the answer is a resounding yes.

This mid-station at Yanqing houses a shared, angled terminal where two gondolas meet—they can be run as two separate lifts or one continuous lift. Front left is the bottom terminal of another gondola..

Built for the Games

Written by Linda Goodspeed

Beijing spared no expense, enlisting the expertise of several familiar resort equipent suppliers and planners to build state-of-the-art 2022 Winter Oly...