Browsing entries tagged with New Lifts
6 Aug 2017
The ski resort of Méribel in France’s Three Valleys is installing a new lift above the satellite village of Mottaret that will whisk skiers to the summer in a fraction of the previous times. The…
5 Oct 2016
A huge investment of over €45 million on four new 10-person gondolas means that the Arlberg, covering the resorts of St Anton, Stuben, Zürs, Lech, Warth and Schröcken, will be the largest lift-linked…
29 Aug 2016
Two new lifts are being installed in Colorado ski resorts that offer welcome news for the coming season. Fans of Vail’s back bowls will enjoy faster access to their favourite powder stash with the replacement…
20 Feb 2016
Ski Arlberg in Austria has announced the opening of a new lift that will link Zürs and Stuben and create the largest ski area in Austria. The Flexenbahn gondola is effectively a replacement bus service…
6 Aug 2015
The French ski resort of Val d’Isère is undergoing some major changes over the next two years. Work this summer has begun on a €16 (£11.1m) million two-year project to entirely redevelop the top…
14 Jul 2015
Work has finally begun on the lifts in Andermatt in the Swiss Alps. The ground-breaking for the new chair on Gemsstock is being hailed as the very start of the project to link with nearby Sedrun — despite…
13 May 2015
The iconic Swiss ski resort of Zermatt is soon to start work on two new lifts. Over the next three years, Zermatt will work to install the world’s highest 3S Gondola which will provide skiers and walkers…
25 Dec 2013
Skiers in Breckenridge, Colorado are getting an extra-special Christmas today, with the long-awaited opening of the resort’s Peak 6. There are more than 540 skiable acres on Peak 6, with 400 of those…
22 Apr 2013
The Swedish ski resort of Åre is installing three new chairlifts for next season, improving the links between the family area of Björnen and the central part of Åre’s ski area. Two of the lifts will…
26 Feb 2013
The Swiss ski resort of Andermatt has received the second stage of approval for the expansion of its ski area, and is expecting the final sign-off sometime during May or June. Andermatt is linking up with…
2 Nov 2012
Verbier opens to skiers this weekend, thanks to the recent bumper snowfall in the Alps. “We’ve had over 50cm of snow,” said Yan Baczkoski of Verbier Tourism, explaining that the Swiss ski resort…
20 Apr 2012
Snowbird, Utah, has announced plans for two new fast quads, one in place for next season and the other the following season. The resort’s key improvement for the 2013 season will be the replacement…
16 Dec 2011
The rest of the Portes du Soleil ski area is due to open this weekend, including all the links between the resorts. And conditions look very promising. New snow enabled the area to get going for the winter…
20 Mar 2011
Northstar-at-Tahoe is to receive a $30 million investment from Vail Resorts next winter that will include a new lift and trails, as well as more village amenities and a 500-seat on-mountain restaurant.…
2 Feb 2011
The little known Romanian resort of Sinaia has been investing in its ski area and will shortly host its first FIS World Cup ski and snowboard competitions. The men and women’s slalom and giant slalom…
17 Nov 2010
It’s not only the major ski areas that have new developments ready for the season ahead ... In the French Hautes Pyrenees, resorts have made substantial investments to improve their attraction to…
20 Aug 2010
The Canyons resort, near Park City in Utah, has announced plans to install the first orange-hooded chairlift in the US – and to expand the ski area. These form the first phase of redevelopment of…
19 Aug 2010
Val Cenis in France’s Maurienne valley continues recent development, with a new six-pack and two new draglifts planned for next season. The resort, which was recently linked by lift and piste…
14 Jul 2010
Next season, a new gondola will fill the last gap in a chain of attractive slopes and villages in Hochkönig, Austria - part of the Ski Amadé region, near Salzburg and a much-underrated area among British…
5 Jul 2010
Serre Chevalier is to have a new lift next winter, which should improve the exposed and slow connection between Villeneuve and Le Monêtier. The long Vallons six-pack will start just below the end of the…
25 Jun 2010
The small Finnish resort of Pyhä is about to embark on a major investment project that aims to double visitor numbers by 2015 – and to provide Finland with the rare luxury of a fast chair instead of…
17 Jun 2010
Two of Austria’s, and indeed the world’s, best resorts for fast lifts are planning some more … In fact, it’s three resorts (one in Switzerland) if you count Ischgl and Samnaun separately.…
3 Jun 2010
Baquiera-Beret is investing in a new lift for next winter that will reconnect two parts of the ski area. The Spanish resort will spend 6.5 million euros installing a six-seat chairlift at Orri Aran, between…
13 May 2010
Following installation of its first eight-seat chair last season, Schladming in Austria will add another for next winter. The new lift is part of a major investment project for the resort, ahead of staging…
13 May 2010
One of Davos’ old funicular railways is to receive an upgrade for next season. The upper section of the Parsennbahn, which carries visitors from the Höhenweg mid-station on Parsenn to the Weissfluhjoch…
23 Mar 2010
Looking ahead to next season … We’ve been informed by Vail Resorts that there are plans for a new fast chair to be built on Vail Mountain for next winter. In a recent meeting to discuss financial investment…
22 Feb 2010
There are plans for a bit of a knees-up in the Monterosa region next month to inaugurate the area’s new funicular lift. Champoluc is set to host an afternoon of games, music and traditional entertainment…
10 Feb 2010
Cardrona in New Zealand is reinstalling an old lift that will open up more terrain and increase vertical in its ski area next season. The resort will have four chairlifts: the Captains fixed-grip quad,…
4 Feb 2010
While the northern Hemisphere winter is about to hit peak season, down south they are making preparations for their next winter – which for Valle Nevado in Chile means some significant new developments.…
29 Jan 2010
Ski area investments in Eastern Europe have been increasing, and the most westernized of areas – Slovenia – has several new developments to offer this winter. Part of the attraction of the country…
18 Jan 2010
Among the various improvements at Val Thorens this winter, there has been a reorganizing of access to and from the ‘fourth valley’. The new Rosaël six-pack should ease the serious bottleneck to return…
4 Sep 2009
Park yourself on a smart leather seat, warmed nicely for your ride up the mountain… Plan de Corones / Kronplatz ski area in the Italian Dolomites is gaining a luxury new gondola for 2009/10.…
28 Aug 2009
In a bumper year for new lifts, three of France’s leading resorts have announced new chairlifts for next winter. Of interest to Courchevel fans will be the new link with the slopes above 1650 - still…
28 Aug 2009
If all goes to plan, Italy’s Monterosa Ski area could be welcoming a new cable car this winter and possibly a new funicular. The lifts are being built at either end of the ski area: a cable car above…
25 Jul 2009
One of Verbier’s long-serving cable cars has reopened this month following an upgrade.The Tortin-Gentianes cable-car that serves the top slopes at Mont Fort has received a smart new makeover for…
18 Jun 2009
The Paradiski resorts of La Plagne and Les Arcs are planning to rid their ski areas of a few more unsightly old lifts for next season, and gain a new six-pack each.But the key feature will be the direct…
9 Jun 2009
Saalbach-Hinterglemm’s ski area already boasts an impressive lift system, but is investing again for the coming winter - three swanky new chairs, one of which will make it much easier for novices…
28 May 2009
Work has started to install new lifts above the Grand Massif resorts of Samoens and Les Carroz, bringing two fast chairlifts to the area and developing access from both resorts towards Flaine.Above Samoens,…
22 May 2009
One of Switzerland’s most prestigious resorts will gain another new lift - a gondola is to be built at Schwarzsee for next season.An extension of the Matterhorn Express, an eight seat gondola, will…
27 Aug 2008
Solden in Austria will have a new fast chair and mountain restaurant next season.The resort has announced that a swanky new eight-seat chairlift with covers is replacing the old triple chair above Giggijoch.…
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