Any day now, a ski lift installed more than four decades ago at Cuchara Valley in southern Colorado will haul passengers for ...

The project saw construction delays almost from the start. Setbacks followed. Roads flooded. A crane boom crumpled. A ski lift tower, weighing between 6,000-12,000 pounds, toppled to the ground after ...

Lift operators are glorified alpine life guards. They have two main tasks: keep the launch pads clear of snow, and stop the ...

During the pre-season, most skiers throughout North America are stuck playing the waiting game, anxiously watching snow forecasts, and going to sleep each night thinking of colder days ahead. At ski ...

Storrs Hill Ski Area in New Hampshire, just two hours from Boston, stands out for its free lift access all winter, night skiing, and volunteer-run operations.

BEGINS LONG BEFORE THE SNOW EVER STARTS FALLING. EVERY NUT FULL WIRE WELD, EVERY ELECTRICAL CONNECTION GETS PHYSICALLY TOUCHED AND LOOKED AT EVERY YEAR FROM A FALLING CHAIR AT ATTITASH, WE’RE ...

A new high-speed, six-person lift opens at Bear Mountain on Thursday. A plan is under review to connect Bear Mountain and Snow Summit with a pair of lifts and add a zipline, a mountain coaster ride ...

Building a ski lift that has both left and right turns is an engineering challenge. Poma lifts are an excellent example how to address this problem, and they also typically operate at higher speeds ...

More than a hundred people had to be evacuated using ropes and ladders after a lift at a ski resort in Colorado malfunctioned and left visitors suspended in the air. The Gondola at Winter Park Resort, ...

View post: British Columbia Ski Resorts Are Buried, Here's How Much Snow Has Fallen Backcountry skiing doesn’t always have to be a long walk on skins—some of the best backcountry skiing around is ...

Chairlifts and other ropeways are, on their own, unusual. The idea that much of our sport is based around riding massive, ...