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Details about Bear Den Partners: https://skiliftblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bear-den-partners-llc.pdf

Background info for the potential change for Burke. Of note is the idea that the Schaefer family would be in charge of operations. Sounds like Jon Schaefer is also investing money. April 4, 2025...

Woody is a 75-years-young character at Brundage. Got to chat with him briefly when he came out of the elevator whooping as he crossed the public locker room to the combination door for the private locker room. A video was made of Woody after he skied over 100 days for the 2024-25 season. He...

Looks like Hunter is closing after April 6. From the homepage: FINAL LAPS & SPRING VIBES: CLOSING WEEKEND AT HUNTER MOUNTAIN Send off the season in style with spring turns, midweek from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (8:30 AM – 4:00 PM on Saturday & Sunday), plus après fun and the Denim Dash on Sunday, April 6!

This video seems to be a good introduction for people who know nothing about chairlifts from a mechanical standpoint. March 22, 2025

Brian Head got enough fresh snow that they are planning to stay open for another month. Base elevation is 9600 ft. The marketing email also included a blurb about skiing in Chile this summer. MtCapPartners bought two ski resorts in Chile in the same area in recent years. From Brian Head...

Didn't look that carefully at a full bracket with tiny print . . . that's the game in the NCAA South. ;)

Meanwhile, Duke men roll on to the Final Four. Final Four will all be colleges in southern states. Although of course the players are from all over the place.

I'm stuck rooting for Duke, both in the Men's and Women's brackets. Duke women made it look easy to beat UNC this afternoon. <sigh>

Since there is talk around here about uphill and backcountry touring that closed in 2023 after three seasons . . . @Stu is looking for questions for a co-founder of Bluebird Backcountry. Had 1200 acres with ski patrol and was up somewhere in the vicinity of Steamboat. March 27, 2025...

The other resort I checked out recently was Brian Head in southern Utah (3 hours from Las Vegas). Didn't look at the trail map online beforehand. Afterwards I noticed that the legend included stats for all the lifts. Lifts 1 and 8 are the lifts that let people ski between the two peaks...

Got to ride both of the new quads. Completely forgot about this discussion. There are old trail maps floating around the Internet that showed Bitterroot as a double. Was a bit confusing until someone confirmed that the Bitterroot quad was new. The 5-min ride didn't seem long at all...

BUMP This isn't just about chairlifts but seems worth adding here. What's interesting is seeing examples of all the different types in action. March 22, 2025 0:00 Intro 0:35 Surface Lifts 3:31 Fixed-Grip Chairlifts 6:09 Detachable Chairlifts 8:28 Gondola Lifts 10:25 Cabriolet Lifts...

Apparently Sunday River also fired up snowguns.

Boyne Mountain is trying to keep one run open until Memorial Day. Daily operations planned until April 6. @MiSkier : would you go up in a few weeks to ski Victor? $25 ticket with any other Michigan season pass. March 18, 2025

Not exactly. It's old habits from when most, if not all, chairs didn't have a safety bar. I was a bit surprised at how many seniors at Sun Valley didn't put the bar down. Not just men. Saw some women riding lifts together with the bar up. These were good skiers who probably have been...

I've developed a habit of putting my hand on the bar not necessarily to pull it down, but to keep it up until after my 70+ ski buddy is ready. He leans forward to protect his back when it's bouncy getting away from the bottom terminal. A bit deaf so saying something isn't always enough. The...

Are you aware he kept about 2000 acres next to the existing ski area? Over the next few decades, there is a Master Plan to develop more ski trails, a town center, and assorted housing. Not just luxury mansions. The town government voted to move the project forward almost a year ago. It's...

After lunch at Giant Steps, we figured out how to ski over to Navaho. The trail map (only online) was confusing. The green trail is essentially a wide cat track, which gets pretty flat. But it's possible to start with enough speed going down Engens (black) to get onto the latter part of Alpen...

The first surprise at Brian Head was that the two lifts to get to the black trails on looker's left are old triples with no safety bars. I ended up riding solo a few times. Would rather ride solo on a double with no bar. The second lift to the top is long and fairly high up in the middle. I...