Lift Blog

Peter Landsman launched Lift Blog in 2015, building on his passion for documenting ski lifts across the United States. He began skiing at the tender age of four at Snoqualmie Pass and Crystal Mountain, quickly developing a fascination for the ascent as much as the descent. After completing high school, he pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Government at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, graduating in 2012. During his college years, he took the opportunity to ski at numerous locations throughout Maine and New Hampshire. Following his graduation, Peter returned to the West, taking a role in lift operations at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming. There, he manages lift crews and enjoys skiing over 130 days each year, often visiting other resorts to explore their unique lifts. If you’d like to reach out, you can email him at [email protected]. Don’t forget to follow the blog on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

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Two New Lifts Coming to Snowmass

1 week ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman

It’s official: Snowmass will construct two lifts simultaneously this summer for the first time since 2006. Leitner-Poma will replace the Elk Camp detachable quad with a six pack and Skytrac will install a T-Bar to replace the Cirque platter. The projects are part of an $80 million capital improvement summer for Aspen Snowmass. Other projects include a new Ullrhof restaurant, snowmaking upgrades and forest health work.
Crystal Mountain to Replace Rainier Express

1 week ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman

Washington’s oldest detachable chairlift will be retired this spring to make way for a next-generation high speed quad. Crystal Mountain’s Rainier Express, or “Rex” for short, dates back to 1988, when a group of local shareholders purchased two Poma chairlifts for the mountain. By the mid-1990s, Boyne Resorts acquired Crystal and replaced nearly every lift between 1997 and 2014. Rex endured, however, and has now carried skiers for 37 seasons.
News Roundup: Pacific Northwest Icons

1 week ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman

HTI, the parent company of Agudio, Bartholet, Leitner, Poma, LPOA and Skytrac, reports stable revenue of €1.4 billion and record R&D investment of €41 million. Leitner teases “the exclusive launch of a groundbreaking new standard for monocable uni-directional ropeways” at Interalpin. Leitner also nears completion of a material transport gondola that includes a 1,600 foot underground tunnel. The next phase of the Bartholet RopeTaxi on demand gondola network is delayed to December.
Purgatory to Construct Gelande Lift

2 weeks ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman

Purgatory will embark on a significant expansion this summer, constructing the long-awaited Gelande lift and five new trails. The top drive Skytrac triple will introduce a new out-of-base option, allowing day visitors to bypass the main village.
Instagram Tuesday: East Village Gondola

2 weeks ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman

Every Tuesday, I feature my favorite Instagram photos from around the lift world.
Sandia Peak Proposes Base-to-Summit Chondola

2 weeks ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman

Mountain Capital Partners (MCP) may construct its second chairlift/gondola hybrid lift at Sandia Peak, its latest acquisition near Albuquerque. The Telemix system would directly replace Chair 1, a Stadeli double which dates back to 1963, and effectively replace Chair 3, a Riblet double constructed in 1980. MCP acquired and reopened Sandia Peak earlier this year and quickly reactivated two of its four chairlifts that had sat idle for several seasons.
News Roundup: Contingency Plan

2 weeks ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman
News Roundup: USFS

3 weeks ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman
Inside Skytrac’s New Home Base

1 month ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman

In between Utah lift visits last week, I ventured to Tooele, a sleepy town west of Salt Lake to see America’s newest lift factory. Skytrac Lifts opened its 25-acre campus last summer, which will supply chairlifts and surface lifts to customers throughout the US. During my visit, the Skytrac team was finishing getting settled while gearing up to build at least nine new lifts this summer. Skytrac has grown substantially since building its first drive terminal at Monarch Mountain, Colorado in 2010.
News Roundup: Riverbanks

1 month ago | liftblog.com | Peter Landsman

19 deluxe cabins arrive stateside for South Carolina’s only gondola. Ragged Mountain goes on the market. Leitner-Poma posts an ad hiring lift installers for a project at Crystal Mountain, Washington. A widow sues Breckenridge following her husband’s fatal fall from the Zendo chair, alleging “an unreasonable amount of snow and ice accumulation.”Purgatory acknowleges belt tightening on the mountain as it renegotiates long term debt.