Liftlog News

In June, Skytrac installed a new fixed-grip triple to replace a 2002 Yan for the Cal Expo/ California State Fair. The former Sky Ride’s Yan was removed in 2007, and the Fair is happy to have their new and profitable chairlift operating again for their long-waiting patrons. The Sky Ride is specifically Skytrac-engineered for it’s… Read More »

Doug is a Skier. At the completion of the ASC B77.1 Committee meeting held in Nashville,TN, Doug Allen, VP of Mountain Operations at Steamboat Resort and LeRoy Shultz, past Chairman of the B77, received the Jan W. Leonard Award. This inaugural award is given annually “for exceptional contribution to the B77 American Standards Committee.” The… Read More »

If the Social Benefits Are Worthy and the Economic Benefits Are Real, You Should Be Doing It. Mike is a Skier. Michael Pratt is waiting when I call him Friday morning. Not for me, but for the new cable for Gore’s Northwoods Gondola. While the cable is stuck at the Canadian border, the crane truck… Read More »

Lift Maintenance Manager, Snowmass, New Chairman ANSI B77 Committee. Mark Thorpe is a Skier. Two days before the NSAA Keynote speaker addressed the issue of aging resort leadership, the ANSI B77 committee announced Mark Thorpe as the Committee’s new Chairman. “Getting qualified younger people involved is crucial,” expressed Maynard Russell, who is stepping aside to… Read More »

Mark Wait received the RMLA Maintenance Person of the Year plaque at the awards breakfast held on May 5th. The function was attended by hundreds of resort and services lift people and the finalists included mechanics from Breckenridge, Steamboat and Vail. Mark was given the award by his manager who said “Mark Wait is a… Read More »

From: Billerica, MA Family: Dad of a 9-year old daughter Offtime: Fish, ride dirt bikes, hang out with his daughter Jasen is a skier. Career History: “At 18, my ski industry career started out as a lift operator at Waterville Valley, NH. While I liked it, I decided to move forward and join the U.S.… Read More »

“We’re only open weekends here at the Club,” says Bob Adams, Lifts Manager at The Hermitage Club, VT, “so every day we’re open is pretty much a busy day”. On one such busy weekend, of the Club’s five lifts, the 1984’s Poma fixed-grip triple came to a quick standstill. The stop was a phase loss,… Read More »

“Invest in training” is how Andy Pierce gets cracking with me. “Learn how the whole lift operates.   It happens all the time.. the lift stops and the lift mechanics say it’s an electrical problem and the electricians say the opposite. Very few resort professionals have a grip on this.  Take for example Tim Smith… Read More »