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Nov 11, 2022
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Weekly Roundup: Base to Base Gondola opening!

Snowbird’s second tram cabin is almost ready after an installation accident during the summer. When installation began, one of the two cabins was dropped, requiring it to be replaced and causing a project delay. The new cabin has been installed, and final installation requirements are anticipated to be done this weekend. With both cabins now...

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Sep 09, 2022
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Weekly Roundup: Doppelmayr has just released the new TRI-Line gondola

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) announced their preferred transit alternative is the gondola for Little Cottonwood Canyon. 3S gondolas, also known as tricable detachable gondola (TDG), are highly reliable because they can handle harsher weather conditions. A 3S has two track ropes with the sole purpose of stabilizing the cabins and one propulsion cable. It’s estimated...

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Jul 29, 2022
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Weekly Roundup: Dursey Island Cable Car to reopen in November

The Dursey Island Cable Car in Ireland will reopen in November after replacing two support towers. The funitel system was originally shut down at the end of March, which cut off all access to the island. While the system’s shutdown was originally intended to be permanent, funds to replace it with a ferry system fell through. This, coupled...

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Jul 01, 2022
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Weekly Roundup: Colorado’s Steamboat Resort Prepares for the Wild Blue Gondola!

Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) will receive a federal grant to help fund a transit study. The study is set to investigate a new corridor known as NEXTransit, which will connect Oakland’s neighborhoods to its universities and hospitals. The study will look into several transit options that will integrate into the existing bus and light rail...

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Jun 17, 2022
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Weekly Roundup: Sugarloaf Mountain Announces Zipline Addition

The proposed cable car in Ucka, Croatia will be the longest system in Europe. Currently the project is awaiting the construction permit which should be obtained by the end of this year. The aerial tram will span 4696 meters and rise 1310 meters with five towers. Each cabin will have the capacity to hold up to 60...

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May 06, 2022
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Weekly Roundup: Winter Park Resort Master Plan Includes Three-Gondola System

Ireland’s national independent planning body, An Bord Pleanála, acknowledged the environmental concerns brought forward by the Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE). In November of 2021, An Bord Pleanála approved the decommissioning of the existing Dursey Island cableway and the construction of a new two-way cableway. The new cableway has two cabins with the capacity to carry 15 people each. Toward the end...

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Apr 01, 2022
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Weekly Roundup: Replacement Lifts

The Cypress Mountain Resort in Canada is building a new chair lift to its peak. The SkyQuad lift will replace the existing Sky Chair, a double chair from 1968. The new Doppelmayr system not only has more capacity, but also includes a loading carpet at the lower terminal. Construction will begin April 2022 and will be completed...

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Mar 04, 2022
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Weekly Roundup: New Horizons

Construction for the proposed 4.5 kilometer cable car in Paris is anticipated to begin this year. The $149 million USD system will be the longest cable car in France moving 11,000 people daily. Renderings of the alignment and station have been released and highlight the accessibility to cabins. Designs of the station and tower are...

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Dec 17, 2021
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Weekly Roundup: Proposals Big and Small

The governments of Punjab and Himachal received no bids for the cable car projects aimed to link the Sikh historic town to the Naina Devi shrine. The tender is being reworked for another request for proposal (RFP). The project would replace the 24.7 km roadway route with a 3.5 km cable car with three stations...

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Dec 10, 2021
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Weekly Roundup: Out with the Old, In with the New

The Weather Network’s Nathan Coleman documented his trip to the only gondola in Atlantic Canada, Cape Smokey. Cape Smokey has been a ski destination since the 1970’s, but new owners were looking to create a year round destination. There are future development plans to build a tree walk.  The system can operate with up to...

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