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• Colorado Ski Area Opens Lottery To Buy Historic Lift Chairs, but Not Everyone Can Win

  09-07-2026 21:37 via powder.com
  Loveland Ski Area is giving the public a chance to own a piece of one of its most historic chairlifts. Lift 5, which spanned a half-mile over Highway 6, linking Loveland Basin and Loveland Valley together, is being removed. The Heron Poma double chair was first installed in 1975, although the lift hasn't operated since 2002. Shuttle buses have replaced the lift to transport skiers in more recent years, but the lift stayed standing until recently. Loveland is now auctioning off 130 chai
  
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• Monarch Mountain Shares Future Plans, Including New Chairlifts

  09-07-2026 18:57 via powder.com
  The new Master Development Plan (MDP) for Monarch Mountain, a homey ski area in western Colorado, has been accepted by the Forest Service, offering a glimpse of how Monarch Mountain’s future could look, including prospective new lifts and other improvements.The Forest Service requires ski areas that operate on its land to submit these documents. While they include proposed projects, they don’t officially approve them. Instead, each must still go through the National Environmental Pol
  
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• Russian Gondola Malfunction Creates Mid-Air Traffic Jam

  09-07-2026 12:01 via powder.com
  A routine gondola ride went sideways when several cabins piled up against one another in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, creating a mid-air traffic jam. The Daily Express reported that a malfunction caused the cabins to bunch together, and they hung that way in the air for over an hour, trapping 16 passengers, including four children.According to the outlet, no injuries were reported, with rescuers lowering passengers to the ground using ropes. An investigation into the accident is underway.
  
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