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Copper Mountain Resort (USA): New highest chairlift in america?
Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado (USA) has submitted a new master development plan (MDP) that includes the construction of North America‘s highest skilift. This is reported by the online magazine ‘Powder’. What does the masterplan cover?
Interalpin 2025: City Cable Car Solutions
From May 6 to 9, 2025, INTERALPIN will once again become the international hub for the alpine technology and cable car industry. In addition to the traditional topics around winter sports and alpine technology, the trade fair will focus on urban mobility solutions. Under the motto “City Cable Car Solutions“, cable cars will be presented as innovative and sustainable transportation options for urban areas.
Cable car over the Rhine: A potential solution for commuters
A cable car over the Rhine is being discussed in Sisslerfeld (Switzerland). By 2040, up to 10,000 new jobs could be created in the area, and the cable car would provide an efficient and environmentally friendly transportation solution.
Despite sanctions: Venezuela’s urban cable car reopens after repairs
In the city of Mérida (Venezuela), the urban cable car system is back in operation. It will reduce the travel time for residents from one hour to five minutes.
Staging: What ski resorts can learn from amuesement parks
Ski resort Consultant Lukas Melzer talks about the relationship between staging and attractions, visitor management in the mountains – and what ski resorts can learn from amusement parks.
Indoor experiences: When the mountain weather doesn’t cooperate
Offering games, fun, and wow effects on sunny days is not enough. What’s needed are indoor experiences that guarantee excitement even in bad weather. There are good examples, as destinations in Europe show.
Iced cable cars: causes and countermeasures
Cable car operators often struggle with frozen cables, pulleys, and cabins. But when and how does ice form, and how can it be properly removed? We asked Bernhard Thoma from the Zugspitze cable car company in Germany for his insights and practical tips.
Google Maps removed ski lifts and slopes
The popular navigation system often misleads guests in the mountains – closed roads become part of the route, and open paths are marked as closed. What‘s more, Google recently stopped displaying cable cars and ski slopes. Why is this, and what can ski resorts do about it?
Will Bremen still get a cable car?
Given the dilapidated bridges, politicians in the German city of Bremen are once again discussing urban cable cars. Which routes are possible? And why have previous ideas failed?
The urban cable car in Varanasi: First test rides.
Construction work in Varanasi (India) is progressing quickly. The cable splicing work for the first section has been successfully completed. The full opening is planned for 2026.
Urban cable cars: chances and challenges
What is needed for the development of urban cable cars? Heiner Monheim is a city planner and transportation expert as well as an ex-professor of spatial planning at the University of Trier (Germany). In the podcast "Cable Car Radio," the expert discusses the opportunities and challenges of urban cable cars – and how people's attitudes towards them have changed.
Advanced cable car booking amid tourism boom
Starting in May, anyone planning to visit Oeschinen Lake in the Bernese Oberland (Switzerland) will be able to book their cable car ticket in advance. This initiative aims to better manage tourism at the popular destination.