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- Park City Mountain Resort replaces Sunrise chairlift with a new gondola. On June 19th, the Canyons Village Management Association Inc. (CVMA) voted to sign a joint funding agreement for the construction of the new ten-person gondola, called the Sunrise Gondola. The Sunrise Gondola is expected to be 6,512 feet long and have a rise of 1,103 vertical feet. The new gondola will cost $27 million USD and will carry passengers starting from Canyons village and ending next to the Red Pine gondola top terminal. Canyons Village is also working on replacing the Red Pine Gondola cabins. See a related Weekly Roundup here.
- Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) plans to go forward with plans for a gondola in the Little Cottonwood Canyon. Gondola Alternative B will be part of phase 3 and will have 35-passenger cabins, with 18 to 20 seated and 17 to 15 standing. Cabins will arrive every 2 minutes. The gondola alternative was chosen for low impacts on watershed, wildlife movement and climbing boulders. It is also expected that the gondola may be able to run at times when the roads may need to be closed for clearing or weather. See a related Weekly Roundup here.
- Starting on August 7th, the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway will close down for annual maintenance. The Palm Springs tram is the world’s largest rotating aerial tram and travels two miles along the Chino Canyon. The ride takes 10 minutes and brings you up to 8516 feet. The annual closure provides time for annual maintenance and training in other departments for the upcoming season. It is expected to reopen on Sept 1.
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