Just a useless factoid, but Snow Summit has run the main chair during Summer since the early 70's, and every year since then.
TBB is certainly going to lose money and business, but it's a safe bet that Snow Summit's decision was designed to avoid making the chair into a money-loser due to insurance costs or a new claim(s). The saving grace may be the comment from the Snow Summit Prez to the effect that they don't associate claims or trail-cutting to "cross country" riders. That suggests they'll still try to tap into the $$ that have done them so well for the last 14 or 15 seasons and keep lifting bikes on the chair.
TBB is certainly going to lose money and business, but it's a safe bet that Snow Summit's decision was designed to avoid making the chair into a money-loser due to insurance costs or a new claim(s). The saving grace may be the comment from the Snow Summit Prez to the effect that they don't associate claims or trail-cutting to "cross country" riders. That suggests they'll still try to tap into the $$ that have done them so well for the last 14 or 15 seasons and keep lifting bikes on the chair.