My Takeaway from the RMLA session – The Future of Lift Maintenance
I was honored and appreciative to have the opportunity to facilitate a discussion with a room full of ski lift personnel to discuss the Future of Lift Maintenance. The discussion was not a technical one on lift design or operation but rather on having qualified and sufficient numbers of lift personnel to maintain ski lifts […]
Can Our Lift Infrastructure be Maintained? Part 2
Last month I shared how I came about asking the question in the title above. I made the analogy to a three-legged stool and addressed one leg of the stool, engagement, and inclusion. In closing last month’s piece, I said I would address the other two legs in the future. If you recall the two […]
Can Our Lift Infrastructure be Maintained?
A scary question. Right? But I imagine many front-line lift maintenance managers and directors are asking that question in the back of their minds. I have spoken with two lift maintenance managers in the last week at prominent mountains that are understaffed and say if they lost one more person, they don’t know how […]
