Lift Blog highlights a new tool being used by Jackson Hole’s trail maintenance team to keep the aerial tram flying during seasons with huge snowpacks. The unique snow cat attachment looks like a giant comb that pulls the snow away from the path of the tram so that it does not run into another situation like this.

Tim Konrad is the founder of Unofficial Networks and a passionate skier with over two decades of experience in the ski industry. In 2006, he launched the blog from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, evolving...