Ski resort glides with tech help

Betting on technology: A skier wearing shorts heads down a trail as a rider takes a chair lift to the summit at Black Mountain in the United States. The resort was an early participant in Indy Pass. Photos – AP

A SKIER since age four, Thomas Brennick now enjoys regular trips to New Hampshire’s Black Mountain with his two grandchildren.

“It’s back to the old days,” he says from the Summit Double chairlift on a recent sunny Friday. “It’s just good, old-time skiing at its best.”