BARTLETT — The U.S. Forest Service on June 26 issued its approval of a proposal by John D. Lowell, president of Attitash Mountain Resort and its sister Peak Resorts area of Wildcat Mountain, which has a similar but not identical year-round ZipRider, said once that process is completed, a contract would be signed with the maker of the ZipTour, Terra Firma.
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