Harmless chairlift accidents

[Bene288]

i bent my poles passing over a mid station once.

That happened to my girlfriend at Belleayre once. Unfortunately they snapped instead of bent.

I've never had any mishap while on the lift or getting off. Once getting on. It happened the first time I ever went to Mount Snow. The Nitro Express lift has that stupid conveyor belt. My friends and I were getting on the belt when some kid flew into the 4th spot and rode his board over my friends board, they both lost their balance, then tangled their boards with my skis. We all fell down and the seat whacked us all in the head. I said as soon as I saw that lift that the conveyor belt was a bad idea.

[uphillklimber]

Well, I bent my poles at a mid station once, totally my fault, Went to straighten them, one did, the second snapped. Phooey.

I saw a guy getting pushed at the beginner detachable quad at Sunday river, and I just shook my head, No way you should have a problem there, even as a beginner. So I go to get on and darn near do the same thing, The seats were total ice.

As far as the chair to the back of the legs, I feel it is my responsibility to seat myself, even if it's a good liftie. Thanx always.

[dougiestares]

Last year I was at Loon coming back from South Peak on the Tote Rd. Quad (about 5 chairs from getting off). There were 2 guys and a girl getting on to head over to the South Peak. The girl was in the middle and somehow she didn't make the chair and fell off of the platform face first into the pile of snow at the bottom of the platform. The girl was buried in the snow like a cartoon and couldn't move because her skis were stuck. The lift stops and the operator goes to help her get up. So she's standing there cleaning the snow off and one of the guys (assuming husband by the comment) looks back and just asks "You want us to wait for you on the other side?". Funny stuff....

[NotEasyBeingGreen]

[QUOTE= I still thank the liftie after loading.[/QUOTE]

Same - always feel a bit goofy b/c no one seems to do that, but it's habit.

On the bunny hill at Stowe, we saw a tiny girl plunk headfirst out of the chair in front as we were loading. They stop the lift and the instructor looks back and asks if they can put her on our chair. No problem, I'm just looking at her the whole way up for signs of head injury, etc. The kid is so young she can barely talk. But after we unload and the instructor inquires if she's ok, the girl yells at the top of her lungs, "It was AWESOME!"

[RENO]

As far as the chair to the back of the legs, I feel it is my responsibility to seat myself, even if it's a good liftie. Thanx always.

I think the lifties should just let the chairs go and not touch them at all. At least midweek.

[RENO]

Same - always feel a bit goofy b/c no one seems to do that, but it's habit.

On the bunny hill at Stowe, we saw a tiny girl plunk headfirst out of the chair in front as we were loading. They stop the lift and the instructor looks back and asks if they can put her on our chair. No problem, I'm just looking at her the whole way up for signs of head injury, etc. The kid is so young she can barely talk. But after we unload and the instructor inquires if she's ok, the girl yells at the top of her lungs, "It was AWESOME!"

I always say "hi" to the liftie approaching and "thanks" when loaded when the line is small. Sometimes I can't when it's too freakin busy on weekends and they're loading full lifts and you don't really have time to think about it...

[mriceyman]

Coming off the quad at camelback the chair stopped for a quick second at the top of the offload ramp. My bro and i stood up and waited for a little bump on the legs to get us moving downhill..well next thing you know i get smashed in thw head with the foot pegs on the bar and get piledrived to ground. My bro got smashed in the shoulder and went down to. Weve been on a million detachable quads and this has never happened i was confused and pissd to say the least. Especially because my headphones got ripped in half. Thr rest of the day my butt was on the edge of the seat and i was throwing myself down the ramp when we got close to the top

[ceo]

I saw a couple kids miss the unload on Skyline the other day and go around the bullwheel (which on that lift must be quite a ride). Liftie helped them off and they were fine.