What's your worst lift ride story?

[x10003q]

I was at Killington on winter break from college. It was midweek with no crowds, cold and windy, and marginal icy conditions. Me and the girlfriend get seperated from our group so I suggest going to the bottom of the old gondola to join the Gondola Club. Much to my suprise she agrees. We ski all the way down to the base, wait for a gap in the small line, get a on a gondola behind an empty gondola when some tool with rentals barges onto our gondola. Before I can get him to take the next one the door shuts and that is that for the Gondola Club.

Now the fun begins.

In about 30 seconds he pulls out a Marlboro, says mind if I smoke. I say I mind. He ignores me and is about to fire it up when I pull it out of his mouth and hand it back to him saying once again I mind. Once again he puts it in his mouth and is ready to light when I yank it out of his mouth and send it out the window. At this point he swings an ungloved fist at me, and despite being only 2 feet away, somehow misses and hits the gondola. I return a wild shot and happen to find his nose which starts bleeding profusely. We are now about 1 minute into a 30 minute ride. At this point my girlfriend takes pity on the a-hole and hands him some tissues to stem the bleeding. After the bleeding stops I notice a big still bleeding cut on the back of his knuckle. He must of cut it when he hit the inside of the Gondola. Without saying a word I start to point to his hand but he flinches like I am going to hit him again. I finally say you are cut on your hand. He takes what is left from the tissues and puts it on the back of his hand. Not another word was spoken for next 27 minutes. It was the most uncomfortable 27 minutes in all of my lift riding days. I did not take my eye off him and he did not look at me.

So a ride that started out with so much promise ended up in the completely opposite place.

 

[WJenness]

I was at Killington on winter break from college. It was midweek with no crowds, cold and windy, and marginal icy conditions. Me and the girlfriend get seperated from our group so I suggest going to the bottom of the old gondola to join the Gondola Club. Much to my suprise she agrees. We ski all the way down to the base, wait for a gap in the small line, get a on a gondola behind an empty gondola when some tool with rentals barges onto our gondola. Before I can get him to take the next one the door shuts and that is that for the Gondola Club.

Now the fun begins.

In about 30 seconds he pulls out a Marlboro, says mind if I smoke. I say I mind. He ignores me and is about to fire it up when I pull it out of his mouth and hand it back to him saying once again I mind. Once again he puts it in his mouth and is ready to light when I yank it out of his mouth and send it out the window. At this point he swings an ungloved fist at me, and despite being only 2 feet away, somehow misses and hits the gondola. I return a wild shot and happen to find his nose which starts bleeding profusely. We are now about 1 minute into a 30 minute ride. At this point my girlfriend takes pity on the a-hole and hands him some tissues to stem the bleeding. After the bleeding stops I notice a big still bleeding cut on the back of his knuckle. He must of cut it when he hit the inside of the Gondola. Without saying a word I start to point to his hand but he flinches like I am going to hit him again. I finally say you are cut on your hand. He takes what is left from the tissues and puts it on the back of his hand. Not another word was spoken for next 27 minutes. It was the most uncomfortable 27 minutes in all of my lift riding days. I did not take my eye off him and he did not look at me.

So a ride that started out with so much promise ended up in the completely opposite place.

super lame...

sorry man.

-w

 

[Riverskier]

I was at Killington on winter break from college. It was midweek with no crowds, cold and windy, and marginal icy conditions. Me and the girlfriend get seperated from our group so I suggest going to the bottom of the old gondola to join the Gondola Club. Much to my suprise she agrees. We ski all the way down to the base, wait for a gap in the small line, get a on a gondola behind an empty gondola when some tool with rentals barges onto our gondola. Before I can get him to take the next one the door shuts and that is that for the Gondola Club.

Now the fun begins.

In about 30 seconds he pulls out a Marlboro, says mind if I smoke. I say I mind. He ignores me and is about to fire it up when I pull it out of his mouth and hand it back to him saying once again I mind. Once again he puts it in his mouth and is ready to light when I yank it out of his mouth and send it out the window. At this point he swings an ungloved fist at me, and despite being only 2 feet away, somehow misses and hits the gondola. I return a wild shot and happen to find his nose which starts bleeding profusely. We are now about 1 minute into a 30 minute ride. At this point my girlfriend takes pity on the a-hole and hands him some tissues to stem the bleeding. After the bleeding stops I notice a big still bleeding cut on the back of his knuckle. He must of cut it when he hit the inside of the Gondola. Without saying a word I start to point to his hand but he flinches like I am going to hit him again. I finally say you are cut on your hand. He takes what is left from the tissues and puts it on the back of his hand. Not another word was spoken for next 27 minutes. It was the most uncomfortable 27 minutes in all of my lift riding days. I did not take my eye off him and he did not look at me.

So a ride that started out with so much promise ended up in the completely opposite place.

I think we have a winner.

 

[billski]

In about 30 seconds he pulls out a Marlboro, says mind if I smoke. I say I mind.

Try that one in Austria. The entire cab will throw you out the door!

One more reason not to bother with the gondi. Leave it for the leaf-peepers.8)

 

[jaja111]

Try that one in Austria. The entire cab will throw you out the door!

One more reason not to bother with the gondi. Leave it for the leaf-peepers.8)

Indeed... but I have had good situations arise on a Gondi once in awhile. Like when someone breaks out with something fantastic to light up.

 

[dmc]

In about 30 seconds he pulls out a Marlboro, says mind if I smoke. I say I mind. He ignores me and is about to fire it up when I pull it out of his mouth and hand it back to him saying once again I mind. Once again he puts it in his mouth and is ready to light when I yank it out of his mouth and send it out the window. At this point he swings an ungloved fist at me, and despite being only 2 feet away, somehow misses and hits the gondola. I return a wild shot and happen to find his nose which starts bleeding profusely. We are now about 1 minute into a 30 minute ride. At this point my girlfriend takes pity on the a-hole and hands him some tissues to stem the bleeding. After the bleeding stops I notice a big still bleeding cut on the back of his knuckle. He must of cut it when he hit the inside of the Gondola. Without saying a word I start to point to his hand but he flinches like I am going to hit him again. I finally say you are cut on your hand. He takes what is left from the tissues and puts it on the back of his hand. Not another word was spoken for next 27 minutes. It was the most uncomfortable 27 minutes in all of my lift riding days. I did not take my eye off him and he did not look at me.

So a ride that started out with so much promise ended up in the completely opposite place.

There's no excuse for violence... In my opinion - you should not have pulled the smoke out of his mouth.. It was destined for violence...

 

[Cannonball]

I was at Killington on winter break from college. It was midweek with no crowds, cold and windy, and marginal icy conditions. Me and the girlfriend get seperated from our group so I suggest going to the bottom of the old gondola to join the Gondola Club. Much to my suprise she agrees. We ski all the way down to the base, wait for a gap in the small line, get a on a gondola behind an empty gondola when some tool with rentals barges onto our gondola. Before I can get him to take the next one the door shuts and that is that for the Gondola Club.

Now the fun begins.

In about 30 seconds he pulls out a Marlboro, says mind if I smoke. I say I mind. He ignores me and is about to fire it up when I pull it out of his mouth and hand it back to him saying once again I mind. Once again he puts it in his mouth and is ready to light when I yank it out of his mouth and send it out the window. At this point he swings an ungloved fist at me, and despite being only 2 feet away, somehow misses and hits the gondola. I return a wild shot and happen to find his nose which starts bleeding profusely. We are now about 1 minute into a 30 minute ride. At this point my girlfriend takes pity on the a-hole and hands him some tissues to stem the bleeding. After the bleeding stops I notice a big still bleeding cut on the back of his knuckle. He must of cut it when he hit the inside of the Gondola. Without saying a word I start to point to his hand but he flinches like I am going to hit him again. I finally say you are cut on your hand. He takes what is left from the tissues and puts it on the back of his hand. Not another word was spoken for next 27 minutes. It was the most uncomfortable 27 minutes in all of my lift riding days. I did not take my eye off him and he did not look at me.

So a ride that started out with so much promise ended up in the completely opposite place.

Only at Killington.

If I didn't have enough reasons to avoid the place here are two more.

 

[dmc]

Only at Killington.

If I didn't have enough reasons to avoid the place here are two more.

One of the moderators on KZone actually filmed(helmet cam) and altercation he had with a guy after the dude cut his wife off... Chased him down to the chair..

it was a pathetic... Even for a guy that lives at Hunter Mtn...

 

[2knees]

One of the moderators on KZone actually filmed(helmet cam) and altercation he had with a guy after the dude cut his wife off... Chased him down to the chair..

it was a pathetic... Even for a guy that lives at Hunter Mtn...

holy crap i forgot about that. man, that was totally bizarro.

 

[dmc]

holy crap i forgot about that. man, that was totally bizarro.

yeah... it was pretty horrible..

Lots of chest thumping and feather spreading...

 

[Geoff]

yeah... it was pretty horrible..

Lots of chest thumping and feather spreading...

I was standing in the Skye Peak Quad line in the late 1980's. Some guy walks into the liftline with one ski and swings it like a baseball bat at some guy. Nailed him in the head and put him on the ground. The guy with the ski walks away and nobody stops him.

 

[x10003q]

There's no excuse for violence... In my opinion - you should not have pulled the smoke out of his mouth.. It was destined for violence...

You are correct.
By the way it was 1981.

 

[Sparky]

There's no excuse for violence... In my opinion - you should not have pulled the smoke out of his mouth.. It was destined for violence...

Removing the cigarette was not an act of violence. It was only an effort to protect himself and his girlfriend for someone else’s callous disregard for their health. Regardless of whether some suffers from an addition or not they don’t have the right to assault innocent people with censer causing substances. I would have done the same thing as x10003q did and I would do it today.

 

[dmc]

Removing the cigarette was not an act of violence. It was only an effort to protect himself and his girlfriend for someone else’s callous disregard for their health. Regardless of whether some suffers from an addition or not they don’t have the right to assault innocent people with censer causing substances. I would have done the same thing as x10003q did and I would do it today.

Well - what you may consider an attack is different from others... I'm not saying it's right - but I personally pick my battles and only when I'm physically assaulted would i defend myself. I doubt a 15 minute gondola ride will give you cancer but you may end up with a broken nose and a ruined ski day. If that's how you wish to solve problems then so be it. Your choice..

 

[neil]

I don't understand why the guy even asked if he didn't want to hear "I mind".

 

[dmc]

I don't understand why the guy even asked if he didn't want to hear "I mind".

In 1981 - he probably didn't expect someone to say no... Everybody smoked everywhere back then.. When i started at AT&T in 1984 - every desk came with an ashtray... You could smoke in conference rooms..

not sayin it's right.. It's just the way it was..

 

[Nick]

I was gonna post a thread asking if anyone ever had to (or voluntarily) jumped from a lift and the search turned up this.

I have two stories. In 1999 I was on a lift and it stopped at Mt. Snow, and they had to lower everyone down with those over-the-haul rope belay systems. We had to sit on the lift for a good 1 - 2 hrs. It was friggen cold.

The only other story I have is a friend of mine, when she was in elementary school (about 5th grade) she jumped from a lift when it stopped,obviously not realizing the height, and broke her leg. I don't know the details behind it other than everyone signing her cast in school....

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[2sons]

When I was 8 at Camelback I didn't unload on time, panicked and jumped off after the chair swung around the terminal. It was only a 8 foot drop, but I broke the tips of my skis (wood!).
I didn't think anything of it until the next morning I had an excruciating pain in my side-
appendicitis. My ski season was over for the year. Bummer:-(

 

[Smasandian]

The only issue I had was in Tremblant where my wife got yelled at for her snowboard landing on a guys skis. His skis obviously cost a lot and her snowboard did not.

 

[billski]

The only issue I had was in Tremblant where my wife got yelled at for her snowboard landing on a guys skis. His skis obviously cost a lot and her snowboard did not.

Wait till the dude goes to Europe. He'll have a heart attack within 10 minutes.:lol: