Most Disliked Lifts

[Terry]

When it gets crowded like that, I find another lift or I go home. That is just to many people for my liking.

 

[thetrailboss]

The most disliked lift in my book is the one that is not running. :wink:

 

[JD]

all of them.

 

[AMAC2233]

That's why I can't stand Loon. It's always like that on the weekends. Even the east Basin Chair has a long line, there is a guaranteed 10 minute wait where ever you go. Don't even mention the gondola

Loon is really not that bad. Places like Killington, Okemo, Wachusett, Sunapee or Stowe (just to name a few) can be just as bad. If you really know how to ski Loon you can avoid the crowds. The line in this picture is not as bad as it looks. I bet that the trails weren't that crowded at the top of this lift. You can't forget Loon's ideal location, people are going to be there on a weekend morning when there's snow and good weather.

 

[riverc0il]

my longest lift wait time of 40 miutes occurred at loon waiting for the kanc quad on a weekend. loon really is that bad on a weekend. any lift with a wait over 5 minutes is long by my standards and loon takes the cake on a weekend for longest lines around. much worse than kmart or stowe, in my opinion.

i don't like fixed grip pomas. not much room and uncomfortable seating. even poma high speeders are amongst the least comfortable of the high speeder varieties. also, i am not a fan of lifts that have low clearance at the load station, i am more prone to calf bang and muscle pinching on such lifts. i have no love for lifts that have short foot rests either or low safety bars that make it hard for folks with long legs to put their feet up on the foot rest. the black chair yan at magic comes to mind as being particularly uncomfortable for a tall person when the bar is down. essentially, don't like lifts that make me physically uncomfortable.

 

[Birdman829]

Loon is really not that bad. Places like Killington, Okemo, Wachusett, Sunapee or Stowe (just to name a few) can be just as bad. If you really know how to ski Loon you can avoid the crowds. The line in this picture is not as bad as it looks. I bet that the trails weren't that crowded at the top of this lift. You can't forget Loon's ideal location, people are going to be there on a weekend morning when there's snow and good weather.

I always just drive 10 minutes further to ski Cannon for cheaper lift tickets, wayyyyyyy smaller crowds, and IMO better terrain.

 

[Zand]

Loon is really not that bad. Places like Killington, Okemo, Wachusett, Sunapee or Stowe (just to name a few) can be just as bad. If you really know how to ski Loon you can avoid the crowds. The line in this picture is not as bad as it looks. I bet that the trails weren't that crowded at the top of this lift. You can't forget Loon's ideal location, people are going to be there on a weekend morning when there's snow and good weather.

I've skiied Wachusett over 100 times in my life including on some of the most crowded days in their history, I've ONLY skiied Sunapee on holidays, and I've skiied Okemo twice during February vacation, but none of those visits have ever compared to how crowded Loon was the one day I was there on a Saturday afternoon in early Feb. I waited nearly 45 minutes for the gondola and about 20 for the Kanc Quad quite a few times.

IDK if I've posted my least favorite lifts in here yet... if I haven't... here it is.

* Monadnock Triple (Wachusett)
* Sterling Double (Smuggs)
* Snowdon Triple (Killington)
* High Country Double (Waterville)
* Just about any Mount Snow lift
* Loon Gondola

 

[Tyrolean_skier]

Actually, if it wasn't for that left turn, the lift would have no redeeming qualities. It's slow, exposed,serves uninteresting terrain, but it makes a left turn!

Obviously, you have not explored the area very well; otherwise, you would not make such a statement. I love the South Ridge area after a good dump of fresh snow.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Loon is really not that bad. Places like Killington, Okemo, Wachusett, Sunapee or Stowe (just to name a few) can be just as bad. If you really know how to ski Loon you can avoid the crowds. The line in this picture is not as bad as it looks. I bet that the trails weren't that crowded at the top of this lift. You can't forget Loon's ideal location, people are going to be there on a weekend morning when there's snow and good weather.

Killington is big enough and has enough lifts that you can avoid the lines, you just have to know where to ski. Try the south ridge (presuming its open) or glades triple to name a couple. Whenever I go there, which has almost always been on weekends, the only lift that really has a line is the K-1 gondola. With loon, it doesn't matter where you ski on the weekend, there is a minimum 10 minute wait.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Bump.

I remember in the mid 90's when mt. Ellen reconfigured their lifts so that you had to take 3 separate lifts to get to the top.....I'll never get that reasoning

 

[4aprice]

Not too many lifts bother me as the alternative would be a hike. Rode the Outpost at Pico last season. Love the trail pod but the lift was a little shaky.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[ScottySkis]

I don't like the floor things that pushes you onto the chair I think MT snow has one.

 

[skiNEwhere]

I don't like the floor things that pushes you onto the chair I think MT snow has one.

You mean the magic carpet/treadmill thing? I've never been on one of those.

I think da loaf has one too

 

[ScottySkis]

You mean the magic carpet/treadmill thing? I've never been on one of those.

I think da loaf has one too

Yes that is it.

 

[Puck it]

Cannonball. I hope they fixed it this year.

 

[drjeff]

I don't like the floor things that pushes you onto the chair I think MT snow has one.

Yup they do on the Grand Summit Express. They key is to do what the instruction signs say.... lean on the gates and then STAND STILL when they open! The conveyor belt will then put you right on the load line.

If you try to walk on it, or hold back when the gates open, you'll end up looking like a flailing fish out of water!

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[skiNEwhere]

Yup they do on the Grand Summit Express.

They have this for a HSQ? Did they increase the linespeed or something?

 

[drjeff]

They have this for a HSQ? Did they increase the linespeed or something?

Nope, same line speed, BUT once folks got used to it, before they installed the Bluebird Express Bubble 6 pack, the conveyor belt put more sets of 4 people on the load line at the same time than were there without it. Plus, the ski school really loved it

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[skifree]

Always feel like I'm gonna slide right off
The deck on the grand summit

 

[BushMogulMaster]

Bump.

I remember in the mid 90's when mt. Ellen reconfigured their lifts so that you had to take 3 separate lifts to get to the top.....I'll never get that reasoning

Believe it or not, there was some logic to it. Not that I like that old configuration, but it made some sense. The best chunk of vertical is accessible from Northridge Express, and Crackerjack and Straight Shot represent a nice beginner's area. Having the Green Mountain Lift terminate at the load area of Northridge allowed beginners to access more terrain, and intermediates and experts to access 1,700' vert of solid terrain. Summit is only useful if you want to ski FIS or Black Diamond. Panorama and U. Rim Run are nice for the views, but offer nothing in the way of skiing. When I was skiing Mt. Ellen 80-100 days per season, GMX was really just an access lift to NRX. Summit was a rare change of pace, usually if FIS or Black Diamond were particularly good, or if I needed to check out my cat work on Baldy. Otherwise, GMX to NRX for the day.

So... again, I'm not a fan of needing three lifts to get to the top, and GMX was a nice choice by Summit Ventures in 2002, but there was at least some logic in the choice of placement of the "Slug" (now residing at Jay Peak, IIRC).