Bad Moves on the Lift

[Johnskiismore]

Lift attendant scanning tickets and passes........ and the scanner isn't working correctly! Chair upon chair is going up the mountain you're 20th in line, and he/she will keep on trying to scan while blood pressure reaches critical mass!

 

[roark]

Here is a big ole "FU" to all the folks that have done this to me over the years. You don't know who you are, quite frankly because you are an ass hat that didn't even say you were sorry after doing it.

Glad I finally got that one off my chest.

How about when you are a single, join up with two other skiers on a triple, and then when it is time to load, they hang out behind so they can double up instead of maxing capacity. Not that I don't mind the extra chair room but not maxing capacity drives me up the wall! Especially when I see it happen in front of me while I am waiting.

Oh man, this thread is getting me all wound up!!!

How about the dude that spread eagles his skis on a fully loaded chair. Or the boarder that uses your skis as a board rest. Gimme a break! My gear is heavy enough as it is. I don't need your extra weight. Reposition your gear and keep your skis or boards off my skis.

Empty chairs going up because people can't get it together in the coral. This is often partially the ski area's fault for lack of systems or personnel when a particular lift is busy. But often folks are just day dreaming.

There is always the tragic occurrence of the antsy on deck skier/rider that moves into loading position before there is an open chair forcing a "sit on top of another skier" situation, the lift to stop, comedy to ensue, and a lot of wasted efficiency. I laugh. And then I cry.

Agreed, on all points.

After skiing at Mt Snow and Killington I've gotten pretty ruthless about maxing capacity to the point where I just hop into the patrol line and max out the chair if I see too many going up under capacity.

Probably buys me a couple extra runs a day and I've yet to experience a lifty that had a problem with it.

 

[JohnGD33]

Lift attendant scanning tickets and passes........ and the scanner isn't working correctly! Chair upon chair is going up the mountain you're 20th in line, and he/she will keep on trying to scan while blood pressure reaches critical mass!

I hear that. I usually just pole ahead if I am the one they are scanning and I thell them to fix the dome thing.

 

[roark]

I hear that. I usually just pole ahead if I am the one they are scanning and I thell them to fix the dome thing.

again, agreed. They can see my pass. No excuse for empty chairs.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I love when a inexpeienced skier grabs on to you as they are falling getting off.

That's my wife on her snowboard, she's a little afraid of the lift. I know it's coming though so I'm ready for it.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Snowboarders that need to sit on the far left or far right of the chair,,,if they are going to drag their knuckles,...they should learn to sit in all the seats...a big pet peeve of mine...I'm sick of playing musical chairs with snowboarders..I like sitting on the end too but it doesn't always work out that way...either ride double chairs exclusively or deal..

 

[2knees]

Huh, outing yourself here aren't you?

yup. i hate when i hot box myself.......

 

[Moe Ghoul]

I'll agree with most, if not all, of the posts thus far.
Even GSS makes a good point about a hot inexperienced grabber(make mine a hunky guy).

I'll add........

The Throat clearer who feels a need to hock a poorly aimed looogie onto my skis.

Hocking loogies off the lift goes together like farting when you pee. I always take an end seat and fire them off to the side. Us Poconuts ski on any frozen product that falls from the sky.

 

[hardline]

Snowboarders that need to sit on the far left or far right of the chair,,,if they are going to drag their knuckles,...they should learn to sit in all the seats...a big pet peeve of mine...I'm sick of playing musical chairs with snowboarders..I like sitting on the end too but it doesn't always work out that way...either ride double chairs exclusively or deal..

the only time this is ok is when you have a bunch of boarders. on tripple if you have 2 regular riders goofy goes on the outside. always the odd man on the end. six packs well it gets interesting.

 

[Phillycore]

I agree with all of the above...

How about the oppositte though....
GSS and I along with some other people were in line for the 6 pack at Blue last season when some tool ski patroller knocked like 5 people over so he could shove his was through the line to get the one empty seat the liftie left open. He actually skied around the chair and hopped in on the end pushing the other 5 on the chair over to the right. Doug and I were getting on the next chair and just looked at each other like what an a-hole that guy is. Then we made it a goal to make sure we beat him down the trail....lol

 

[Greg]

How about when you are a single, join up with two other skiers on a triple, and then when it is time to load, they hang out behind so they can double up instead of maxing capacity.

They probably wanted to get stoned.

 

[snoseek]

They probably wanted to get stoned.

This leads to another problem of people getting high on a chair with an audience. There is lot's of kids on the mountain, along with other people that may not want to smell it. There is almost always a good spot in the woods out of the way, I think most would prefer their privacy.

 

[bvibert]

This leads to another problem of people getting high on a chair with an audience. There is lot's of kids on the mountain, along with other people that may not want to smell it. There is almost always a good spot in the woods out of the way, I think most would prefer their privacy.

Agreed.

 

[tcharron]

Not paying attention to the people in front of you, chatting with the guy next to you, and moving up when they move up, only to find out that the cute 16 year old in front of you DEFINATLY does not appreciate sitting down on the chair only to find a dirty 35 year old man now sitting on the seat which unexpectedly scooped him up as he'd moved into the load area.

And of course, the liftie is just staring in disbelief..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I agree with all of the above...

How about the oppositte though....
GSS and I along with some other people were in line for the 6 pack at Blue last season when some tool ski patroller knocked like 5 people over so he could shove his was through the line to get the one empty seat the liftie left open. He actually skied around the chair and hopped in on the end pushing the other 5 on the chair over to the right. Doug and I were getting on the next chair and just looked at each other like what an a-hole that guy is. Then we made it a goal to make sure we beat him down the trail....lol

Oh yeah I remember that..The ski patrollers at Blue mountain are something else..the only time they're mellow are Thursday nights..because that's when they have their weekly circle jerks and Corona lights...lol..

 

[TheBEast]

1. Hit in the head with an unannounced bar-down.

There ought to be a requisite class for this.

This is why they make helmets!! :-D

 

[Marc]

Bad move on the lift- taking a pee from the lift... especially if you're next to a stranger, or a couple strangers.

Apparently that was a bad move. They didn't like it much.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Bad move on the lift- taking a pee from the lift... especially if you're next to a stranger, or a couple strangers.

Apparently that was a bad move. They didn't like it much.

Peein off the lift? Dude, I want my money back, lol. Bill Murray might beat his wife and get DUI tickets driving golfcarts in Sweden, but he'd never pee off a lift. :smash:

 

[2knees]

i've been tagged on the head a few times with the safety bar.


2 of them by our own esteemed moderator Bvibert.

 

[kingslug]

No matter how much crap you think you have seen on lifts and liftlines here.....what goes on in Europe takes the cake. Uncontrolled mayhem is the order of the day. There is no line, just a mass of people pushing foreward to see who can get there first. I was run over by the Austrian ski team so many times i would just run at the sight of them. We where getting into fights on and off the chair in France on a daily basis...and the Tram....forget it. And they think we are uncivilized.