Child falls from chair at Nashoba

[drjeff]

Or that someone could invent something lift-related for improved child safety. I dont even have kids and this is scary to think about.

There's a few new lifts out there in the last couple of seasons where the ski school puts basically a vest with magnets on the kids and then there's the other attractive 1/2 of the magnet in the seat back, the magnet gets charged as the lift leaves the base terminal and looses the charge as it enters the summit terminal - not fool proof, but a step in the right direction for kid lift safety

 

[darent]

There's a few new lifts out there in the last couple of seasons where the ski school puts basically a vest with magnets on the kids and then there's the other attractive 1/2 of the magnet in the seat back, the magnet gets charged as the lift leaves the base terminal and looses the charge as it enters the summit terminal - not fool proof, but a step in the right direction for kid lift safety

glad you posted that,I was wondering about the magnet thing and how it worked at the top

 

[4aprice]

Another one. According to MSN a University of Utah student fell from the High Meadows Chair at Canyons (have to get out the map and look that one up). Pronounced dead on arrival. Not a good year on the lifts.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

for some reason, not all chairs out west have saftey bars....freaked me out a bit

 

[Edd]

for some reason, not all chairs out west have saftey bars....freaked me out a bit

Remember that at Alta, I think. Stupid.

 

[KevinF]

Remember that at Alta, I think. Stupid.

Alta definitely doesn't have safety bars, but safety-bar-less chairlifts seem pretty common around Colorado / Montana / Utah. I've kind of gotten used to it, but they are definitely kind of unnerving at first.

 

[Smellytele]

Mt Rose near Reno has some lifts without safety bars.

 

[frameitinskis]

My son has been skiing on the lifts since he was 3 and I was always concerned about him falling off. He would like to lean over and look at the ground below. I would always tell him to sit back. OMG if he ever fell off! Poor thing!:sad: