Do you unbuckle your boots on the way up the lift?

[MadMadWorld]

I always thought you were supposed to buckle the lowest shin buckle first. But I don't know if there is any reasoning behind it.

 

[steamboat1]

I buckle from the bottom up. Do the 2 on the bottom then play with the tongue to get a better fit, at least I feel it's better. The top 2 buckles I do top down but that's because I have to do the top 1st to get the bottom one to close. Then I do the top over making it tighter. After that I don't touch the boots until I take them off at the end of the day.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Bottom to top. Pulls the boot together so there is less adjusting of the buckles


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[Bene288]

I always do the two toe buckles, then the velcro strap, then the shin buckles. The boot strap is my most important buckle.

 

[Conrad]

Has anyone ever done the topic "Do you use the safety bar riding a chairlift whenever there is one?" If not, maybe I'll start it.

 

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In Vermont all the chairs have them, usually if their are children on the chair yes, if I'm by my self on a non detachable chair then no.

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[Smellytele]

On my alpine boots I have 5 buckles. I do the 2 toe buckles then the strap then the middle buckle up. Then recheck them all for tightness. On the tele boots I only have 3 buckles - toe then strap then middle then top recheck for tightness

 

[drjeff]

In Vermont all the chairs have them, usually if their are children on the chair yes, if I'm by my self on a non detachable chair then no.

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There is 1 chair in VT, at an operating resort that doesn't have a safety bar.....

 

[Cheese]

Has anyone ever done the topic "Do you use the safety bar riding a chairlift whenever there is one?" If not, maybe I'll start it.

Start it!

 

[Smellytele]

Has anyone ever done the topic "Do you use the safety bar riding a chairlift whenever there is one?" If not, maybe I'll start it.

I have seen a thread on this or at least there was discussion of it within a thread.

 

[drjeff]

I have seen a thread on this or at least there was discussion of it within a thread.

I think actually that there was a discussion about having a discussion within a thread about having a thread to discuss should we have a discussion about it (Pretty sure that one started in the dog days of summer when AZ is at it's most "interesting" and/or desperate for snow best! :lol:

 

[Smellytele]

I think actually that there was a discussion about having a discussion within a thread about having a thread to discuss should we have a discussion about it (Pretty sure that one started in the dog days of summer when AZ is at it's most "interesting" and/or desperate for snow best! :lol:

 

[drjeff]

And I only had to edit my post about 5 times to get the proper grammar and tenses :lol:

 

[rowdymainstay]

I unbuckle the bottom two buckles on each boot because I like I ski with them super tight, which makes my toes go numb.

 

[Gilligan]

There is 1 chair in VT, at an operating resort that doesn't have a safety bar.....

Well, where is it? :smile:

 

[Smellytele]

Well, where is it? :smile:

Mt Snow

 

[deadheadskier]

I do and almost always have. I don't think it's the result of improper fitting boots. I've got intuition liners and have had my boots worked on by Richelson's to perfect the fit.

It's just a personal preference for a more relaxed fit while on the lift.

 

[Terry]

Never. Buckle them once in the morning and don't touch them till the day is done.

 

[holmes]

Yesterday at hunter it was low single digits at the summit.

If I didn't unbuckle for the ride up my feet would be very cold after a run or two.

On a normal day in the 30's I leave them buckled.