Lift Line Etiquette

[ScottySkis]

Funny story about that. I was at Mount Snow on the bubble chair. 5 kids in their 20s and me on the end. One asks "Hey, you mind if I smoke?". I said sure, whatever, I'm wayyyyyyy outnumbered. I can stand the smell of cigarettes for a seven minute ride. I heard the click of the lighter and smelled marijuana. Absolutely horrible to smell in such a confined space. I was smelling wiffs of the funny stuff for a solid week. Sucked.

You should had inhaled lol I love that smell.

 

[ss20]

You should had inhaled lol I love that smell.

:grin:

Not while skiing, my friend. Noting beats the scent of fresh mountain air.

 

[Smellytele]

Funny story about that. I was at Mount Snow on the bubble chair. 5 kids in their 20s and me on the end. One asks "Hey, you mind if I smoke?". I said sure, whatever, I'm wayyyyyyy outnumbered. I can stand the smell of cigarettes for a seven minute ride. I heard the click of the lighter and smelled marijuana. Absolutely horrible to smell in such a confined space. I was smelling wiffs of the funny stuff for a solid week. Sucked.

You would rather smell tobacco over marijuana? I cannot stand the smell of cigarettes any more.

 

[skiNEwhere]

With how overpowering cigarette smoke is, I can't believe that I used to smoke myself.

 

[JimG.]

Funny story about that. I was at Mount Snow on the bubble chair. 5 kids in their 20s and me on the end. One asks "Hey, you mind if I smoke?". I said sure, whatever, I'm wayyyyyyy outnumbered. I can stand the smell of cigarettes for a seven minute ride. I heard the click of the lighter and smelled marijuana. Absolutely horrible to smell in such a confined space. I was smelling wiffs of the funny stuff for a solid week. Sucked.

You should have replied, "I don't care if you burn".

I would have been a lot more pissed about cig smoke though.

 

[deadheadskier]

With how overpowering cigarette smoke is, I can't believe that I used to smoke myself.

I quit almost a year ago after being a heavy smoker for 20 years. I always hear from ex-smokers how they think cigarette smoke smells disgusting. I haven't reached that point yet. I still enjoy the smell of burning tobacco. Ashtrays smell gross and the clothes of someone who recently smoked smells gross (never did while I was a smoker), but not actual lit cigarettes.

 

[cdskier]

You would rather smell tobacco over marijuana? I cannot stand the smell of cigarettes any more.

I don't care for either, but I think tobacco is much tamer than mj...I can smell mj from quite a distance. Tobacco smoke not so much. A few weeks ago when I was hiking at SB and got to the top of Lincoln Peak I smelled mj. Looked down towards the top of HG and saw a couple people over there smoking it. Why ruin the fresh mountain air like that?

 

[ScottySkis]

. ∆

It just makes everything better.

 

[JimG.]

I quit almost a year ago after being a heavy smoker for 20 years. I always hear from ex-smokers how they think cigarette smoke smells disgusting. I haven't reached that point yet. I still enjoy the smell of burning tobacco. Ashtrays smell gross and the clothes of someone who recently smoked smells gross (never did while I was a smoker), but not actual lit cigarettes.

Lit cigarettes smell good the longest after everything else smells bad when you quit. It will go away.

Quit almost 30 years ago.

 

[skiNEwhere]

I quit almost a year ago after being a heavy smoker for 20 years. I always hear from ex-smokers how they think cigarette smoke smells disgusting. I haven't reached that point yet. I still enjoy the smell of burning tobacco. Ashtrays smell gross and the clothes of someone who recently smoked smells gross (never did while I was a smoker), but not actual lit cigarettes.

Good for you on quitting!

I wouldn't say cigarette smoke is disgusting, I think physically irritating is a better way to put it. The only time it gets to this point is when it's concentrated, such as having a bunch of smokers around you in a casino.

 

[ThinkSnow]

Funny story about that. I was at Mount Snow on the bubble chair. 5 kids in their 20s and me on the end. One asks "Hey, you mind if I smoke?". I said sure, whatever, I'm wayyyyyyy outnumbered. I can stand the smell of cigarettes for a seven minute ride. I heard the click of the lighter and smelled marijuana. Absolutely horrible to smell in such a confined space. I was smelling wiffs of the funny stuff for a solid week. Sucked.

Mount Slow you say? No surprise there

 

[drjeff]

Funny story about that. I was at Mount Snow on the bubble chair. 5 kids in their 20s and me on the end. One asks "Hey, you mind if I smoke?". I said sure, whatever, I'm wayyyyyyy outnumbered. I can stand the smell of cigarettes for a seven minute ride. I heard the click of the lighter and smelled marijuana. Absolutely horrible to smell in such a confined space. I was smelling wiffs of the funny stuff for a solid week. Sucked.

I've had that situation happen a few times on the Bluebird, as well as a few gondola rides too. My standard answer is (and I hate the smell of smoke I will fully disclose) is that I have bad asthma (I actually don't) and that high concentrations of smoke, especially in cold weather, often send me into an asthma attack - never had to endure a smoke filled bubble or Gondola ride, short of the pre-existing smells from peoples jackets, ever using that line - works for me

 

[farlep99]

My mom was Swiss...we skied in Switzerland frequently. In my experiences the worst behavior came from Austrians and Germans. Entitled SOB's for the most part. Not at all orderly.

I've been skiing in Europe every year since 2007. I think times have changed. Lift lines in places like St.Anton, Saalbach, Kitzbuehel, Zermatt, Arosa, etc, are very orderly. Maybe it's because they're all using RFID now & it creates a semblance of order. As to the nationality of the offending skiers- I know it's not the Brits. Most orderly nation of people (when it comes to "queuing")

 

[BenedictGomez]

Lighting up a cigarette or joint literally inches from a stranger on a chair ride wo/asking first = Example #2 of "Me first" behaviour.

 

[deadheadskier]

Even when I smoked I would never even think about having a cigarette when sharing a chair with a stranger. I thought it was rude to smoke near non-smokers period and would wait until I was able to smoke in an area that wouldn't bother others.

 

[dlague]

Lighting up a cigarette or joint literally inches from a stranger on a chair ride wo/asking first = Example #2 of "Me first" behaviour.

In all of the years I have skied, I have never experienced people smoking in the lift line or on the chair with us. I have experienced people smoking on the chair ahead of me which I did not like.

 

[dlague]

Another topic - how about people who unload and stand across the whole path to the trail admiring the vista or better yet, snowboarders sitting in the middle of the trail buckling up. I could careless about it if they went off to the side.

 

[Abubob]

Another topic - how about people who unload and stand across the whole path to the trail admiring the vista or better yet, snowboarders sitting in the middle of the trail buckling up. I could careless about it if they went off to the side.

Pet peeve #43

 

[BenedictGomez]

In all of the years I have skied, I have never experienced people smoking in the lift line or on the chair with us. I have experienced people smoking on the chair ahead of me which I did not like.

I've experienced case 1, rarely, but it's happened. Case 2 happens all the time, I think that stems more from a complete lack of self-awareness than rudeness.

 

[Scruffy]

I quit almost a year ago after being a heavy smoker for 20 years. I always hear from ex-smokers how they think cigarette smoke smells disgusting. I haven't reached that point yet. I still enjoy the smell of burning tobacco. Ashtrays smell gross and the clothes of someone who recently smoked smells gross (never did while I was a smoker), but not actual lit cigarettes.

For me, it's not the smell of the tobacco burning itself that's disgusting, it's the smell of the smoke that has been drawn through the filter that gets me. It smells like fiberglass burning, which it probably is to some extent. I don't remember that bad filter smell when I first quit smoking cigs many years ago ( I only smoked for 3 or 4 years, when I was a teenager), but the more years that go by since I quit, the more heightened the sensation to it. I still enjoy the smell of a pipe though.