Most Disliked Lifts

[fr7475]

Any "wind closed" lifts!

 

[BackLoafRiver]

Definitely the Rangely Double at Saddleback. It is a long, slow, and often cold ride and the lines can be brutal on a busy day.

This.

 

[Conrad]

Good ole' Summit Local at Mount Snow was really bad. Very slow, relaxing ride... until the chair stopped. It had a tendency to rollback a considerable distance, about 3-5 feet. Always terrified me.

Another lift that does that is the Summit Triple at Attitash! It must be something to do with the length.

 

[thetrailboss]

The original Peabody was terribly slow.

 

[dlague]

Rangely Double at Saddleback - slow, cold and long!

 

[Katadinagain]

I don't know about most disliked. Any lift hat takes you up is good. My fav is the single at Mad River

 

[steamboat1]

Rangely Double at Saddleback - slow, cold and long!

It's not in existence anymore but the slowest, longest, coldest chair I remember is the old double chair on Big Spruce at Stowe.

 

[SIKSKIER]

I think he has a chair from it in his backyard.

That's correct.

 

[ceo]

West Mountain Chair at Sugarloaf. Unbelievably long and slow, doesn't serve much of anything interesting (though apparently that may change this year) and it runs stone empty most of the time. And it's a double-nothing (one-sided double-double), which indicates that they thought they were going to need twice the capacity someday.

Cannonball Express at Cannon. Awesome trail pod, but slow, cold and not running so well these days. Good place for a loading-carpet fixie like Skyline.

Burnt Mountain Poma, because it doesn't exist (yet?).

 

[Smellytele]

The Mittersil Double that never runs

 

[ScottySkis]

I like slow lifts so my lighter does not go out when trying to light you know what.

 

[Riverskier]

West Mountain Chair at Sugarloaf. Unbelievably long and slow, doesn't serve much of anything interesting (though apparently that may change this year) and it runs stone empty most of the time. And it's a double-nothing (one-sided double-double), which indicates that they thought they were going to need twice the capacity someday.

Cannonball Express at Cannon. Awesome trail pod, but slow, cold and not running so well these days. Good place for a loading-carpet fixie like Skyline.

Burnt Mountain Poma, because it doesn't exist (yet?).

I read somewhere once that the West Mountain chair at SL is one of the longest lift rides in the country at something like 22 minutes.

 

[Edd]

Rangely Double at Saddleback - slow, cold and long!

I'll throw a party when that chair is replaced. Even if I only make one trip a year up there.

 

[catherine]

Not a great ride up but the runs from Tiger are great. Just wish they were longer :smile:

 

[skiNEwhere]

I like slow lifts so my lighter does not go out.

Buy a butane torch lighter and you'll be able to light up under hurricane force winds

 

[x10003q]

It's not in existence anymore but the slowest, longest, coldest chair I remember is the old double chair on Big Spruce at Stowe.

A few more long/slow/cold we could throw in are the Stowe single and double, the Killington Peak double, Gore had a 7000 foot double, and the old single on Mt Tremblant. All those lifts used to hand out wool ponchos to wear on the ride up. I remember riding up the single at Stowe on a windy below zero day and putting 2 ponchos on my body and wrapping a third one around my head.

Brutal.

 

[ss20]

Another lift that does that is the Summit Triple at Attitash! It must be something to do with the length.

To skilifts.org!

 

[skiNEwhere]

To skilifts.org!

I prefer wikiski, it's got information about lifts all over the world, and the author of the site is from Australia and clearly hates Americans and it's funny to read

 

[canobie#1]

The Slowdon Quad at Killington. I want to die when I am on it.

 

[steamboat1]

A few more long/slow/cold we could throw in are the Stowe single and double, the Killington Peak double, Gore had a 7000 foot double, and the old single on Mt Tremblant. All those lifts used to hand out wool ponchos to wear on the ride up. I remember riding up the single at Stowe on a windy below zero day and putting 2 ponchos on my body and wrapping a third one around my head.

Brutal.

I've had the pleasure of riding the side by side single & double at Stowe, both of Killington Peaks doubles. If you're talking about the old slow double on the bottom part of Gore I've done that to. Never rode the the single at Tremblant but have skied the mountain with the two old slow doubles you needed to take to get to the top. There was no direct lift to the top. Only places I remember handing out the wool poncho's was Stowe & MRG. I don't know why but skiing was more fun in those days. Maybe it was because of the old rear wheel drive cars we drove that fish tailed all over the road getting there.