Most Enjoyable/preferable Lift

[skiNEwhere]

Ok, poll is open, have at it!

 

[MarkC]

If i could ride MRG i am sure it would be the single but considering what i do on skis resembles a SPORE my vote goes to the red chair at magic.

 

[darent]

slidebrook, wins my vote for coldest chair ride ever

 

[skibum9995]

poma at Burke. I've never ridden anything else quite like it.

 

[Charlie Schuessler]

Since my favorite local lift was not listed, I had to go with the Killington Poma. Fun to watch and ride.

 

[Jonni]

For my favs I can't really limit it to just one or two. So here's a list:

Burke Mountain POMA, Burke - Like skibum9995 said, I've never ridden anything else quite like it.
Slide Brook Express, Sugarbush - One of the coolest rides in the world. 15 minute ride in either direction even at full speed.
Snowdon Poma, Killington - Not quite like the Burke Mountain POMA but it's close.
South Ridge Triple, Killington - Something about "Sudden Turns Ahead" sounds fun to me.


For Western ski areas, I've only skied at Breck and Copper but I have a few that would go well to that list:

Imperial Express, Breck - You literally are on top of the world while riding this thing.
Superconnect, Breck - A lift that crosses two lifts, stops a little more than half way to take a left and load some people is just awesome.

Never ridden the Breck Connect Gondola but that looks equally as cool.

 

[Newpylong]

Without a doubt it is the Single Chair. The only problem is that sometimes it gets just a bit lonely on the chair.

Am I the only one that hates Slidebrook? When I ride a lift I want to be at skiable terrain - not the base of another lift. A lift that goes sideways just seems pointless to me... I tend to spend a full day at the mountain where I started when I'm there.

Were you around when you had to shuttle between sugarbush North and South? If it ran? The Slidebrook is a godsend..... and a one of a kind ride in the East.

 

[Geoff]

In general, I prefer old fixed-grip doubles and triples to modern lifts since the limited uphill capacity tends to result in a better skiing surface. At my home mountain, I like Killington's South Fridge triple though I wish they still had the midstation since the top is a waste of time. Castle Rock at Sugarbush and the MRG single chair are also favorites. In the west, I love the three main double chairs at Monarch. I'm bummed Deer Valley replaced their fixed grip lifts with high speed quads. Sultan and Ontario were fantastic places to ski with limited traffic and minimal grooming.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Slow old lifts are good for making out or having a safety meeting

 

[skiNEwhere]

Looks like greg guessed it right......The single took it!

 

[ALLSKIING]

I voted for the slide brook....Just a fun lift all around but can be a bit long on those cold days.

 

[skibum1321]

Were you around when you had to shuttle between sugarbush North and South? If it ran? The Slidebrook is a godsend..... and a one of a kind ride in the East.

I was around, but like I said I tend to spend the whole day wherever I start. The only deviation is when I ski into Slidebrook and then take the bus back to the mountain where I started.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The Slidebrook is cool but you give up two runs during the course of the day skiing it since you don't gain any vertical and the ride is more than 10 minutes long. I like the new transfer lift at Stowe over to Spruce Peak...You can ski the Quad..then the Gondola..then take the transfer lift to Sunny Spruce then Big Spruce..being on high speed lifts the entire time..

 

[Greg]

Looks like greg guessed it right......The single took it!

What's most interesting here is all the poll options except for the SBX are FG chairs.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I know there's a big Stowe bias on AZ..but the Forerunner quad at Stowe is possibly the best lift in the east..2050 vert..in 6-7 minutes..and you can ski so many different cool trails and tree runs from that lift...I've had 70k vert days in college off that lift..

 

[Greg]

I know there's a big Stowe bias on AZ..

How so?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

How so?

People on here don't seem to ski Stowe much..I've seen people bitch about the prices and the yuppies who ski there. Stowe is my favorite place to ski in the east and where I ski the most besides Blue and Jackson Hole. But alot of people on here live in Southern New England so the flatter southern VT hills get visited more.

 

[snoseek]

your right i can't afford to ski stowe. just the way they want it. the crowd they pull in (not all of them) is generally not my type, but unless your at a low key area these people are all over ski country.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Yea!!! GSS, ya got ya 3rd mountain now, what was that 100 posts in 4 days?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

your right i can't afford to ski stowe. just the way they want it. the crowd they pull in (not all of them) is generally not my type, but unless your at a low key area these people are all over ski country.

I mostly ski Stowe in the Spring time when tickets are discounted. I got a 5 day ticket in early April when they got dumped on for $229...and a 3 day two weeks later for about $100..Stowe is one of the few places in the east worth $70 a day