new lift gizmo

[faceplant]

Okemo is in the process of installing a loading conveyer belt on the chair at the main base lodge. Skiers/ boarders get on the belt which moves in synch with a chair that scoops them up. It makes for easy loading. Okemo is the first in the east to install this contraption. They are also installing an unloading carpet . . . the first in the United States

also they will run down hill holdin your hand for ya
but that tickets gonna cost ya more
he-he

 

[Glenn]

also they will run down hill holdin your hand for ya
but that tickets gonna cost ya more
he-he

Maybe they'll start offering to hook adults up to those leashes the kids learn on. :wink:

 

[RootDKJ]

i can picture the crashes already

 

[MrMagic]

will that add one to okeamo's lift total?

 

[BeanoNYC]

I heard they're also installing automatic ass wipers in the bathroom stalls.

 

[Starter Jackets Rule!]

KOOL an adult Pizza Loader....Have we as Americans become that lazy?

 

[BigK]

I can see the carnage already! But, I'm sure it's something the herbs will love!! Along with this!

 

[WJenness]

OkeMovingWalkways!

-w

 

[deadheadskier]

This is probably a good thing. Those chairs need all the help they can get. They stop more frequently than perhaps any chair on the planet. All those old Warren Miller scenes of beginners falling while getting on or off the chair? 99% of the footage was from those chairs.

 

[tjf67]

I can see the carnage already! But, I'm sure it's something the herbs will love!! Along with this!

K isn't that bashing? Not cool

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I can see the carnage already! But, I'm sure it's something the herbs will love!! Along with this!

I have that map on my wall for Jackson Hole and it's alot more purple..red..and yellow..but comparing Jackson Hole to Okemo is like comparing Andre the Giant to Danny DeVito

 

[bvibert]

This is probably a good thing. Those chairs need all the help they can get. They stop more frequently than perhaps any chair on the planet. All those old Warren Miller scenes of beginners falling while getting on or off the chair? 99% of the footage was from those chairs.

That's what I was thinking too.

Was some of that footage really from those chairs? I understand that quite a bit of it was from Hunter...

 

[mondeo]

K isn't that bashing? Not cool

Eh, he's just a Kmart fanbois-troll. He'll do what he'll do.

 

[deadheadskier]

That's what I was thinking too.

Was some of that footage really from those chairs? I understand that quite a bit of it was from Hunter...

Not sure, but they certainly could have been. Outside of the cost, for the life of me I have no idea why they haven't put a detach down there. I'd get so frustrated by those lifts I'd take the F-10 Poma and skate up to the Sachem Quad

 

[RootDKJ]

I heard they're also installing automatic ass wipers in the bathroom stalls.

I was in an airport that had automatic ass gaskets once...that was pretty neat

 

[kcyanks1]

I have that map on my wall for Jackson Hole and it's alot more purple..red..and yellow..but comparing Jackson Hole to Okemo is like comparing Andre the Giant to Danny DeVito

I have the MRG map on my office wall.

 

[Maksim]

Anyone have pics or video of this contraption? If it helps... why not? =P

 

[Starter Jackets Rule!]

I was trying to think where I had ridden on one of those things, It was at Mt Rose or Diamond peak NV.
IMO it is a rather silly idea at best.

 

[Maksim]

anyone have a pic of these? lol, i am really interested, did a few googles but couldnt find.

 

[Maksim]

Found on Okemo's site

Okemo’s “Red Carpet Treatment” Lift Loading and Unloading Carpets
Everyone loves the section of Warren Miller’s films when the camera positioned at the top of a chairlift catches the crashes of skiers trying to disembark. The more tangled the carnage, the louder the laughs. For beginner skiers and snowboarders, riding the lift can be a stressful part of the learning experience. Seasoned veterans grow increasingly impatient with each delay of elevation gain. Lift operators loading the uninitiated must be ever vigilant to maintain safety. As a way to make that first lift ride of the day less stressful and safer, Okemo is installing mechanized loading and unloading carpets on one of its base area South Ridge fixed-grip quad chairs. Although familiar to European skiers, the loading carpet is a rarity in North America. Okemo’s loading carpet will be the first one in the East and the unloading carpet will be the first of its kind in the U.S. A conveyor belt, marked with lanes and moving in synch with the chairlift, will make loading and unloading easier and safer. It will reduce lift-line lengths, minimize starts and stops, reduce ride time and improve overall lift capacity.