The longest you have ever waited to get on a ski lift

[yeggous]

Worst line I've waited in in recent years was something like 30 minutes for the Polar Express on a busy day at Wachusett. One of the main reasons I now avoid the place. But it did make me realize what a change this has been since I was first skiing, when half-hour waits were routine. Higher-capacity lifts (quads vs. doubles) and more of them makes a huge difference.

I once had 45 minute lift lines at WaWa on a Saturday and swore never to return during daylight hours. They are hands down the worst lines imaginable.


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[Huck_It_Baby]

They don't have any rope tows.

We offer skiing and snowboarding on 10 slopes and trails serviced by five surface lifts; one t-bar and four handle tows

T-bars, handle bars, rope tows....they are all similar to me.

 

[Domeskier]

T-bars, handle bars, rope tows....they are all similar to me.

I hear they're planning to install a magic carpet at Tux. Or should it be an escalator?

 

[KevinF]

T-bars, handle bars, rope tows....they are all similar to me.

All of the surface drag lifts can get you, albeit in different ways. T-bars can be miserable if you're not with somebody of the same height, rope tows required a practiced slow grab of the rope lest your arms get ripped out of their sockets, pomas can get you with the sudden jolt of the start, etc.

But I see plenty of t-bars and poma lifts around. Rope tows seem to be the one that's gone away, but as people have posted -- there's a few still around apparently.

 

[Huck_It_Baby]

All of the surface drag lifts can get you, albeit in different ways. T-bars can be miserable if you're not with somebody of the same height, rope tows required a practiced slow grab of the rope lest your arms get ripped out of their sockets, pomas can get you with the sudden jolt of the start, etc.

Exactly. They all get you up top and have their tricks.

 

[DPhelan]

this thread is really getting me excited for the bachelor party i'm going to at killington on december 27-29! the only thing better than waiting in line, is waiting in line with a brutal hangover and trying to keep track of a dozen other people of various abilities uke:

 

[pcampbell]

Takes me 1 hour to skin up MRG but now you can't skin up during business hours.... I've probably waited 30+ minutes on a sunny March saturday that I thought was going to be the end of the season. It is easy to get spoiled when a typical day is like this

 

[mriceyman]

this thread is really getting me excited for the bachelor party i'm going to at killington on december 27-29! the only thing better than waiting in line, is waiting in line with a brutal hangover and trying to keep track of a dozen other people of various abilities uke:

walkie talkies ftw

 

[twinplanx]

walkie talkies ftw

Yeah,... And wear some neon to really capture that retro vibe ;-)

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