Lots of newer lifts do now (or some form of restraint for kids).
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UPDATE: Skier Dies after "Chairlift Incident" at Red Lodge (Second Lift Incident of the Day)
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machski
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Not sure if it had them originally or not, but Chair 22 at Mammoth has these restraint bars. And that lift is anything but a bunny/beginners lift!
BenedictGomez
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We're talking about many bars, not just a handful. Like one every ~8 inches all the way across, it's like that?
4aprice
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Just back from 2 weeks in "Colorful Colorado" and rode all sorts of lifts with all sorts of different safety bars or lack there of. Still will take the standard T foot rests over anything else. The ones with those multiple "handles" (don't know what else to call them) are a PITA and I can't stand the little triangles that they call foot rests on some bars. Of course some of those center pole Riblet doubles sans any bar still exist like Looking Glass at Winter Park.
kingslug
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machski
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Yep, everyone gets a handle between their legs. That lift is legit scary, including when entering the top terminal, you go into a metal tunnel to the unload. The top return is fully enclosed in a bunker, two huge clamshell doors can be shut for storm cycles.
Widow of Billings man killed on Red Lodge chair lift begins investigation
The wife of the Billings man killed after a ski lift accident on Red Lodge Mountain two weeks ago has now initiated an independent investigation into the cause and circumstances of the incident.
The final report.
unofficialnetworks.com
Montana Ski Resort Adds Redundant Chairlift Safety Measures Following Fatal Accident
Red Lodge Mountain issues chairlift safety update following fatal fall caused by snow devil.
unofficialnetworks.com
crystalmountainskier
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This is a ski area PR report. There is no final report because Montana doesn't have a tram board. The Forest Service may have a report but it has not been released.The final report.
Montana Ski Resort Adds Redundant Chairlift Safety Measures Following Fatal Accident
Red Lodge Mountain issues chairlift safety update following fatal fall caused by snow devil.
Thanks. That might explain why I could not find anything really official. I think it is fair to call this a press release.
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How windy was it to deflect towers sufficient for a deropement?
I find that excuse preposterous.
I find that excuse preposterous.
Yeah, this is why I wish we could see some sort of formal investigation. I think what they are trying to say in the PR is that the wind caused the chair to swing and it deflected off a sheave but I might be wrong.
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jimmywilson69
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yeah no way a tower deflected... a chair could easily swing and derope under the right circumstances albeit a very abnormal chance.
I think what we do know is that wind played "some" role in the accident.