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UPDATE: Skier Dies after "Chairlift Incident" at Red Lodge (Second Lift Incident of the Day)

machski

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Yeah, only time I've seen that is on beginner lifts, bunny lifts, areas where kids are likely to frequent.

That new Alta lift is a great example, and as a parent of a 5 year old (last year 4 years old when we were there) I appreciate it.
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!
 

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.
 

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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?
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.
 
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