What do you do with your poles on the chair?

[deadheadskier]

Must be a NH thing.

Same thing in VT last season,while skiing Smuggs, Jay, Bush, Killington, you name it.

 

[steamboat1]

Same thing in VT last season,while skiing Smuggs, Jay, Bush, Killington, you name it.

Well I see very few doing it. Must be a weekend warrior thing.

 

[deadheadskier]

Well I see very few doing it. Must be a weekend warrior thing.

To be honest, I got in the habit of doing it when I used to smoke cigarettes like you do. Throw the poles and gloves under my leg and that freed both hands for lighting the cigarette. Quit smoking a couple of years ago and have maintained the habit with the poles.

 

[makimono]

i did that until the mid station offload ramp bent them both

I bent a pair in half at Pico's mid-station

I have a bunch of break-away grips still, I like to collect old poles from the dump and swap the grips. Old poles seem stronger than the crap cheapies they make now, plus they're free, and I'm a pole destroyer.

 

[Smellytele]

Must be a NH thing.

We need to differentiate between sitting on their poles and putting their poles under their legs. see lots of people put their poles under their legs everywhere I go (VT, NH, CO, ME).
Sitting on them is a different story. As someone said usually female ski racers.

 

[drjeff]

Tips out, under the left leg at Gunstock right now - no footrest to get in the way!

 

[bdfreetuna]

I ski at very "Gaperesque" mountains (see my sig). Could have something to do with why I never see people sit on their poles :grin:

That wouldn't explain why I ski at mainly non gaperesque hills and don't see 'em either.

I think what it comes down to is I just don't pay attention to what other people do on the lift. Except I notice racers do it at the local mountain maybe because GS suits catch my eye and I notice they ride up together and all do it.

 

[dlague]

What do we do with our poles on the lift?

My wife and I generally just lay our poles across both of our laps. That being said, sometimes we sit on them, other times we just hold them. I do not really put much thought behind it.

 

[jrmagic]

100% baskets out here! Just the chance that I could impart some "pole tip damage" upon myself as I was sliding them under me is far too great a risk for my taste!! ;-)

Agree with the Doc. My poles have fairly sharp points so definitely not shoving them towards me.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Hopped on the first chair of the day, and instinctively stuck my poles between my legs. Then I remembered to look down and see how they were positioned.

For this ride I was sitting dead center of a 6-pack, so the poles slipped into the gap between the pads.

On the next run I remembered to take another pic. I was sitting with a person to my right, so they went under the right leg, angled left.


The last run I took a pic of there were people on my left so angled away.


I felt all of them were natural, so I guess I can go any direction....

 

[Rushski]

Only one thing to do w/your poles on the lift:

 

[billski]

Drop them.

 

[deadheadskier]

From today

 

[gmcunni]

From today

new snow on the ground? where you at?

 

[deadheadskier]

Wildcat

 

[jaybird]

Yeah Right

 

[deadheadskier]

Noon today

 

[chuckstah]

Noon today

Much wet weather? I bailed on Sun River today due to the forecast, but they certainly don't have the elevation of Wildcat.

 

[deadheadskier]

Above 3000 stayed mostly snow. Bottom had some mixing. All together a net gain that softened the trails nicely.

 

[chuckstah]

Above 3000 stayed mostly snow. Bottom had some mixing. All together a net gain that softened the trails nicely.

Nice, SR summit isn't much over 3000, and only claiming a dusting, so I think the right call was made. Although any ski time is better than work.