Chairlift technique

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Another tidbit of chairlift negotiation technique. If the chair comes to a stop mid mountain, and the brake lets go, and you suddenly find yourself pummeling back down the mountain at 100 plus k/hr,,, accepted wisdom holds its best to launch yourself out of the chair sometime before reaching the bottom, and take your chances, rather than play crash dummy and go around the bull wheel at the bottom.

Best way to dismount chair in such situation? Discard poles,,, hands on knees,,, lean forward,,, place head between legs,,, kiss your butt goodbye. Razz

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Chairlift chicken is always a good way to lighten up a boring day spent skiing. wink

Basically the first person in the group to get off the chairlift at the top has to buy the last person to get off a drink. There are no penalties for going right the way round and back down the chairlift, and there may even be discretionary points to be had if-

a) you really upset the liftie

b) there are people waiting to download on the same chairlift.

It really is a fun game for the whole family.

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comprex, not quite sure what you're getting at. Puzzled

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Kramer, as if it were possible to have one. You know it as well as I.

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FastMan, yes, I wouldn't want to stay on a chairlift doing
this.

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Alastair, at my home area we actually had it happen to a lift full of peeps. Very nasty scene. Luckily, I was on the slope, between lift rides.

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Am I the only one that finds this topic a bit... daft? Next there will be a topic talking about "putting skis on technique"...

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Timmaah, ALREADY BEEN DONE.

You know it makes sense.

i still have a small phobia about t-bars since i got my jacket (about 4 sizes too big borrowed from a friend) hooked on one whilst i was learning to ski. I would still rather avoid a t-bar in favour of any ski lift.

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Timmaah, No. They're all mental. Laughing

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Yes, all those nasty things do happen when you wear sacks on chairlifts. So:

Firstly, take it to breakfast (see below).

When ready to sit on lift, hold poles in one hand and slip off the opposite shoulder strap - the sack cannot fall unless you have unfeasibly short poles or unfeasibly large shoulders.

Plonk sack on lap and (a) use it as a natty knee blanket (b) eat its contents, filched earlier from the breakfast bar or (c) use it as a pillow for a power knap.

The lifties in France also seem to proactively acknowledge and thank you for doing this (taking the sack off that is).

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Oh dear, 6 weeks of skiing and reading this to find out I still don't know how to get off a chairlift.
On my first ski holiday to LDA 3 years ago the lifts were scarier than the skiing but more recently I thought I had mastered it. My technique is as follows:-

To get on, charge through the the barriers as soon as they release whilst holding the poles in my outside hand frantically shuffling just that bit further forward than at least one other person so they break the impact of the seat as it comes round.

Hyperventilate until the safety bar comes down.

Spend the entire journey getting my trembling mittened hands through the loops of my poles (IN CASE I DROP THEM!).

Hyperventilate and shrink against the backrest when my crazy fellow passengers raise the safety bar more than a nanosecond before dismount time.

Shuffle forward in my seat, poles poised.

Semi jump out of the seat and ski off as if the devil himself is behind me.

Amazingly enough I manage this technique without getting in the way of other skiers/boarders and I have never taken one out. I think it is only my own life it is shortening.

I am however a nightmare for many fellow T-bar travelers as I am just less than 5ft tall. I either end up going up with the bar halfway up my bum or more often next to some blond teutonic giant with his knees up by his ears. I would feel quite guilty if I wasn't concentrating so hard on letting go at the end without getting the bar caught round my inner thigh....

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Hullite,

You have my total sympathy about Tbars! I still hate them-- and when my children were small they had the same problem as you --and the phobia stayed with them (and me) even as adult skiers. I prefer France where they only have button drag lifts--MUCH easier and safer than Tbars.

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I see quite a few people struggling to put skis back on when on a steep slope. Maybe there is room for a useful discussion about this apparently simple task...

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rob@rar, don't take them off on steep slopes in the first place? wink

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No mention so far of the idiots on 8 seat chairlifts deciding to do a right angle turn from the far left seat all the way in front of everyone else, of corse it can be done the other way round as well.

You know it makes sense.

Hmmm... when exiting from a chair lift I usually have a pole in each hand poised for the moment when I can stand up and gently push myself of.

getting on a chairlift wih one of my mates is particularly stressful as he never sits down on his bit of the seat it is always half on mine and he makes a habit of knocking peoples poles out of their hands.

Another friend managed to trap a pole between the bottom of the chair and the ground as he was getting off - result on ski pole bent at right angles. The very kind lifty offered to bend it back and succeeded in snapping the pole. It's quite difficult to ski with one and a half ski poles Laughing

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How about stand up and lean forward on skis! Avoid borders at all costs and yes do inform little Children of the impending meeting with a snow shovel if they get in your way

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