 Poster: A snowHead
|
What's the longest chair lift ride in the Alps?
I'll start by saying it's probably the one shared with Comedy Goldsmith 
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
Sure. If I ever get to be a lifty I'll try and ensure (to the highest professional standards) you're not on it when the power goes off.
The old chairlift at Grindelwald (called 'First') had about 5 stages - does that count? (also, given that it doesn't exist any more)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
|
The Cote Brun back to Val Thorens used to feel the longest... It must be the worst place to be in cold and windy weather... 
|
|
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
|
Folgarida-Marialeva-Madonna has to be the single longest bubble I have ever been on (I haven't been back to Whistler since they put in the BC connection)...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
| Quote: |
| The Cote Brun back to Val Thorens used to feel the longest... It must be the worst place to be in cold and windy weather... |
Had a similar experience a few years ago on the chair that went from Valtournenche up to Cervinia - slow, cold and (seemingly) very very long.
|
|
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
|
Didn't someone compile a list of lifts to work out which had the fastest vertical rise last year? I can't find the post now, but given the same data you could easily answer this question.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| DB wrote: |
What's the longest chair lift ride in the Alps?
I'll start by saying it's probably the one shared with Comedy Goldsmith |
the importance of context... Length as in time or length as in distance.... an important difference, I suspect for some.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I don't know about chairlifts, but I believe the longest gondola in Europe (in both distance and time terms) is the old Holenstein gondola from Grindelwald to Männlichen which takes 30 minutes, see this. Fortunately it's due to be replaced by a faster gondola in a few years' time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
|
| Quote: |
I'll start by saying it's probably the one shared with Comedy Goldsmith
|
I can think of a good many more likely contenders.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
pam w, a big +1
|
|
|
|
|
|
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
|
| pam w wrote: |
| Quote: |
I'll start by saying it's probably the one shared with Comedy Goldsmith
|
I can think of a good many more likely contenders. |
I'm a nice person really 
|
|
|
|
|
|
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
|
boredsurfin, pam w, our dutch troll springs to mind - mind you he wouldn't be on it long
Longest, slowest I have been on is the one which comes up from bottom of Vallee d'Arc (I think) right over 1950 and into Arc2000 - lovely crusising blue, but a terrible lift. Possibly rivalled by Combercie which takes you from same place over into 1800 side.
If you have done Villaroger run - lifts out of their are hardly quick either!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| pam w wrote: |
| Quote: |
I'll start by saying it's probably the one shared with Comedy Goldsmith
|
I can think of a good many more likely contenders. |
Goldsmith knows I'm only pulling his leg. I have actually shared a very pleasant beer with him. (although when he said "I'll get the beer in" I did think he was going to buy us a beer each  )
|
|
|
|
|
|
You know it makes sense.
|
| Boris wrote: |
boredsurfin, pam w, our dutch troll springs to mind - mind you he wouldn't be on it long
Longest, slowest I have been on is the one which comes up from bottom of Vallee d'Arc (I think) right over 1950 and into Arc2000 - lovely crusising blue, but a terrible lift. Possibly rivalled by Combercie which takes you from same place over into 1800 side.
If you have done Villaroger run - lifts out of their are hardly quick either! |
Came in to say this; Pre St. Espirit is spirit-crushingly slow. Comborciere isn't much quicker but the scenery is better, Pre St. Espirit just seems to never end.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
|
I never said "I'll get the beer in". That's a northern expression, not used by Londoners.
Neither of us attended the one and only 'bash' of the Jef Wickes Wintersports Abuse Zone (JWAZ) and are yet to share a chair. DB (originally 'Dangerous Brian' of Epicski) is a gentleman and scholar of the new-age ski world, and I look forward to a chairlift conversation (so intense that it will include riding about the bullwheel at the top) at some future time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Poster: A snowHead
|
Comedy Goldsmith, The good old First chairlift, I remember going up the various sections and at the pen-ultimate one the lifty handed you a canvas cover to keep your legs warm, I reckon that was on a school trip about 40 plus years ago!
and 10chf to the £ !!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
Wow @ 30 mins. Not been on that one - took train instead.
Timed that 2 man chair back from pralongia at 10mins and thought that was long.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
|
Comborciere is hell for sure.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
|
The longest chairlift is the one that breaks down for 2 hours in a blizzard....
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| andy wrote: |
Wow @ 30 mins. Not been on that one - took train instead.
|
I believe in certain circles the 30minute Holenstein gondola is referred to as "the 2 spliff lift".....
|
|
|
|
|
|
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
|
| DB wrote: |
| What's the longest chair lift ride in the Alps? |
Where ever it is it should be taken down
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
How about the shortest one?
|
|
|
|
|
|
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
|
|
3S in Kitzbuhel is a gondola spanning an entire valley, not a chairlift.
|
|
|
|
|
|
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
|
Shortest I recall was one on sella ronda that seems to do little more than gain a few m altitude. Actually there are a few there.
Obv. Magic carpets don't count.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The gondola from Brides les Bains to the top of Meribel is over 6.5km (I just measured it on my 1:25,000 map). Are any longer than that?
The 3S at Kitzbuhel is 3.642km
|
|
|
|
|
|
You know it makes sense.
|
|
|
|
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
|
|
Back to chairs ... the Mossettes on the French side of the PDS, long chair lift but quite a quick one
|
|
|
|
|
|
Poster: A snowHead
|
|
Thought mossettes was quite slow, but then I've only done that in a cloud with bikes and It's 1 person + 1 bike only. Probably just psychological.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
|
|
|
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
