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Following on from a general point raised in the scgb forum - I have been wondering how would Mission skis would fit in gondola ski rack slots? I suspect the answer may be "badly". I remember B3s being tricky to fit last season into some Alpe D'Huez gondola slots. Anybody have thoughts about this problem of getting broad skis up the mountain?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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?
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Bring them in the cabin with you, or use the snowboard slots? I've had the same problem with B2s because of their twin tip.
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Kramer, snowboard slots are a thought. Hav you been able to bring skis in with you? I can think of gondolas where the clamshell like outer would not close.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Snowboard slots is one option, although I've had a couple of nervous moments when the skis have slipped sideways in the snowboard slot (which obviously is much wider) and I thought that my skis might fall out. Twin tips can also be a problem as they can be difficult to fit.
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When I monoskied back in the late 1970s to mid 1980s all gondolas had narrow slots - there were only a handful of monoskiers across the Alps. Snowboarding didn't take off until the mid-1980s, and didn't boom until about 1990. So, on every ride, I'd take the mono inside and have the tip poking out of the window.
I'm surprised if some gondolas still haven't been converted - it's not ideal to have big hardware in a little cabin.
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David Goldsmith, even fairly modern gondolas (eg the new cabins of the Ariondaz bubble out of Courchevel 1650) have slots on them too narrow for fat skis or twin tips.
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achilles, I've normally found some way of folding myself around my skis inside the gondola.
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It not really an issue - load them individually if the tein is the problem, otherwise in snowboard slot or in the cabin.
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fatbob, exactly one each slot, put in diagonally
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I took my snowboard inside the gondola onto the Bellcote glacier in La Plagne, one look at the ones in the slots shaking everywhere was enough to make me put up with the discomfort.
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Only once had a problem with my Seths - normally I just put them in one slot each.
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You know it makes sense.
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| I took my snowboard inside the gondola onto the Bellcote glacier in La Plagne, one look at the ones in the slots shaking everywhere was enough to make me put up with the discomfort. |
I've had trouble with gondola as well. Skis inside can be a bit of a squeeze though.
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I always have a giggle at my mate trying to force his 1080s into gondola slots and see his face go white when they start wobbling in a slight breeze 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks, guys. The B3s gave me some exciting moments getting them out of the slots at ADH. But reading through this, I think I will go ahead and buy the Missions.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I struggled to get my Public Enemies in a gondola, and by the time you realise this, all the spots inside are taken so you either have to wait or fight for a spot.
I demo'd some Missions today, not my type of ski, but I can see them being a big hit for people wanting an all round piste ski.
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As you can imagine I have some problems with the tails on my Prophets. Snowboard buckets are fine.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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CEM, true.
I do find it hard to believe that if seths will fit in, that B3s won't.
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lots in 3v's won't fit my 1080's so I seperate them and put one ski in each slot.
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Jono, I could not get on with Public Enemies on hard steep piste - whereas the Missions I tried worked wonderfully on piste, yet appeared to have the with for good off-piste work as well. Mind you, The PEs I tried were long - 181 IIRC.
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achilles,
I think there might be a few reviews of these skis in a few weeks time...but then again, if you know you like them what will it matter..!!
What size did you ski...?
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1st post here on snowheads, im going to Vars and will my fujatives fit be alright on the gondala?
Stuart
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stuart_5, dunno. But at Les 2 Alpes they seemed to have addressed the issue. No problem with my Missions.
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no probs with my missions in Engelberg in Jan 07........
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stuart_5, you'll be fine with the fujatifs. worst case, you split them and put one one in each slot.
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You know it makes sense.
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How deep is a hole?
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Carosello gondola in livigno wouldn't fit my rossi scratch so I just took them in with me. It meant I had to take up two seats as I couldnt squeeze the skis and me into one. Not that difficult, but a bit annoying. Some lady's front bottom gave me a particularly violent "thanks a lot mate!  " when he realised that I was taking up two seats after he had just put his skis in the empty slot on the gondola at mid station. God forbid he had to wait 10 seconds for the very next empty gondola.
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Poster: A snowHead
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, twice as deep as when you're half way in it.
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thanks for that, ill let you know how i get on! and has any one been to Vars before?
Stuart
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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?
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Me and my guns have no problem (twin tip and fat), usually split them up, sorted!
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DG,
you monoskied for what 8 years?
that's important information that I'll need to use to calibrate your opinions on... pretty much anything
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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My motherships either go in the snowboard slots or in the cabin.
They go separately in the slots, which is fine as the fat brakes I have on them don't click together so carrying them as a pair is a pain anyway.
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My husband skis on K2 Seth's 189cm - they are monsters! He has problems on the older bubble style lifts. In Meribel the lift attendant rammed his skis in hard and at the top he struggled to get them out again, they very nearly went back down without him  His skis are just too long to get inside the cabin...
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I struggled on some gondola's with my Missions last week. If they didnt fit - I used the snowboard slots 
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I've had this problem, to the extent that my skis got frozen into the slots and I had to chase the gondola round at the top of the mountain trying to pull them out King Arthur style. Now I take them in the gondola. The other gondola on my mountain has bigger slots but I still have to use one for each ski - damn these twin tips!
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the fujatives were alright in vars, cause everyone takes there skis inside the cabin.
anyway thanks for the help!
Stuart
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