 Poster: A snowHead
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Has anybody ever jumped out of the ski lift before it got to the end station,
me and my bro always talk about it but now i want to do it XD
i need tips, strategies and anything i can have =D
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's not very considerate to other people who are riding the lift at the same time as you.
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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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Do you mean a chairlift or telecabine? My advice is don't do it as it often means that the lift get stopped and it bugs it up for everyone else! 
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louisrumball,
Why?
Have you got some wierd form of tourettes?
Just lift the bar and jump. Its also known as natural selection. 
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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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I heard that if the lifties see/catch you they'll have your lift pass for jumping off lifts. Although i saw an ESF instructor do it right infront of the liftie and he didn't even seem remotely bothered.
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I jumped off a chair lift in one of the minor Zillertal resorts once - after it had been stationary for about 25 minutes!!! It was only about 15foot drop, into a fair depth of powder. took another 25 minutes to find my ski's with everyone on the lift watching, but the lift was still stopped when I finally skied off.
I have also fallen off a T-bar in the middle of nowhere in 3 valleys, and striggled to find my way back to the piste.
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| el nombre wrote: |
| I heard that if the lifties see/catch you they'll have your lift pass for jumping off lifts. Although i saw an ESF instructor do it right infront of the liftie and he didn't even seem remotely bothered. |
I don't think the lifties have the right to confiscate your pass in Europe.
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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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rob@rar, we were riding with BernardC and Jonpim. I could swear the Oirishman was eyeing it up!
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You know it makes sense.
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| alex_heney wrote: |
I don't think the lifties have the right to confiscate your pass in Europe. |
Europe is more than one country y'know. Each with their own laws and customs. I think you are effectively right for France, or rather to date, piste patrollers can't be bothered pulling lift passes.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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| alex_heney wrote: |
| el nombre wrote: |
| I heard that if the lifties see/catch you they'll have your lift pass for jumping off lifts. Although i saw an ESF instructor do it right infront of the liftie and he didn't even seem remotely bothered. |
I don't think the lifties have the right to confiscate your pass in Europe. |
I think they can, in some places even instructors can. Not 100% sure... but I have been told a few times that in Italy it's possible, so it may be possible in other places...
The reason that they may pull your pass for jumping off a chairlift is the subsequent bounce, from the weight change, *could* (potentially) lift the chairlift cable off it's runners, subsequently dropping all of the chairs... Not good.
I did it once, years ago, and long before I understood the consequences of doing it. Whatever, find a cliff / rock to drop, the momentum is better for the landing anyway - which means you can hit a bigger drop. I wouldn't do it again, whether the above is true or not, what's the point? Murphy's Law, a la Ringmaster, means you'll tw4t yourself anyway.
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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 just to clear things up, i dont mean like on a massive placked lift at peak time, i mean like on the little remote lifts at the end of the day or something
and they can take your lift pass in SOME resorts in france, i asked last year but unless you did something illegal, they have to give you your money back,
and even if they do want to take my pass, how are the going to know who i am, where i am if im on the middle of a ski lift?
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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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There was an old two seater chairlift in Courmayeur that went quite close to the ground in a popular off-piste area and judging by the marks in the snow beneath, quite a few people had jumped out there, rather than wait to get to the top.
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| louisrumball wrote: |
and even if they do want to take my pass, how are the going to know who i am, where i am if im on the middle of a ski lift? |
Because the other people on the lift you've endangered will phone patrol with your description or be better skiers than you and chase you down the mountain for a beatdown.
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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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Because the other people on the lift you've endangered will phone patrol with your description or be better skiers than you and chase you down the mountain for a beatdown.
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thats why i want to do it when nobody is on the lift, and plus how is jumping off endangering anybody other than myself, i ovb will wont do it if i have someone next to me, and i won't jump ON someone, so if they are petty enough to chase me down or phone me in then let them, because im not the grassing nob spoiling other peoples fun.
and lol @ beatdown
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louisrumball,
So its the end of the day you've the lift to yourself off you pop land bad and injure yourself. When do you expect to get found is it fair to the rescuers to have to go rescue you from an awkward location at the end of the day.......................and you are not the nob spoiling other peoples fun 
Is the terrain you want to ski really that good or otherwise inaccessible or do you just want to jump out of a lift?
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| louisrumball wrote: |
| ... and plus how is jumping off endangering anybody other than myself |
Well, according to Parlor:
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| ... the subsequent bounce, from the weight change, *could* (potentially) lift the chairlift cable off it's runners, subsequently dropping all of the chairs... Not good. |
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They definitely won't find you if you cover up with a *stupid* looking disguise. Something like this would be PERFECT.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| daehwons, the new, fast one. |
I used to see tracks with the old one, can't say I have with the new one, but maybe I haven't been on it often enough, you're timing would have to be damn good!
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bless guys, louisrumball's probably a 14yo boy who thinks it's cool to do stupid stuff. we've all been there in some form or another growing up.
if louisrumball's not a 14yo boy, then wtf dude - grow up.
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sherlock235, I like thought so! So like he has not enough experience like! Cool like and like enjoying a beat up like. And sure like its not gonna like hurt anyone but me me like. He obviously knows like the workings like of a complex piece of engineering like!
More time in ski school or if he is a good skier another form of education like. 
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rite i am not 14 and i do not need to grow up, leave that to me thanks, and sorry if im the open minded (not boring) one. who wnats to try something new, god i dont need to get the poo-poo ripped out of me for it, i havent even done anything wrong yet.
Thats why im asking.  sake.
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They definitely won't find you if you cover up with a *stupid* looking disguise. Something like this would be PERFECT.
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And its not the outfit man, its the skier.
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take yer boots off first, otherwise ya might snap yer legs off at the boot top
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You know it makes sense.
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take yer boots off first, otherwise ya might snap yer legs off at the boot top
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THANKYOU!
Someone who is not constant abuse or just slating me
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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louisrumball, You could do it on the Leissiers Express in Val d'Isere as described above
Here is a pic With good deptths the drop would be about 2 metres. There would be no bounce as the lift is an "up and over ride" and you could get off at the top without any effect onn the rope as it runs over pylons at the stage.
The down side is that you may well die.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Frosty the Snowman, link to pic not working 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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RPF, 'tis for me
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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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Someone who is not constant abuse or just slating me
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Its only cause we love ya
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You could do it on the Leissiers Express in Val d'Isere as described above
Here is a pic With good deptths the drop would be about 2 metres. There would be no bounce as the lift is an "up and over ride" and you could get off at the top without any effect onn the rope as it runs over pylons at the stage.
The down side is that you may well die.
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Yeah the death bit might be a problem, i am surprised that there is not a company or something that takes people on tours that do "safe" lift drops.
But i wanted to do it on a small lift, one of the ones that go really close to the off piste powder, but i don't want to jump on a bit i can just ski to, im not taking the risk if there is no need. I want to jump to a bit that nobody has skied before. I want it to be worth the risk.
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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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louisrumball, come skiing with me. I can think of 2 snowHeads that have "dismounted" ealry when riding a lift with me 
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come skiing with me. I can think of 2 snowHeads that have "dismounted" ealry when riding a lift with m
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OH WHAT?!
I would love to lol,
how was it? How did it go? was it worth it?
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Jean Claude Killy has a cautionary story about that. He tells in his autobiography that he once jumped off a chair lift at a ridge where it passed close to the ground - in order to ski some untracked snow. Unfortunately his jacket caught on the seat as he slid over, and he was carried off over a big drop dangling by a bit of his jacket.
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and he was carried off over a big drop dangling by a bit of his jacket.
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Kinda put me off a bit. lol
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| louisrumball, come skiing with me. I can think of 2 snowHeads that have "dismounted" ealry when riding a lift with me |
I might have a dirty mind, but was that 'dismounted' in a post coital sense or 'dismounted' in an off the chair sense. If its the former please supply more details as it would appear to be a harder technique to master than simply raising the bar and leaning forward
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