I liked the siberia chair at Squaw for the altitude induced vertigo-nausea sensations I got at the top! (I'm an altitude whimp)
http://www.rgj.com/news/files/2003/02/08/21907_350.jpg
Sprite
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I liked the siberia chair at Squaw for the altitude induced vertigo-nausea sensations I got at the top! (I'm an altitude whimp)
http://www.rgj.com/news/files/2003/02/08/21907_350.jpg
Sprite
The fucking crasiest ride around.
http://www.southamericaskiguide.com/...a/laslpic1.jpg
http://www.snow-forecast.com/copperm...s/10008/normal
http://www.laslenas.net/gallery/slopes/images/13.jpg
http://www.laslenas.net/gallery/slopes/images/19.jpg
I swear to god Seth Morrison pointed me to my line from the lift in a white out. I didn't realise it was him till later...
I was scared shitless going up there. Mad wind, sketchy chairs and Argentinos digging it out constantly all day.
Thanks, Bullet & AD, I'm at home on dial -up so looking at the pics in that link ain't happenin' until Monday.Quote:
Originally posted by Bullet
Joe Marrilac, Squaw Valley, California 1952
Phil/Gorillo: Marte, definitely on "the list" .
http://www.nevisrange.co.uk/winter/images/BACK1.jpg
And one in Mulletizer's back yard ;)
Some mad toe-pressure-steeze rahtcheer:
http://www.skiinghistory.org/GRAPHICS/Atkinson/At09.jpg
Papa Phunkenstein?
ding ding! marte = the fucking shitQuote:
Originally posted by Phil
The fucking crasiest ride around.
http://www.southamericaskiguide.com/...a/laslpic1.jpg
http://www.snow-forecast.com/copperm...s/10008/normal
http://www.laslenas.net/gallery/slopes/images/13.jpg
http://www.laslenas.net/gallery/slopes/images/19.jpg
the ride up is almost as puckering as the ride down :D
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic24105.jpg
From a Chilean travel review on http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
SlingShot Lifts
They are the stuff of skiers' nightmares, stopping even the most proficient in their tracks and leaving anyone still coming to terms with the sport quaking in their ski boots. Known as slingshot lifts, they cause a line of jaws to drop open on the slopes as white-faced skiers get a first glimpse of the terrifying sight.
We are talking about the grand-daddy of all button lifts - five in a row zipping up the impossible-looking gradient at an incredible speed. Think 18 miles an hour on a 35 degree angle - for many skiers, including myself, a challenging set of statistics just going downhill. But uphill!
'It's like flying,' says my ski instructor. 'Or waterskiing uphill. Nothing scary about it.'
I watch an experienced snowboarder wipe out going up the slope while the other four people on the lift seem to be having their arms wrenched out of their sockets in the effort to hold on.
He finally gets the nerve to go on the lift:
I stick with the mountain theme, heading off with a Swiss teacher, Heidi. Together, we face my bete noir. Within minutes of me asking whether she thinks I am capable of it, I find myself on the Condor slingshot lift, holding on for grim death, feeling an amazing surge of adrenaline course through my body as we fly up the hill. At the top, I wait obediently as we slip down the slope slightly before let ting go of the lift, one by one, carefully, so as not to upset the balance too much.
A huge grin breaks out on my face. It doesn't matter that there's still so much adrenaline in my body that I wipe out on the descent. Or that any future forays are cut short when Heidi points to the rock face behind the lift down which snow is flowing and tumbling; not a life-threatening avalanche, but enough for the guides to blow their warning whistles. I have survived the slingshot lift. What's more, I've got a taste for powder and skiing in Chile that's going to see me back on the plane next year.
Anyone been on one of these? :eek: Pics?
Sprite
This is one of those explosive lifts. Ya get a real bang out of it. Sorry for the supersized pic but all I could find.
There is a starting gate to cross and all. Ready set, cross the bar, stick between your legs, hold, hold, yeeha !
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic13362.jpg
so it's basically a poma lift?
Yup, the attack of the deadly poma, keeps the gorbs and slowboarders away from the goods.
its the high speed bungie nut crushing pomaQuote:
Originally posted by tuffy109
so it's basically a poma lift?
Ding Ding is fucknEhRight. Marte kicks so much ass it is ridiculous. And loads of fun when you get stuck hovering between towers 4 & 5... If there is any lift worthy of trumping the JH tram, this is it. Aright beyoatch, see ya in September.Quote:
Originally posted by basom
ding ding! marte = the fucking shit
the ride up is almost as puckering as the ride down :D
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic24105.jpg
No more guesses on the last one?
Where is this?
http://home.beld.net/~davev/chair.jpg
blue hill?Quote:
Originally posted by DaveTV
No more guesses on the last one?
Where is this?
http://home.beld.net/~davev/chair.jpg
I'm not sure where it is, but they could use this shot to illustrate what is meant by "marginal conditions."
Fernie : white pass quad, with the usuall fernie weather...
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...ture%20208.jpg
That's hell, Dave.Quote:
Originally posted by DaveTV
No more guesses on the last one?
Where is this?
Or at least that's what hell looks like.
[edit] and Massachusetts.
I can't say I have skied it but...
http://www.tetongravity.com/usergall...rope%20tow.jpg
Really now Geoff. That's 1/2 mile from company's parking lot. I get to go at lunch.Quote:
Originally posted by Geoff
That's hell, Dave.
Or at least that's what hell looks like.
[edit] and Massachusetts.
PS Hell=mexifornia. Sorry dude. Wouldn't live there for anything ;)
Peak Chair, Whislter
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic19445.jpg
Lake Louise - Frontside
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic19455.jpg
Paradise Chair - Lake Louise - Backside
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic19971.jpg
poking around and I thought I'd bump this one up from the depths
I fell in love with the trees on the back of the lake. mmmmm tasty face-shots 5 days after a storm, even during peak holiday season in bluebird skies.
http://skibrighton.com/gallery/uploa...47IMG_0190.JPG
The lift tops out on the ridge to the right of the summit. I have soooooo many good memories of that bootpack and wolverine cirque. Now let me wipe away the drool.
Didn't see one of my personal favorites on here. Lincoln, Chair 22 Mammoth. All sorts of fun on a stormy day or any day for that matter. :D
A deep day last year...stoked
http://ahigherground.net/img/lincoln.jpg
first chair, KT-22. in the maw of the Jan, 2005 'gurge.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic32620.jpg
here are my late additions
frontside lift at bohemia (taken 3/23/03)
http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...tid=3951&stc=1
the 2 person chair on the backside(only runs on weekends)
http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...tid=3952&stc=1
and the scourge of gapers all across the UP, the t-bar at ripley
http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...tid=3953&stc=1
the old sugarloaf gondola
http://www.nelsap.org/skihistory/sugarloafgondola.jpg
Is it at Courchevel(sp?)? That looks really familiar from my Trois Vallees trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by skea 457
Lone Peak Tram at Big Sky, base just visible in front of skier
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/art...01pics/cg5.jpg
two 15 person cars...
http://www.bigskyresort.com/images/bs_ch_tram_01.jpg
An East Coast classic:
Wildcat - Tomcat Triple
http://photo.ifeelhappy.com/albums/u...rmal_snow6.jpg
Sunday River - White Heat Quad after it was closed last season (And with fkn deep base)
http://photo.ifeelhappy.com/albums/u...mal_10heat.jpg
Big Spruce @ Stowe:
http://www.chairlift.org/pics/stowe/st20.jpg
Couldn't find a good pic of the Castlerock Double at Sugarbush, but it's on the fun list.
Cannon's old tram
http://www.chairlift.org/pics/ca/ca1.jpg
Aguille Du Midi - Cham
http://mattitude.com/europe_trip_200...m_chamonix.jpg
Seventh Heaven on Blackcomb in July. Can't forget the mini sound-system in the backpack for lift parties!
http://images.snowboard.com/members/...tos/872251.jpg
These are all from Mammy
Chair 23 with G2 in background
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_0802.jpg
Mr and Mrs Barnballs on 22
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_0766.jpg
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_0608.jpg
Mammy 25
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_0794.jpg
Chair Quiver
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_0801.jpg
Early Season Cornice G2
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_0354.jpg
Chair 2
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_0344.jpg
14
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_2675.jpg
Village G
http://mattitude.com/adventures/mamm...s/IMG_0605.jpg
Exactly the wrong side of world. Rugby tow at Broken River (to the right of the Palmer day lodge). The lift is a nutcracker, a high speed rope tow which you hold on to with a clamp so the pulleys don't break your hand. The black thing on the left is the guys hand, he was holding the camera with one hand next to his hip. How to ride a nutcracker and here, expert skiers who are good on T bars and platters will still take several attempts before being able to get all the way up to the top the first time they use this type of lift. But these lifts are the reason there are no stupid gapers at these mountains. The busiest day I have ever seen at Craigieburn there were about 50 people, and to get from the car park to the lifts at BR there is a 1/2 hour hike. These places are the anti-Deer Valley of ski areas.Quote:
Originally Posted by warthog
Really cool thread topic and pictures! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by H-man
But please don’t confuse a chairlift with a “stairway to heaven”.
Stairway implies walking and sitting on a chairlift is anything but.
Magic carpet ride is more appropriate. ;)
Gotta throw in my two bits here.
If you haven't ridden this lift......I suggest you do.
Aiguille du Midi - Chamonix France
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic26643.jpg
Main tow at Temple Basin.
Whats real fun is digging it out the day after a storm - especially before there's a platform dug at the top.
I'm disappointed no one has mentioned one of my all-time favorites. Another lift from this same mountain has mentioned, but not this little beauty? I only enjoyed a handful of rides on this lovely gondola due to its recent retirement (and my only being 18, started riding it at age 6), but they were all entertaining. The cinder blocks to help prevent blowing in the wind, and at 6 years old I found it entertaining to watch the lift attendant push us to the end of the station and tug the rope...kind of like the car wash. Unfortunately I don't have my own pictures of it but these will have to do. Also included is the gondola from Ischgl, which, being from the East Coast...I was very impressed with (that, and the rest of their modern lifts...not so modern lines :the_finge )
*EDIT: Why don't the pics show up in the thread, I'm an attachment jong :(