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On the lift.
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This probably isn't out of the ordinary, but it was SO AGGRAVATING. We were in a really crowded lift line (the Ramshead lift at Killington in the afternoon), so we went in the singles line to speed things up. I hopped in with a group of 3 snowboarders, somewhere in the 12-16 year old range. So just when it comes time to load the chair they let me go through the gates and then hang back and MAKE ME RIDE ALONE. Not that I wanted their company, but what the hell? Now I look like the dumbass riding a chair alone in a 20-minute liftline. And they thought they were SO COOL. So that aggravated me, and then the fact that I was letting these angsty teenage snowboarders aggravate me aggravated me even more. I'm still aggravated about it!! 
The lift operator should have made them go back to the end of the line or something for being idiots.
The lift operator should have made them go back to the end of the line or something for being idiots.Native Vail Gal
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Don't get me started about lifts!!!! :D
Yea, lift line ettiquette. I'm not going there either. But I've met alot of nice people on the lifts. Being a local at Tremblant you get asked about all sorts of things. And when I was in a ski school uniform you have to take up kids as we only allow 2 kids/chair with 2 adults. So, you get some amusing stories out of 5 year olds!
Other than the time the Psychologist tried to explain that my urge to "hang with the boyz and keep up with them" was something that I should talk to him about????
Nah, nothing special on the lifts.:D
Pssst, when I got to the top of the lift, I looked at the guy and said........"Race Ya!"
I sooooooooooo kicked his butt!
Nah, nothing special on the lifts.:D
Pssst, when I got to the top of the lift, I looked at the guy and said........"Race Ya!"
I sooooooooooo kicked his butt!
Lilgeorg
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
When my girls were in college, we used to take family ski trips and invite their friends along. We also used to take murder mysteries along and play out a round each night after dinner. Once we had a Asian mystery going and we were all into it. So when we got onto the gondola at Stowe , Lola turned to me and said ," why did you put poison in the general's tea?" " More to the point," said I, "what were you doing with the rice paper outside Lotus Blossom's door? " I saw her there and arranged for my men to tie her up," said Lotus Blossom also know as daughter #3. One of the college friends then said," Well, what I want to know is where did you find that sword?"
All of a sudden, I looked around and the rest of the people in the gondola were plastered against the walls with wide eyes and fear on their faces! They ran off the gondola as soon as we reached the top. Wonder why.
All of a sudden, I looked around and the rest of the people in the gondola were plastered against the walls with wide eyes and fear on their faces! They ran off the gondola as soon as we reached the top. Wonder why.
Other than the time the Psychologist tried to explain that my urge to "hang with the boyz and keep up with them" was something that I should talk to him about????
Nah, nothing special on the lifts.:D
Pssst, when I got to the top of the lift, I looked at the guy and said........"Race Ya!"
I sooooooooooo kicked his butt!
What is up with that? There was some guy on another board recently who said something derogatory about women who get all competitive when they ride with men and that it's "dissappointing".
WHAT? I'm competitive around people who have fun being competitive. Yeah, so that's more often guys than women, but since when is having fun racing your friends a bad thing??
Ugh.
Anyway, back on topic - one day I was riding the lift with a bunch of tourists, and we were looking up at people hiking up Eddies. Which requires taking your skis off and holding on to a rope to hike up over the rocks and to the other side of the ridge. It's steep and while it's not exactly mountaineering or anything - certainly not easy - they don't rope in many climbs for safety. It empties into a narrow chute on the other side.
And the guy next to me asked: "If we hike up there is there a groomer on the other side?"
I wanted to say yep - that's the secret corduroy stash, but I was nice.
cyn
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Last year at Killington, my husband and I were in the gondola with several other people, including one of Killington's "ambassadors."
We were all pretty quiet, until the ambassador pointed out that we should loosen up, and started singing something from a Broadway musical - "My Fair Lady", if I recall. I threw caution to the wind and joined him in several rousing verses, while the other occupants looked on with amusement, and my husband pulled his neck gaitor over his face.
Sometimes, you just gotta do it!
We were all pretty quiet, until the ambassador pointed out that we should loosen up, and started singing something from a Broadway musical - "My Fair Lady", if I recall. I threw caution to the wind and joined him in several rousing verses, while the other occupants looked on with amusement, and my husband pulled his neck gaitor over his face.
Sometimes, you just gotta do it!
This probably isn't out of the ordinary, but it was SO AGGRAVATING. We were in a really crowded lift line (the Ramshead lift at Killington in the afternoon), so we went in the singles line to speed things up. I hopped in with a group of 3 snowboarders, somewhere in the 12-16 year old range. So just when it comes time to load the chair they let me go through the gates and then hang back and MAKE ME RIDE ALONE. Not that I wanted their company, but what the hell? Now I look like the dumbass riding a chair alone in a 20-minute liftline. And they thought they were SO COOL. So that aggravated me, and then the fact that I was letting these angsty teenage snowboarders aggravate me aggravated me even more. I'm still aggravated about it!!
Two seasons ago at Stratton, I began to enter a gondola with 3 young male snowboarders (late teens/early 20s) and they were like "are you sure you want to ride with us, we smoke cigarettes in the gondola"? It worked, and I backed away. Two seconds later, a younger woman with a snowboard walked on the gondola, no problem. I then figured out they wanted to smoke weed on the way up, and thought I, an older female skiier, wouldn't be "cool" with that. Yeesh.
Oh man, we got hotboxed on the skyeship gondola at killington once, which has a mid-station. The kids in question (snowboarders, maybe late teens) had gotten on at the bottom and clearly smoked a TON of weed on the first half of the ride. We then unknowingly got in at the mid-station, where the kids were all giggling and looking down at the floor. It reeked of pot. I actually thought it was pretty funny, mostly because of how obviously high they were.
Pretty crazy how many people ski drunk or high, though. I don't get it.
Me neither.
In fact, we had a thread about that a while back. Go here:
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/showthread.php?t=374
Thanks for the link Ski Diva. Do you have a link to the Epic thread? I couldn't find it using the search feature....
I don't drink but I sometimes ski with a buddy who carries a flask and have joined him in a swig or two, which on a cold afternoon can be kind of warming and relaxing. Not enough to catch a buzz, but just enough to lubricate my joints!
I don't drink but I sometimes ski with a buddy who carries a flask and have joined him in a swig or two, which on a cold afternoon can be kind of warming and relaxing. Not enough to catch a buzz, but just enough to lubricate my joints!
Here's the Epic link:
https://forums.epicski.com/showthread.php?t=45942&highlight=influence
I'm going to bump our thread up, in case anyone wants to discuss this further.
https://forums.epicski.com/showthread.php?t=45942&highlight=influence
I'm going to bump our thread up, in case anyone wants to discuss this further.
ISki
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Another one...I was taking a last run near closing and was alone. As I was loading the chairlift, I felt something hit my back and roll up towards my neck. It was the chair's safety bar, which was still down. It rolled up my back, raised itself, and I automatically sat down onto the chair. I was shaken because I had just gotten slammed in the back by a fast moving chair. There were 2, yes TWO, lift attendants, 2 women, standing at the loading area. I looked back at them with my "why didn't you see the bar was down and lift it" face. They were smiling and CLAPPING saying "yay"! :mad: :mad: :mad:
joycemocha
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
DH and I had two people push in with us in line--and they kept shoving him over toward me. Not big fat people, either, just very pushy and aggressive older people (and we're middle-aged ourselves!). Then they blocked us getting off the chair. Annoying.
