Chairlift Stories

I actually got stopped once right at the end of the lift before unloading. I was there for a minute before I just strapped in and jumped off. One of the ski instructors flagged me down to start lecturing me. I was like "whatever, woman" and 5-0 manual'd away with my back to her while she kept talking bahaha

my bud and i were on this long lift with some random guy so we started "talking homosexual to each other about what we were going to do later as vividly as possible. Then the guys starts texting so my buddy leans over and starts reading his phone. The guy never said anything but im sure he was thinking WTF!

Two years ago I got on a quad lift with a middle-aged man and his child, I'm guessing around 8 or 9 years old. Half way up the lift the father starts taking hefty swigs from a flask. I thought it was pretty hilarious, a pretty bad example but hilarious. Not to mention it was around 10 in the morning.

These two girls in front of me kept pointing and laughing at people below that ate it. Or beginners in general. Then when it came to getting off the lift they both and ate it. So when I went around them I pointed and laughed.

I have a great story about my friend. I was visiting him in Steamboat Springs, Co. where he lives. While we were on the lift he decided that he wanted to drop off so instead of simply jumping off, he squirms his way down a bit and then grabs onto the Ski bar that allows you to rest your feet. He held onto this for a good 5 seconds and then jumped off and went down the mountain. While he was doing this a Steamboat employee saw him and told him to stop and proceeded to chase him down the mountain. However my buddy burned this guy down the slope only to find out that he radioed down to the lift and said if anyone with a bright pink coat comes down, stop him. Haha. He wound up getting nabbed at the lift and they suspended his season pass for a week.

When I went snowboarding during winter break, there was this one guy who was sitting behind me and he was jumping up and down on his seat, and it made all the chairs near him rock up and down.

Just chilling on the chair lift during night ski. BOOM all the lights go out and the lift stops... People start freaking out a bit. People that were boarding/skiing took off the board/skis and started walking down to slope to the lift. After about 30 mins the lift and light came back up. rough day haha

My dad told me that he was skiing in Aspen one time a long way back when a kid (or young adult) pulled out a vial of blow and asked him if he'd like any..

My dad said "what in the hell! you can't be doing that stuff man- you're too young!" or something along those lines. (at least that's what he claims)..

Anyhow, the kid went on to tell my dad that the day before he was on a lift chair with Jack Nicholson, who had his own vial- but when he pulled it out he dropped it, at which time he said "oops, it seems that I've dropped my lunch."

Last night at Glen Eden...:

^^ haha Lux, I kind of have a similar story... went to Blue on the last day of the season 2 years ago.  Barely anyone there, only a handful of trails open, and I end up on the chairlift with this young dude.  He, like myself, was by himself just working on tricks and such.  We started small talk about how the conditions were a lot better than expected on such a warm sunny day.  We ended up agreeing that we'd ride together for the rest of the day.  Turns out the dude is awesome and he really pushed me to improve as much as I could before the season literally ended that day.  Later on we decide to take a break, he asks me if I smoke (weed), I said no, but I have some beers I can bring up.  So while we're hiding in the trees, he lights one up while I drink a tall boy.  Met up with him the following season a couple times, then he moved to Whistler and is working and living the POW shred life over there now.  Lucky bastard!

At this small resort near town, A guy got hit a little harder than he expected by the chair, and was teetering on the brink of falling out of it for about 5 seconds, until he did. Below the lift there are some markers sticking out of the snow, and one went straight up the back of his coat. Quite seriously an inch or two in difference of entry point might've killed the guy!

Windham in NY has a tree next to the lift full of bras. Another tree is decorated with hanging figurines.

at bear valley, i got stuck on the lift and i panicked and jumped off after the landing... somehow i landed correctly and the lift op didnt notice. LOL

beats getting chair jacked by Christopher Dorner

That guy's got some balls doing that. was there a lot of snow underneath the lift?

Dude seems to be at least in his late 30s. Too old to be jumping from that high.
There was a nice soft layer, about a foot at most. Definitely not enough to cushion all of his energy from the fall.
At least he still have one ski attached after the landing...well kinda landed it I guess.lol

3 of us waiting for our turn to ride the lift when this one guy decided to barge our party, caught by surprise my friends and I got separated., he ended up riding with just me. then this guy asked me if I mind if he smokes.  I said I definitely mind.  (there was no line at the lift at all.. he could have taken the next chair all to himself and smoked) I guess he was in a hurry to get to the top of the hill. 

where is his board or his skis? i read the article about it and it said that he was throwing a snowball at the group in front of him (the filmers). his momentum carried him over the lift. apparently he was held for 3 days and then sent home. had a small skull fracture and lacerated lung but basically fine.  

yeah unless you trip getting on or off a lift this should never happen. you have to be a complete idiot to fall off a lift in transit. the only ones that do where playing around.

Originally posted by ford_302boss_ i don't have any great storys, we just usually play a nice game of penis

Great, thanks for sharing... 

Originally posted by ford_302boss_ i don't have any great storys, we just usually play a nice game of penis

you guys don't play Pen!s ? maybe its a midwest thing. i tried to get Hasbro in on the idea but they said something about children... blah ... lawsuit ... blah. i think it would make a lot of money any one want in on the idea for $10 ? remember Trivial pursuit

Originally posted by AJD13 Originally posted by 2zz wow... that looked like it hurt... poor kid i hope he made it out alright...

Ford - I've heard/seen the penis game played first hand, hilarious, I didn't know what the f*ck they were on about.

couple of years back i sat down too late so i turned around and hung from the chair lift, grasping to the seat with my arms. fortunately i was able to bring myself back up before falling off.