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The way I understand it is the cabin got jammed up.

Did that happen again??????

Picture is from this summer sometime.

Mammoth *finally* got rid of their hideous and hard-to-read '80s map in favor of a wondrous James Niehues.
http://www.mammothmountain.com/MountainAct...ctivities/Maps/

Great new website as well!
This post has been edited by skier2: 03 November 2008 - 06:28 PM

Well, I was there (in fact in that red cabin) when that happened. It occurred on the day that Aspen opened up their upper mountain for skiing in June. In fact, now that I look closer, I think that's my brother behind the cabin. From what I remember of it, we were under the spacer and remained there until the liftie stopped the gondola after 5 cars had already collided. I just remember thinking "I've always wondered how they do a full-line evacuation 300 feet in the air. It looks like I get to find out today..."

There's another topic about this here: http://www.skiliftfo...?showtopic=6853

Usually it is juts a matter of a flat tire and generally you can hand push the cabins where they need to be. At the K-1 they used to have grates that were in line with the ski baskets and every once in awile a guest would put there poles in one and it would slide through and into the grating and wedge the gondola and the tires couldn't push it. By the time the corner guy stopped the lift you had a couple cabins kissing and if the guy on the corner was asleep, well lets just say it could be worse. I remember a full on sprint to the control pedestal when a hung over corner guy didn't understand me when I was yelling "Stop the Lift!"

Ahhh....those were the days....

So Pretty.

First day of the season!

skiersage, on Nov 16 2008, 10:21 AM, said:

Ahhhh....Ski Brule, usually it is a bit more crowded on opening day.
This post has been edited by Andoman: 16 November 2008 - 08:44 AM

Andoman, on Nov 16 2008, 10:43 AM, said:

I guess I should clarify, it was my first day of the season. I coudn't go on the actual first day as I have school.

skiersage, on Nov 16 2008, 11:02 AM, said:

School never stopped me from opening day. Too cool for school (at least on opening day)

Here's what we were skiing on today and yesterday for training. Luckily it doesn't get crowded with only employees skiing.

Lift Kid, on Nov 16 2008, 02:33 PM, said:

And, yes, to answer anybody's questions, that's the whole hill.

Arrggghhhh the midwest is open before most resorts in the east! I am jonesin so bad!

skisox34, on Nov 17 2008, 09:10 AM, said:

Looks like some great snow making temps back east, I think you will have plenty of choices to ski by the end of this week. That being said, Brule was allot of fun.

Actually, we're not open here quite yet. Employee-only stuff. We were training. Hyland opens after Thanksgiving, along with Buck Hill and other local places.

Lift Kid, on Nov 18 2008, 05:27 PM, said:

No, Buck is open and has been for a week. Also, Wild is open, Trollhaugen is open, Afton is open...
This post has been edited by skier2: 18 November 2008 - 09:00 PM

Definately looking like a good opening weekend for the NE resorts. It looks like Killington will even get skyelark/ bittersweet open for the weekend and Okemo will have at least a couple of top-to-bottom choices. The carpet quad (B Quad) is not scheduled for the weekend though.

skier2, on Nov 18 2008, 11:00 PM, said:

Oops! My bad. I guess I haven't been paying much attention.

This is extremely random..

From an old National Geographic book..

Sandia Peak Tram 1967

Second picture is old gondola in Chamonix and also Cape Town, South Africa tram. (1960's also probably)