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What are some of the more interesting finds in summer under the lifts?


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#1 RibStaThiok

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Posted 06 August 2014 - 07:57 PM

Well a wedding ring was one of them for someone in Vail!
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Aside from the ski poles, skis, maps, beer bottles/cans, what are some of the more interesting things you have found along the lift lines when the snow melts?
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#2 DonaldMReif

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Posted 06 August 2014 - 08:12 PM

I've heard of the occasional GoPro getting found.
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Posted 07 August 2014 - 01:26 PM

Folding money

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Posted 07 August 2014 - 02:01 PM

My OTC 4' crow bar I lost last winter . Thank god a Snowcat tiller did not find it for me.
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Posted 08 August 2014 - 06:55 PM

May not count, but the original tower 2 foundation for the Independence SuperChair becomes visible after the snow melts.
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Posted 09 August 2014 - 03:44 PM

That reminds me to look for my Mag light at tower 14 on River Run Gondola.
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Posted 09 August 2014 - 03:45 PM

View PostDonaldMReif, on 08 August 2014 - 06:55 PM, said:

May not count, but the original tower 2 foundation for the Independence SuperChair becomes visible after the snow melts.

Sounds like Don has been riding Indy this summer.
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#8 DonaldMReif

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Posted 09 August 2014 - 08:11 PM

Well I had no choice. You're building the Colorado SuperChair, so the Independence SuperChair got repurposed. :)

I wonder if Mardi Gras beads that people throw onto the trees off to the sides of the lifts ever end up on the ground underneath the lift.
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Posted 10 August 2014 - 01:20 AM

View PostDonaldMReif, on 09 August 2014 - 08:11 PM, said:

Well I had no choice. You're building the Colorado SuperChair, so the Independence SuperChair got repurposed. :)

I wonder if Mardi Gras beads that people throw onto the trees off to the sides of the lifts ever end up on the ground underneath the lift.

Yes they do...as well as the "other items" in the tree.

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Posted 11 August 2014 - 09:28 AM

I have found a few plastic 35 mm film cans filled with non-tobacco smoking substance :laugh: occasionally I have found a dead smart phone.

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Posted 14 October 2014 - 02:51 PM

I found some sort of wrench and a spilled paint can before.

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Posted 20 October 2014 - 06:49 PM

I drop wrenches doing line work, can I have it back :)
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