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[mbernstein]

over an hour! :eek:

And I though I was the unlucky one.

[KZ]

Chair 10 at kirkwood is pretty tall, but i still say red dog, especially for the unfortunate ones that must download the lift.

[CAski]

Yeah, Red Dog or the Tram at Squaw.

[floridaskier]

The highest regular chairlift above the ground for me may have been the old Ruby FGQ at DV. It had a really high 4th tower. Now, on the new Stealth 3 HSQ, that has been reduced to the only CTEC depression tower I've ever seen without that support thing.

[Dr Frankenstein]

KZ said:

but i still say red dog, especially for the unfortunate ones that must download the lift.

I don't think someone's courageous enough to ride it downhill.

[KZ]

Have you ridden the lift, or do you say that from pictures?

[Dr Frankenstein]

Pics. I never went to the USA.

[skiracing]

the highest ive been on is the tram at snowbird
the highest chair is the cougar mountain at jackson

[iceberg210]

How about Supreme at Alta.
NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVER WANT TO DOWNLOAD THAT ONE.

[skiracing]

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NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVER WANT TO DOWNLOAD THAT ONE.

erik, my friend's dad downloads supreme. i guess he did some control work up there and that was the only way down.

[Dr Frankenstein]

Pics?

[floridaskier]

It has about 5 half-depression-towers that only hold down the uphill side, so the downhill side is REALLY high up above you. No safety bars either

[Dr Frankenstein]

Thanx god safety bars are mandatory in Québec!

[CAski]

Those don't necessarily stop people from falling out. They just give a false sense of security. I once saw a guy who had fallen off Tamarack at Heavenly (I didn't see him fall out. I just saw him sprawled out beneath the lift and heard about the incident later.). However, Tamarack has saftey bars.

[SkiBachelor]

It's so funny to hear the people off the Snowjournal forum talk about how they always put down the safety bar while they ride up the lift while the skiers over here on the West Coast hardly do unless it has a leg rest bar. I just can't see why it's such a big deal with the safety bar.

[Dr Frankenstein]

Surely safety bars aren't effective without footrests, but with, it's another story, because it holds you by the feet.

[CAski]

By the way, Tamarack has footrests.

[KZ]

I saw a kid fall out of Chair 1 at Dodge when i was learning. Pretty scary, but i believe he was ok. Saftey bars dont really do much, and i dont feel any safer with one on thats for sure. A piece of metal isnt going to save you life.

[ODDfreakPERSON]

It is a law in some new england stated, or vermost at least, when i was at killington the season before last, the sign on the forst pole of all the chairs was "Lower restraining bar, VT State Law"

[ISMrider]

Went to alta this year and didn't mind not haveing a bar except when 3:00 rolles around and your feet feel like dead whights from haveing them dangle all day. In the NE i dont put down the bar unless it is the Slide Brook at sugarbush or it has foot rests. For anyone who doesn't put down the bar on the Slide brook i have to say you are really stupied. :D