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Weird charlift

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GURT
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Does any one know about the south ridge triple at killington.
Well it is the weirdest chair lift ever it is in the shape of a triangle and goes around a corner which is relly fun.


here is a link for a picture and a decription of the lift

http://www.daveskillington.com/southridgetriple.html

Feb 1 2006 3:38PM
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hollygrove
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whats so weird about it...?
Feb 1 2006 3:40PM
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crazyfuck
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notice no chairs going down the other side of the tower? he's saying that the path of the cable is a triangle and that while you're riding up, the lift turns.
Feb 1 2006 3:44PM
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GURT
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exactly
Feb 1 2006 3:45PM
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GURT
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has any one ever seen a lift like this before?
Feb 1 2006 3:46PM
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GURT
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here is more pics

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Feb 1 2006 4:28PM
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skier24
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i think its pretty sweet. wish my hill had one. it looks like itd be fun to ride
Feb 1 2006 4:29PM
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salomonskiier12
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but then where do the lifts go ack down?
Feb 1 2006 4:34PM
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skier24
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it goes in a triangle. its a weird design but cool
Feb 1 2006 4:35PM
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bmxican_89
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breck has some crazy lifts too. turns are weird as hell.
Feb 1 2006 4:39PM
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salomonskiier12
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what is in a triangle? the line that holds the lifts up. then does it go to the top, then back to the bottom somewhere else?
Feb 1 2006 4:40PM
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IrideArmada
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yes i have been on that chairlift atleast 100 times i ski there every weekend and that chairlift was seriously made but the fucking dumbest people ever it turns and the other side is about 500 ft away from you
Feb 1 2006 4:41PM
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siverrider170
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haha that chair lift is sweeet..and i was with a friend one time when both his skis popped off wen we hit the turn.. some funny shit.. but they should never get rid of it.. i look foward to it ever time i ski at killinton
Feb 1 2006 4:43PM
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potatofarmer
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that sounds like fun, escpessially if youre high
Feb 1 2006 4:45PM
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KRASHED
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wtf I was at Killington and I never noticed the crazy chair
Feb 1 2006 4:46PM
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IrideArmada
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^^^ the chair is very hard to find take the K2 gondala to the peak and instead of going over to cascade just take a right n ull see it
Feb 1 2006 4:47PM
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winterkid33
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why do some resorts lifts go up on the right while others go up on the left? in WP half the lifts go up on the left it freaks me out
Feb 1 2006 4:51PM
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Bepo
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I was there a month ago and that chairlift is so wierd, but the turns funny, it jerks you really quick
Feb 1 2006 4:56PM
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gambino500014
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so theres 3 towers? i dont understand
Feb 1 2006 5:00PM
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GURT
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this is a old map.

the lift is in the upper right hand corner

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Feb 1 2006 5:18PM
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GURT
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sorry it is the upper left hand corner
Feb 1 2006 5:19PM
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Gnarshred
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so basically there are 2 unloading points and after the first one it changes angle a bit?

thats sweet, but brecks got it beat with the life that does like a 120 degree turn.
Feb 1 2006 5:27PM
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GURT
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there is one unloading point at the top but it changes angles on the way up
Feb 1 2006 5:36PM
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Aseets
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That's pretty awesome, are there any lifts you guys are afraid to ride? Cause seriously the first time I rode chair 6(I think) in Vail I almost peed my pants when it started going back down after the first unload point, going down is so scary.
Feb 1 2006 5:56PM
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Pklink04
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that chair at breck feels so weird when it just starts shaking around the turn, but its sweet too
Feb 1 2006 6:04PM
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timmi
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a chair at my hill does a backflip. it just goes up and around. i guess they had some excess rope they didnt want to cut off.
Feb 1 2006 6:07PM
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skiierman
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Isn't that the lift that has another lift go above it? It's either that or Attitash that has that.
Feb 1 2006 6:14PM
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hollygrove
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Oh I get it...
Feb 1 2006 6:33PM
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nickmcnutt
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wow, thats messed
Feb 1 2006 6:37PM
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UrbanRider
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hell im goin there just to ride the lift
Feb 1 2006 6:50PM
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eastAR5
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haha that lift at killy is intense i almost got bucked off the first time when it went around the corner. some ghetto shit
Feb 1 2006 6:51PM
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Stan_Darsh
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that sounds delightful
Feb 1 2006 7:22PM
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skiman540
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yea, its kinda fun the first time but then you realize that the lift is pretty long, cold and pretty much shitty
Feb 1 2006 7:27PM
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reggyboy
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ahaha i regognise that chair from an old warren miiler movie from the eighties, everyones falling off classic warren miller momement that is made not funny by his jokes
Feb 2 2006 1:19AM
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skitoggrob
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thats cool..and warren miller kicks ass
Feb 2 2006 2:22AM
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jec1521
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I've been on it...
So much fun
Feb 2 2006 2:58AM
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snocone2001
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yea the first time I rode that I was like wait a min,, is this lift turning?
Feb 2 2006 6:36AM
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Petecanski
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BITCH PLEASE. YOU MUST HAVE A MIND DISEASE.
Feb 2 2006 7:33AM
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Subjekt
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there is a quad at some mtn in NY that has a pole down the middle of each chair seperating each side into doubles.
Feb 2 2006 11:01AM
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617jibber
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i dont get it
Feb 2 2006 11:19AM
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Roussel
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so....doesnt that jsut make it take longer to get to the top?
Feb 2 2006 11:28AM
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chapz
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i love that lift, for all of you taht dont understand, the lift turns. when you first get oin the chair your are parallel to the opposite chirs, the farther you go up the mountain, the farther you get from the opposite chairs.then the lifts turn and meetupo at the top
Feb 2 2006 11:39AM
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GURT
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yea it does. but the corner is cool because it jerks you go around it.
Feb 2 2006 11:43AM
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Beamer12
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yeah the 1st time i ever rode that chair i wasent ready for the turn and i almost launched off of it
Feb 2 2006 11:45AM
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chapz
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hahah same here
Feb 2 2006 11:50AM
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ryan.c
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yeah i made a wrong turn once n went on that, i didnt have the bar down and i was lookin back at my bro so i had no idea it was coming...almost shit my pants
Feb 2 2006 12:02PM
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KillerMonkey
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ye thats one hell of a crazy chair. The reason it doesnt go the same way as the chairs coming down is because the chairs coming down have less wait on them there fore they need less supports. The chairs coming down go over a really high area and it doesnt need supports that way. The chair going up has to go around that because it needs supports.
Feb 2 2006 12:16PM
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617jibber
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o now i sea that retarded
Feb 2 2006 12:22PM
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FERREZZ
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ive seen that before at other places quite a few actually
Feb 2 2006 12:36PM
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GURT
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i found another pic the map dosent show the corner that good though, it shows it as a gradual turn but it realy is'nt

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Feb 2 2006 12:48PM
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newschooler7
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at sugarloaf they have a life that goes over a different lift.
Feb 2 2006 12:52PM
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