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Devils Head Chairlift Goes Nuts!!

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japanada
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Check this out, glad I wasnt there last night.

Dec 18 2009 10:07AM
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steezc-ross
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not good for them and great for cascade.  cade is going to get so much business now
Dec 18 2009 10:39AM
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nathanielstyza
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although, devils head never really got close to the amount of business as cade.
Dec 18 2009 10:57AM
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TotallyTrevor
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their lifts are like 50 years old haha

i wonder how long it will take until that happens at tyrol, their lifts already break down at least once a year....last year the A lift was broken for like 2 days
Dec 18 2009 11:01AM
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Travapple.
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which means more gapers in the park... shit. but ++++++++ revenue for cade.
Dec 18 2009 11:06AM
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steezc-ross
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ya i am not to happy about it but i cant wait to see the lines.  lol jk but it is going to be redic.  I am going to be hiking all day in the park.  But it is definanitly going to suck a bunch of hard dick.  I have a feeeling that all the people are gonna going to cade now that devils head is going to suck dick.  Devils head is going to loss so much more through law suits and poeple going to other ski hill because devils head is so sketchy.
Dec 18 2009 1:13PM
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Travapple.
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we should get a huge ass train going at cade sometime. just plow through all the gapers and shit. that would be rad.
Dec 18 2009 1:30PM
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SKETCHY_D
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i was suprised this went up in ski gabber before in here
Dec 18 2009 3:08PM
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cullen
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high speed ropes
Dec 18 2009 6:11PM
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ski-swagga
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same.
Dec 18 2009 8:23PM
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dwalk
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yes
Dec 19 2009 12:05AM
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japanada
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Same here, I made this thread and then found the one in ski gabber and was a little disappointed. Has anyone been up to devils head after the accident? I got a shop pass there and want to ski some new hills, and DH is one of the few I havnt skied at.
Dec 19 2009 7:08PM
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youRsmellA
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it happened because so many people smoke cigarettes at that place
Dec 20 2009 3:11AM
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concept311
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your a fucking idiot man.

so this is what happen at Devils Head. click on the link to watch this video of a chairlift rollback that they did on purpose to see what would happen.


Sam Info (Ski Area Managment Magizine) there are a couple articles about what happen there.






Dec 20 2009 11:28AM
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-PowAir-
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Most of the chairlifts in the midwest are this old, with a few exceptions, you guys are all acting surprised. Most chairs around here are 30-40 year old Riblets, Halls, and a few 10-20 year old Yans....The newer Pomas are great and safe but come on guys...
Dec 20 2009 11:56AM
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concept311
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right they are all old.but this one thing you never want to see happen anywhere. lets just hope everyone has done they right maintenance on there lifts to prevent this from happening
Dec 20 2009 12:00PM
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concept311
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Devils head is fun. I was there last year to test snowboards for the shop i work at. And I will be there again in like 2 weeks hopeful they have the whole lift problem fixed by then
Dec 20 2009 12:06PM
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-PowAir-
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edit, i ment Ctek not yan...but point is, most of them are the same age as your parents, and for sure older then you!
Dec 20 2009 12:08PM
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-PowAir-
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The problem isnt the old chairs, its the serious lack of accountability here in the midwest. The colorado tramway board has much higher maintenance and inspections standards, and the resorts have the money to upgrade,repair, and perform preventative maintence.
Dec 20 2009 12:16PM
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TMAC881
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which lift was it?
Dec 20 2009 11:19PM
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I_liketobutter
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the problem is the complete ignorance of almost all places in the midwest, its not that they dont have the money, its that they dont have the brains to figure out what could happen.

its the same as guys driving snowcats at hyland on a run where theyre making snow, driving on the backside of 15ft whales of snow, and then at the top there's no closed or warning signs, and all it takes is one kid thinking "im going to go play around of those whales of snow, they look fun" which they do, and he has no idea theres a fucking snowcat on the other side and boom, dead kid, wtf do you do now hyland?

shit bothers me so much bc we dont need friends and families dealing w/ preventable accidents like this, its bad news for everyone.
Dec 20 2009 11:44PM
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concept311
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right this should never happen. on thursday night when i was working there most have been 8 people that rode past me when i was on a closed run in the groomer pissed me off so much i just went and flattened all the whales i could
Dec 21 2009 12:45AM
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