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LIFTEES!!

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calebfromcanada
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anyone else on here a liftee too?
Jan 14 2010 9:22PM
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sstricky
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i suck yo dick for a cheeseburger
Jan 14 2010 9:24PM
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most_mint
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the other day a liftee threatend to pull my pass after i ducked under a lift line rope getting from lane to lane and then he proceeded to try to convince me that on the pass where it says dont duck ropes it meant lift lane ropes as well...
Jan 14 2010 9:33PM
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deleted5
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or a free lift ticket
Jan 14 2010 9:34PM
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superpoluha
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Jan 14 2010 9:34PM
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MACAQUE
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Jan 14 2010 9:36PM
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+[wall.e]+
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I am!

Liftie*?
Jan 14 2010 9:36PM
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K2skipunk
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liftees cant pull your pass. so next time, call him a butt nutt.

and im not a lifty, but im trained for it. i service the guests of the outdoors though.
Jan 14 2010 9:38PM
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Shredneck
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I cover lifties lunch breaks, and I'm tight with like 5 of them, chill at their house and shit.
Jan 14 2010 9:38PM
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calebfromcanada
Posts: 285 - Karma: 44
thats true only managers can take your pass. dude was probably power tripping
Jan 14 2010 9:40PM
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most_mint
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haha good to know
Jan 14 2010 9:42PM
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COrider
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just sock the liftie right in their nose
Jan 14 2010 10:35PM
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doublexl
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nah, i work in the rental shop. our hall monitor at school has a weekend job as a liftie tho. now everytime i skip shes maddddd chill about it.
Jan 14 2010 10:43PM
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snwbrdmilf
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Interesting....what kind of compensation do you get for these acts?
Jan 14 2010 10:47PM
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pomme-de-terre
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the lifties at my mountain can pull passes. they are one of the very few people with privileges to do so.

its totally key to get in with the liftees at any mountain, i know almost all of them by name (along with the rest of the mountain staff) and they always let me and my friends cut the whole line, let us jump off the lift, chill in the little observation hut thing. they are all mad chill, super useful people to be friends with.
Jan 14 2010 10:52PM
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selkirks
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Not at all resorts...
Jan 14 2010 11:55PM
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Nicholas.
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oh god i just lolled everywhere
Jan 15 2010 12:41AM
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steezebomb
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Lifty right here, come chill if you ever at snowpark.
Jan 15 2010 12:49AM
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.k.wells.
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same shit happened to me man
Jan 15 2010 12:55AM
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prontocuts.com
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used to for keystone
Jan 15 2010 12:55AM
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sstricky
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Jan 15 2010 10:19AM
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winterparksuks
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I did it for a season, probably the worst job I have ever had. The only good part about my job was that I was a top operator and had a sweet view and got to listen to music all day. The shitty party was seeing gapers ski pow all day shit ass rental skis.
Jan 15 2010 10:30AM
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winterparksuks
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* all day ON shit ass rental skis
Jan 15 2010 10:30AM
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infedel_one
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im a lifty at bolton...i say it sucks cause i get bored as hell...but its pretty chill cause i usually work top and i just bring my laptop up and watch movies ;) hahaha...i guess its legit cause i get paid to just get smoked and watch movies
Jan 15 2010 10:44AM
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I_Am_Mod
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I'm no lifty but some of my best friends are; i get privilege of getting up the mountain with the lifties, so im up even before the first real chair has departed!
It often even happens i get up with the lifties, shred down hard and am still in time to catch the first chair ! :D

ps: to all people who ever had problems with lifties; just imagine you'd be in their shoes...
having to stand a whole day in the bitter cold, stopping lifts for fallen gapers, etc...
Next time you take a lift say something nice to the liftie, i'm sure they'll appreciate and its definately worth the effort...
Jan 15 2010 11:01AM
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Nicholas.
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i start a conversation with every single liftie every time i get on a chair, they are always cool shit.
Jan 15 2010 12:39PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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I can pull passes, if they act up then I call my boss and he comes down and backs me up.
Jan 15 2010 12:50PM
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snwbrdmilf
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I thank the lift attendants at old school lifts that have to 'pause' the chair by holding it so it doesn't smack you. I always notice the appreciation they get from that.
Jan 15 2010 12:54PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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True daaatt dawgggggg
Jan 15 2010 12:58PM
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Malcolm
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i never realized it was that much work. i still say thank you every time i get the chair though
Jan 15 2010 1:03PM
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winterparksuks
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Bumping chairs is one of the easiest parts of the job dude, also by the way you wrote that it sounds like you mainly work at the bottom of the lift so why are you listing starting the Auxilary as one of the things you do? all you have to do is let the top op now your ready, the top operator does all the work for starting the auxilary up. Also have you ever had to unload gondolas? that is some rough shit depending on where you are at and how hungover you are, imagine riding up in a gondy when there are only 4 of them on the whole fucking line, in 50mph winds with radios to communicate with the top if anything goes wrong, then unloading 300 , 1500 lb gondolas in freezing conditons. If you are the at the end of the cabin barn you have to "catch" the actually gondola when the guy at the other end throws them down to you( they are on a rail)

I always found workign at the bottom of the lift was easier as we usually had 2 people and we could switch off, at the top you cannot look away for one second, if you are working on a non detachable and someone falls you have to hit a stop pretty fucking quickly or that person depending on how stupid they are will get slammed in the head by the chair. Being a top op is so much more stressful then working at the bottom.
Jan 15 2010 1:04PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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The thing is it only works like your left tricep and your right shoulder.
Jan 15 2010 1:05PM
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snwbrdmilf
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I appreciate it, thank you!
Jan 15 2010 1:06PM
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winterparksuks
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have you ever been a top op on a lift at a major ski resort? I have, and I have also worked at the bottom of chairs alot and being a top operator is much more difficult, even physically at some times.
Jan 15 2010 1:13PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Lies, you're being a turd. It's so easy, all I've ever done is listen to music and play Gameboy. Sometimes I shovel snow on the ramp.
Jan 15 2010 1:15PM
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hank_hill
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ive helped out the liftees at my resort from time to time, and bumping is that physically challenging, however, i always thank them for doing it. the way you talk about this just seems kind whinny. im in no way saying i dont appreciate liftees tho.
Jan 15 2010 1:17PM
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winterparksuks
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where did you work where it was that easy? I would love to know
Jan 15 2010 1:19PM
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winterparksuks
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I worked at Aspen, and my supervisors had me doing all kinds of shit as a top op. I had maybe an hour out of the 8 I worked where I could sit on my ass and listen to music, even then I couldn't do anything that would take my eyes off of the lift because literally 1 our of 15 people would fall or ride the bullwheel. I think working at a major tourist mountain like Ajax is quite different then small areas. Buttermilk is even worse, on certain lifts there I have heard they make the top ops sit outside because nothing but kids and beginners are they fall all the time.


I think on high speed chairs you can chill out inside a little more but on non detachables you have to be alot more attentive. Also I am not sure if this is how it is on every lift but on mine if the guys at the bottom hit the wrong kind of stop I would have to climb up into the engine room and reset the whole lift which is always a pain in the ass.
Jan 15 2010 1:41PM
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Aenigma
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Different lifts and ski areas are set up differently, so you can't really say which is easier. There's certain places you have to work harder, and often it depends on the time of day as well.

I worked at Moonlight Basin for a season as a lifty and thought it was pretty fun. There were definitely aspects that sucked, but for the most part it was a pretty laid back job where I got to ski a bunch and do things that most people don't get to.
Jan 15 2010 1:48PM
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.catierob
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was a lifty at alta 08-09 winter. probs gonna do it again after school
Jan 15 2010 1:51PM
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BEARS.
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fuck, being a liftie sounds like such a fun job.
Jan 15 2010 2:34PM
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winterparksuks
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 if you can do it part time sure, but watching people ski all day when you have to work 5 days a week gets old fast
Jan 15 2010 2:36PM
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SteezyasPie
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False, Ski Patrol, Rangers, and Instructors can pull passes at my mountain as well, because we're the ones on the snow. I've only ever had to pull passes twice, and I don't like doing it cause mostly it's just kids doing what I would do if I didnt work there (having fun).
Jan 15 2010 2:54PM
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winterparksuks
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rofl I would like to see a ski instructor try to pull my pass. Patrol I can understand, anyone else is bullshit
Jan 15 2010 3:11PM
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lorida
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When I was an instructor, I had MY pass pulled three times for riding closed runs and shit...Maybe that's why I'm not an instructor anymore?
Jan 15 2010 4:53PM
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Avifarer
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I am a lifty as well. I kind of like working fixed grips more then detachables, at the bottom anyway. Atleast we are doing something for 2 hours. When you work detachables you just stand there for 2 hours.
How does it work for you guys? We do all our checks and stuff, set up the mazes until 9 then we do 2 hours at the bottom, 2 hours at the top, and then we get a 2 hour ride break. Then person with last break comes back half an hour before last chair and helps take down the maze and stuff.
Jan 15 2010 5:46PM
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calebfromcanada
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yeah i was just talking about liftees. Ski Patrol and Park Rangers can take your pass. not a chance an instructor could though
Jan 15 2010 5:53PM
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winterparksuks
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that fucking pisses me off, I got maybe 4 ski breaks over 5 months working at Aspen.
Jan 15 2010 5:55PM
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calebfromcanada
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we dont get ski breaks. dumbass small hills
Jan 15 2010 6:08PM
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Aenigma
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Bummer, we got to ski at least a few runs every day at Moonlight. On pow days we'd just constantly rotate all day so we'd ski as much as possible.
Jan 15 2010 6:22PM
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winterparksuks
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the only time I got to ski was to my left in the morning and to the bottom at the end of the day when everything was rutted out. And if patrol saw us on anything above a blue sqaure or if we were skiing too fast they would bitch us out.
Jan 15 2010 6:40PM
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