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A Bay's new lift: Chairway to Heaven

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MADDECENT
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Arapahoe Basin had a competition for people to send in what they think the name for their new lift should be.

Genius Robert Maher thought of Chairway to Heaven, but A Basin chose Black Mountain Express.

If you want (PLEASE), join this page on facebook and hopefully it will get the attention of A basin to change what they are going to name their new lift.

May 16 2010 11:58PM
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deleted5
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ok
May 17 2010 12:10AM
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Ben.
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we are going to be known as the age of facebook activism.

the laziest form of activism known to man...
May 17 2010 12:14AM
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Static
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while chairway to heaven is good, they should just keep it named the Exhibition lift.
May 17 2010 7:02AM
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Dr._Handsome
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its a new lift? right?
May 17 2010 8:01AM
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Static
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well yea but it's gonna be replacing the old one in the same spot
May 17 2010 8:08AM
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will-g
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done
May 17 2010 8:31AM
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smuggs
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chairway to heaven? exhibition lift goes nowhere heavenly. it gets you to the midmountain lodge. there are a couple groomers down from there.  pali is more of a chairway to heaven and the most likely candidate for that name, thought it should always be a double and always be pali.
May 17 2010 11:59AM
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onearmwanderer
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if that is true they better not call it chairway to heaven, i think its a cool name but should be reserved for one serving good terrain.
May 17 2010 1:45PM
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BK
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A-Basin is getting an express quad? I bet there are alot of pissed off soul skiers about this.
May 17 2010 2:56PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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I'm one.
May 21 2010 6:12PM
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HeathR
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it doesn't serve any good terrain anyways though. Plus it will take people away from the pali lift. I think its good. You still have to ride a slow lift to do any real skiing.
May 21 2010 6:26PM
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MADDECENT
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bump
Jun 17 2010 4:32PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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black mountain express is the worst name ever
Jun 17 2010 4:34PM
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meeesh
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The only thing a high speed quad will be good for at A bay is early & late season... Hopefully we wont have to stand for 20 minutes to ride the ribbon.

chairway to heaven = dumb name.
Jun 18 2010 6:28PM
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Aenigma
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Save for Chairway to Heaven. I know ski 'culture' thrives on nostalgia and cliche, but seriously? Is that really the best people can do? I hate to be a dick, but it kind of hurts me that people not only think the name is clever, but are starting an obscure page full of digital thumbs-ups to promote it.
Jun 18 2010 7:01PM
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Quinn69
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...Well i would have to say there is one person in particular that would disagree with this statement























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Jun 18 2010 11:39PM
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Zump.
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Sounds like a very lame roller coaster
Jun 18 2010 11:55PM
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Funnel
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Haha. I wouldn't give a shit. My mountain always had numbers for lifts, then they decided to give them names, but I have never heard anyone call a lift by its name there and I sure as hell never did. At Mammoth you never hear a local call a lift the Broadway Express or Cloud Nine Express, it's always chair one or chair nine. Numbers are the tits!
Jun 19 2010 12:00AM
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Schlop
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whistler: Big Red Express = red, Emerald Express = green haha
Jun 19 2010 3:54AM
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C-Burg
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I am really happy that tanner is a fan of Coors Light
Jun 19 2010 10:49AM
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Quinn69
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^lol
Jun 19 2010 1:54PM
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MADDECENT
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He enjoys a cold beer!
Jun 27 2010 8:08PM
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Wobby
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Not to mention the whole lift is gay.  It just means more gapers next year, less parking, and the ribbon of death is going to be extremely crowded.  Sure we won't wait half an hour in the early season, but the ribbon is going to be ridiculously packed.
It just doesn't seem like the same old chill A-bay
Jun 28 2010 2:01AM
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Z-Juice
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I thought that Pallavacini was already the Chairway to Heaven there
Jun 28 2010 2:18PM
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Che~
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joined
Jun 28 2010 8:56PM
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