Ski Resort w the worst/longest lift line is....

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I actually work for Vail and I have heard that before from our higher ups. they had numbers but I don't have a memory. I would say Breck on average probably has the longest but their lifts are faster than some other places but they are the number one winter vacation destination in the world. With Vail coming in second.

Although Abasin after the big resorts close is a nightmare on the weekends. I usually just hang out and drink on the beach.

Mar 19 2011 10:21PM

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hjb

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It's in Japan. Everyone is far too polite to barge in.

Mar 19 2011 10:46PM

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DockEllis

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Big Sky/Moonlight....don't ever come here...

And to the guy that said breck is the best ski area and all the best spots have lines...hahahahaha

Mar 19 2011 11:27PM

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Pee_and_Ski

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run singles man only way to do it

Mar 20 2011 12:36AM

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TheUngroomed

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Northstar. Vista lift. Just trying to lap the park you get mobbed by gapers!!

Mar 20 2011 12:42AM

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i.ski.troll.

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i love tow ropes.

Mar 20 2011 1:02AM

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Burrrlapz

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Do i see 2 singles going up behind eachother on the chair?

But thats nuts!

Mar 20 2011 1:19AM

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hjb

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Yup. And empty chairs aplenty on that day

Mar 20 2011 3:14AM

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ESK

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I refuse to ski any Summit County resort due to lift lines. Not only are Brecks lines stupid long but the place seems super windy all the time. Past week I skied powder all day at Grand Targhee & every run was straight onto lift with no waiting.

Mar 20 2011 9:51AM

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Simps

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St. Anton, Austria, or most other major european ski resorts for that matter. mainly because the europeans have no idea about the basic workings of a que and the liftys are too shit to do anything about controlling one either, they couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery!

Mar 21 2011 2:44PM

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Kicking horse in golden B.C! with only 1 gondola at the bottom, it gets maddd crazy!

Mar 21 2011 2:48PM

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BootySpunk.

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Perfect North. On a day over Christmas break all the lines were at least a 20-30min wait. And that was just to ski for about 2 minutes and than go wait in line all over again. This happens decently often too.

Mar 21 2011 3:17PM

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3R1C

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wintergreen or snowshoe at the end of the day cause all the lodging was at the top

Mar 21 2011 4:02PM

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paone

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Peak chair on a Saturday at Whistler

Mar 21 2011 4:10PM

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rudager

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Nah.
It can get bad.
The worse is when it's Alberta Family day long weekend. We'd always avoid that weekend.

It can get long, but, just stay in the top bowls if you want, or cruise and explore.
I've never found it that bad.

Mar 21 2011 4:17PM

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PC.

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Bear Mtn. in SoCal. Think about it. All of SD LA and OC Counties coming in to ski.

Mar 21 2011 4:39PM

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A.Eberhard

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Probably doesn't compare to any of these lines, but Tremblant had an awful lift line at the triple chair all Christmas easily 30+ minutes to get onto the chair.

Mar 21 2011 9:07PM

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evan25

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as long as you go to the right side its only like a 5 minute line

Mar 21 2011 9:26PM

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JimboSlice.

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Yep basically......all of the mexican and asian people seriously overrun the place

Mar 22 2011 12:19AM

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openmindportrait

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Last year at the end of spring break the line was so big on a pow day it wrapped around the corner of the cattrack to get there thats how big it was and luckily i was in the first 10 to get back there

Mar 22 2011 5:57PM

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bromigo

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Breck over Dew Tour was crazy, the lifty said they carry about 40,000 people on the fastest chair an hour..... might be wrong.

Mar 22 2011 7:33PM

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.lubisaurous.

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anywhere in europe...

fukin ridiculous

Mar 22 2011 8:55PM

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Flozz

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Might be a bit of a stretch. If they had a 10seater leaving every single second in the hour itd still be under 40k. Maybe theyre talking about the whole mtn?

Mar 22 2011 10:00PM

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.jon

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this thread is depressing as hell haha. my home hill is a tow rope accessed park... never a line. and my transplant "home" mountain of big sky isn't bad at all. longest i've stood in was a 50 min tram line one time on a weekend pow day. and it was completely worth it.

Mar 22 2011 10:33PM

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ButteredToast.

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not even 2 minutes dude. Barely 400 feet of vertical.

A saturday on Christmas break makes you hate your life. You wait 30 minutes, EASY. And only to ski hardpack 100% manmade snow/ice.

Mar 22 2011 10:57PM

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NWPA

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hahaha first day of the season at abasin is horrible

Mar 22 2011 11:07PM

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bromigo

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yea thats probaly it.....dont have a very good memory that trip.

Mar 23 2011 9:57PM

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ericman

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When alpine isnt open at whistler the emera;d chair get busy, and also when people are waiting for peak chair to open up, and blue mountain (soo many asains)

Mar 23 2011 10:00PM

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DBL

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I know this isn't bad, but at Tremblant, the gondola gets a huge line when the chair next to it boys almost none, and since the gondola goes to the top, people don't realize that it's faster to just take the two separate chairs up to the top, this is on Ontario march break.

Mar 23 2011 10:13PM

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Park_Ranger

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Killington gets crazy on the weekends. I have been in some super long lines at Breck as well

Mar 24 2011 12:32AM

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A^frame

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Definitely not Revelstoke, BC... just got back and skied onto every lift on a Saturday, that was blue bird with scraps of POW everywhere. Move to interior BC and you will never complain. It is so remote.

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