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What's your favorite chair lift ?

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undercover_skier
Posts: 1079 - Karma: 160
I'd say the one that get's you to the top of white face, there is a sign that says
'' have you had a good look at the slope, would you like a ride back down ? ''
check this out :

http://www.theskichannel.com/videos/Favorite-Chair-Lift/99
Mar 25 2011 12:35AM
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Tremblantskier
Posts: 945 - Karma: 5,423
TGV!
Mar 25 2011 12:43AM
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Drail
Posts: 14012 - Karma: 10,011
the Motherload at Red Mountain, BC

plenty of vert, all aspects, everything but true alpine, all from one lift.
Mar 25 2011 12:44AM
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kdpil
Posts: 6 - Karma: 10
threads
Mar 25 2011 1:21AM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
peak chair

closer to home: double diamond at stevens pass - so many times I've waited for that bitch to open on pow days.
Mar 25 2011 1:26AM
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Tahoe_Steve
Posts: 443 - Karma: 11
KT-22 at Squaw Valley...
Those lucky days where Wilson is throwing backies off the fingers=legendary
Mar 25 2011 1:28AM
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lanny94
Posts: 1374 - Karma: 165
peak chairr at whis with outta doubt
Mar 25 2011 1:30AM
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Ducky.
Posts: 5811 - Karma: 1,420
Peak Chair
Mar 25 2011 1:32AM
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Dan.P
Posts: 1351 - Karma: 12
The number 1 chair on the V8 lift in Perisher, the most comfortable chairlift I have ever ridden. Its like an armchair
Mar 25 2011 1:36AM
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PeterWojnar
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 678
KT-22 at Squaw Valley. Anyone who says different has never skied KT, and is wrong.
Mar 25 2011 3:13AM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12020 - Karma: 9,475
Favorite chair.... the single chair at mad river glen.(never skied squaw i know)

most hated chair. at mt hood meadows. there is this chair that they turn on once in a while... its name is BLUE.. fuck blue chair.. go die blue chair. you crusty fuck center pole riblet mother fucker death top terminal of hell.

and pucci at timby can go fuck its self as wel.
Mar 25 2011 3:51AM
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snowbombz
Posts: 2456 - Karma: 96
im not sure high speed trains count
Mar 25 2011 4:33AM
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RudyGarmisch
Posts: 25443 - Karma: 13,844
Nothing like killing a half hour sitting on Daisy at Stevens.
Mar 25 2011 5:22AM
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BcPowderHunter
Posts: 275 - Karma: 13
As much as I love Peak Chair, I would have to say Glacier Express. Spanky's and access to Blackcomb slackcountry/backcountry being the over-riding factors, also usually less busy and almost always opens before peak.
Mar 25 2011 5:50AM
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belden...
Posts: 2914 - Karma: 1,274
the orange bubble at the canyons...

no bud really Gad 2 st snowbird
Mar 25 2011 6:43AM
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TheWeaz
Posts: 803 - Karma: 1,903
this guy knows whats up, the single at mad river is also my favorite
Mar 25 2011 6:51AM
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Toasty.
Posts: 6197 - Karma: 2,309
haha, yes
Mar 25 2011 6:56AM
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Toasty.
Posts: 6197 - Karma: 2,309
but for me know its the Aiguille du midi at chamonix
Mar 25 2011 7:01AM
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vauban08
Posts: 575 - Karma: 119
Pretty easy call. For gondola, the Aiguille du Midi @ Cham:
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For chairlift, the Leissieres in Val D'Isere


Mar 25 2011 8:58AM
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jMakin
Posts: 88 - Karma: 62
Favorite chair I've ever ridden is Supreme at Jackson. And i have never been to whistler or squaw
Mar 25 2011 9:00AM
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ReignMan
Posts: 1852 - Karma: 226
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Mar 25 2011 9:06AM
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
heavens gate lift at sugarbush
Mar 25 2011 10:19AM
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TRAP_CHEF
Posts: 1172 - Karma: 279
this
Mar 25 2011 10:23AM
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zahava
Posts: 7791 - Karma: 12,039
Lapping alpine park all day!
Mar 25 2011 10:30AM
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stickski
Posts: 1938 - Karma: 1,529
wildcat at alta.. its got everything you want
Mar 25 2011 10:33AM
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array.
Posts: 2439 - Karma: 202
7th Heaven, the thing is almost straight up!
Mar 25 2011 10:41AM
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Session
Posts: 5387 - Karma: 22,238
Haha...sometimes it's nice to just jump on Blue, and not have to wait in line with a bunch of gapers waiting for MHX.

Mar 25 2011 11:00AM
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Gondaire
Posts: 238 - Karma: 13
yea sugarbush!
But my favorite lift has to be the gondola at Tremblant because on a bluebird day the views down the mountain are orgasmic
Mar 25 2011 12:54PM
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yojimbo
Posts: 3631 - Karma: 27
at my home mountain king pine chair is definitley my favorite (sloaf)
Mar 25 2011 1:36PM
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ilanna.
Posts: 325 - Karma: 1,892
glacier express! and 7th heaven when its sunny :D
Mar 25 2011 1:40PM
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theJones
Posts: 676 - Karma: 158

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Mar 25 2011 1:40PM
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WhoWantIt
Posts: 395 - Karma: 26
Fact.
Mar 25 2011 1:51PM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12020 - Karma: 9,475
i know... but that mother fucker is crusty and at the top.. you dont fuck around when you get off or your gonna get dropped.... i remember in 2004 for like two week MHX had a problem and was shut down. blue was the only way up............ soo lame!
Mar 25 2011 2:04PM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
Wildcat at alta
Mar 25 2011 2:09PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
Outback chair at MSLM, only because of all the good times that have been had around it.
Mar 25 2011 2:11PM
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lanny94
Posts: 1374 - Karma: 165
no it isnt
Mar 25 2011 2:32PM
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Heinzler
Posts: 1931 - Karma: 125
this one lift in telluride..you get to the top of the ridge and BAM! amazing view followed by even more amazing skiing
Mar 25 2011 2:44PM
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Karma_Police
Posts: 2655 - Karma: 1,628
I'm way better than you.
Mar 25 2011 2:51PM
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belden...
Posts: 2914 - Karma: 1,274
wildcat is up there as well
Mar 25 2011 2:58PM
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Bagels
Posts: 1022 - Karma: 1,306
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Mar 25 2011 3:10PM
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harrymcfadden
Posts: 64 - Karma: 17
my 3 favorites are,
the stoke chair, revelstoke (amazing slack country access and inbounds terrain)
Saddle Quad, Treble Cone (amazing slackciuntry access and inbounds terrain)
Whitestar Express.Cardrona (extremely fast park laps)
Mar 25 2011 4:23PM
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downhillkilla
Posts: 312 - Karma: 486
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7th Heaven...at Stevens Pass

Mar 25 2011 4:41PM
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PeteySkeety
Posts: 996 - Karma: 209
Schlashman's at BB very few gapers, crazy terrain, lots of vert!
Mar 25 2011 4:46PM
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chardi
Posts: 5040 - Karma: 59
turning lift at killington
Mar 25 2011 4:47PM
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lgbskier
Posts: 160 - Karma: 38
lessieres express in val d'isere just cos it makes the lift ride a bit more intersting
Mar 25 2011 4:49PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349
i'm WAAAYYYYYYYYY better at skiing than you.
Mar 25 2011 4:54PM
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Parrish
Posts: 8695 - Karma: 1,009
Single Bar lifts scare the hell out of me when either
A) You are riding solo
B) The person you are riding with is heavier then you
C) It's Really windy out.

So Sketch when you are a lightweight,
Mar 25 2011 4:56PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
I like t-bars.
Mar 25 2011 5:00PM
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3mania
Posts: 2613 - Karma: 10,361
I was just about to say the exact same thing, The KT is for real.
Mar 25 2011 6:43PM
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Karma_Police
Posts: 2655 - Karma: 1,628
My buddy almost fell of the lift because the arm rest is maybe 2 inches high.  That chair is ridiculous but it's pretty close to the ground.  On that super steep part you're less than 10 feet off the ground.
Mar 25 2011 6:47PM
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Crehm
Posts: 951 - Karma: 842
The park chair at otsego, super fun to lap and watch people throw down on the lift, and hear them make fun of you when you fall.
Mar 25 2011 8:05PM
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