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Always put your bar down.

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borealridah
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Yesterday at squaw the most mindblowing scary thing happened. We were on kt22 with our ski team and about halfway up the lift we got hit by an avalanche. It took my buddy right off the lift and down 40+ feet and in the avalanche. If our bar was down he would not have a broken shoulder. He is lucky he survived.always put your bar down
Dec 24 2012 9:04PM
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Ksteez666
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Shits scary, hope your buddy is back on dem planks soon.
Dec 24 2012 9:06PM
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Forcillo
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Was it from a peak above you? It seems pretty unlikely. A lift shouldn't be there if it's that much of a hazard
Dec 24 2012 9:06PM
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Crispy.
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My hill has an elevation of 700 feet so that shouldn't be too much of a problem. But that's super scary hope he heels up quick.
Dec 24 2012 9:12PM
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HumanGenius
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same. and to those of us NSers with GoPros be careful putting the bar down i lost mine last season the bar fell and knocked it off. never saw it again
Dec 24 2012 10:03PM
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borealridah
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It bounced off of the top of a large cliff
Dec 24 2012 10:12PM
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PJS.
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Fuck you, I chose the goddamn thug life and I'll keep the bar up if I damn well please.
Dec 24 2012 10:16PM
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Plankton
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never gone up with bar up, never will.
Dec 24 2012 10:24PM
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ScuffDUFF
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Where were you on the lift? I would think coming up the fingers would be the only place that this could happen.
Dec 24 2012 10:27PM
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borealridah
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Yeah I was onthat lift and that was exactly where it happened
Dec 24 2012 10:41PM
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nine50seven
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i usually keep it up but the super8connect at breck is pretty high so i put err down for that one
Dec 24 2012 11:33PM
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Puns
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I want to ride with the ballers, but it makes me uncomfortable when they leave the bar up. :(
Dec 24 2012 11:36PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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check it.

http://unofficialnetworks.com/avalanche-kt22-today-114002/

that woulda been sketchy as party bars for life!
Dec 24 2012 11:41PM
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Ksteez666
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Werd, on another note i didn't realise anyone other than gapers put the bar down
Dec 24 2012 11:42PM
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dispatchQ_main
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I was hoping for something hockey related.
Dec 24 2012 11:42PM
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Lucas
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That's gnarly
Dec 25 2012 12:02AM
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IDMT_BC024
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Ahhh east coasters...
Yes it really happened. A lot of the bigger western ski areas are mostly avalanche terrain so its pretty much impossible to put chair lifts only in safe zones. Every once and a while lifts and sometimes even lodges get taken out.
Dec 25 2012 1:28AM
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Pool.
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if the bar has footrests im damn sure gonna put the bar down, makes the lift so much more comfortable
Dec 25 2012 1:48AM
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Chubz.
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This.
Its nice to have something to lean on sometimes as well..but most of te time i just leave it up
Dec 25 2012 1:53AM
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NinetyFour
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Wow that would have been scary as fuck. Hope your all OK OP and I hope your buddy heals up quick. Wild shit.
Dec 25 2012 2:19AM
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Kretzschmar
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Only thing at granite we have to worry about is getting pushed off the lifts
Dec 25 2012 2:37AM
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deleted5
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sounds like your friend is about to make a shit load of money, but i will never put the bar down.
Dec 25 2012 3:05AM
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Ksteez666
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After a long pow ride, sure. But that is the only acception to wanting to rest your feet.
Dec 25 2012 3:28AM
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MaxBerkowitz
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When I'm on my own over groomed shit, the bars always up, because i forget to put it up again if its down.
Dec 25 2012 3:34AM
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Sparta
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Congratulations on living a bad ass first-world life
Dec 25 2012 4:00AM
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Ralf
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besides that is a total american problem. while I was skiing park city I think I was the only person putting down the bar, here in europe everybody does it automatically
Dec 25 2012 4:29AM
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Monsieur_Patate
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So much this. If you're not alone on the chair, you can be certain the other guys are gonna put it down. And if you're alone and decide to leave it up, you can be certain the lifty is gonna stop the damn lift and yell at you to put it down before it starts again. Yup, I've witnessed it.
Dec 25 2012 4:38AM
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LC.
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Yes. Only because the lifties shout at you if you don't.
Dec 25 2012 7:32AM
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JWeinstock
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sounds pretty crazy but hope your friends okay.
Dec 25 2012 9:06AM
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kyle.m
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This. Wondering what they will do for him.
Dec 25 2012 10:06AM
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schu2122
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haha this
Dec 25 2012 10:11AM
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NinetyFour
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People on Unnoficial Networks are hoping the guy gets a lifetime pass. I mean accidents happen, shit happens, so If he got a lifetime pass out of that he should be stoked. Sucks that he's gonna be down a season though.
Dec 25 2012 10:19AM
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Dr.Gonzo
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From Ontario, almsot all the hills in my area will stop the lifts until you put the bar down.
Dec 25 2012 10:21AM
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NotGhood
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i usually just get yelled at by patrol.
Dec 25 2012 10:22AM
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El_Barto.
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lol. I will rest my legs after im gone skiing circles around you
Dec 25 2012 11:06AM
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Bateman
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So technically you're raising the bar for putting the bar down?
Dec 25 2012 11:06AM
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Crispy.
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And the woods
Dec 25 2012 11:14AM
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LemmiwinksVT
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Glad your buddy is okay. I took two runs on KT that morning but was over on creek when it slid. That is some crazy shit. Snow is so sketchy right now. Slides all over the place in tahoe. But to your point, I don't understand why people don't put the bar down. It doesn't make you cooler when you fall off the lift and die. I have some friends that get mildly upset when I pull the bar down. It's like Im ruining their street cred or something. These are also the same people that don't wear helmets so I guess that tells you where their intelligence level is...
Dec 25 2012 11:28AM
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Pudge
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On my hill I usually put the bar down when I am wearing my park jacket, and because of that I put it down out of habit even when I am not working
Dec 25 2012 12:01PM
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Nacho+
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on the east coast...not to many avalanches, but when winds hit 40+ i put it down because the lift just rocks way to much
Dec 25 2012 12:07PM
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k-rob
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i used to put the bar down until i turned like 15 and realized it's more or less pointless. although the hills i ride at, the lift isn't built in the avalanche area.
Dec 25 2012 12:21PM
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RubberSoul
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when there's an avy flying off the fingers at you****

so gnarly
Dec 25 2012 1:45PM
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Vitiligo
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your saying you were on KT and an avalanche came off the fingers toward you guys? and hit the chair?
Dec 25 2012 1:54PM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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haha what a nerd
Dec 25 2012 1:57PM
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Vitiligo
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i ride squaw all the time and the only place on KT i could see this happening is when your about 50 yards past the fingers where the hill is above the lift
Dec 25 2012 1:57PM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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ya this actually ill take a foot rest, or a wind bubble but if its just a bar or im stuck in the middle that shit is not being pulled down by me
Dec 25 2012 1:58PM
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Karma_Police
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You're such a bad ass. What about little kids on the chair lift? I guess you're way tot fuckin thug to care about them.


Dec 25 2012 2:02PM
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ScuffDUFF
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I am surprised at how many people ride with the bar down. I did until i was like 7 but now i never even think about it unless someone asks. And It has nothing to do with looking "cool." I feel very safe and secure just sitting on the chair. Then again I never really thought about avys coming off the fingers right into my lap....
Dec 25 2012 2:02PM
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loomis
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ha
Dec 25 2012 2:43PM
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GANDALF
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my mountain doesnt have safety bars on the chairs.

#getonmylevel
Dec 25 2012 3:31PM
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Laurent.
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The physics of a passenger sitting properly in a chairlift do not actually require use of a restraining bar. If the chairlift stops suddenly (as from use of the system emergency brake), the carrier's arm connecting to the grip pivots smoothly forward—driven by the chair's inertia—and maintains friction (and seating angle) between the seat and passenger. The restraining bar is useful for children—who do not fit comfortably into adult sized chairs In addition, restraining bars with footrests reduce muscle fatigue from supporting the weight of a snowboard or skis, especially during long lift rides.

That said I always put it down, because in Euroland the lifties will scream at you and even stop the bloody lift if you haven't put it down.

The thing I hate do is people who slam down the bar immidiatly, Usually parents with kids, before you even have a chance to get on the bar has already knocked of your teletubbie like appendage known as a GoPro.
Dec 25 2012 3:43PM
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