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Rope Tows

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PsychicMigration
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Anyone else really like rope tows? Maybe it's because my local hill has one and its super easy to lap the park. I wish some of the bigger mountains had random rope tows with 3-5 features so you can focus in on certain things. Basically you can lap more stuff so you don't have to spend 3 hours doing a feature like 6 times.
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Dec 25 2018 12:54PM
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a_burger
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Tope Rows
Dec 25 2018 1:21PM
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skiguy04
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Want to be pulled up on a snowmobile or just click out and just sit on the back of the thing over and over and just get laps *trademark
Dec 25 2018 2:28PM
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TimersMix
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In NZ we have a few non-profit 'club' fields where they service the whole mountain by rope tows, and they are honestly better than chairlifts if you've got a bit of upper body strength. You can get on and off wherever you want on the rope, if you just want to lap the chutes or a cliff drop all day (non-profit so no park or even groomers some fields). And they keep the crowds from coming as people see it as too difficult and tiring as they can run quickly, about the speed of a nondetachable newish chairlift, so we use a device that looks and acts similar to a nutcracker to connected to a climbing harness to pull us up. So yea ropetows are the best.
Dec 25 2018 7:30PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
Posts: 5980 - Karma: 8,175
TimersMixIn NZ we have a few non-profit 'club' fields where they service the whole mountain by rope tows, and they are honestly better than chairlifts if you've got a bit of upper body strength. You can get on and off wherever you want on the rope, if you just want to lap the chutes or a cliff drop all day (non-profit so no park or even groomers some fields). And they keep the crowds from coming as people see it as too difficult and tiring as they can run quickly, about the speed of a nondetachable newish chairlift, so we use a device that looks and acts similar to a nutcracker to connected to a climbing harness to pull us up. So yea ropetows are the best.

You hit craigeys?
Dec 25 2018 7:37PM
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TimersMix
Posts: 54 - Karma: 100
Yip

**This post was edited on Dec 26th 2018 at 2:21:41am
Dec 25 2018 7:40PM
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TOAST.
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Yea but hiking builds character.
Dec 25 2018 9:19PM
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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TOAST.Yea but hiking builds character.


Hike for the goods bb

**This post was edited on Dec 25th 2018 at 9:24:42pm
Dec 25 2018 9:24PM
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TrickyDick470
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I'm curious about the economics of a resort (I'm talking a bigger one like PC or something that doesn't already have one) running a rope tow. It's got to the point where I will hike a mellow tube like three times per run at my local mountain to learn stuff, I can't even imagine how awesome it would be to just get on a rope and hit that shit again.
Dec 25 2018 10:17PM
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foolmetwice
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Would b dope If woodward at boreal had a midwest style rope tow
Dec 25 2018 10:26PM
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weastcoat
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Rope tows are my favorite thing in skiing. My buddies will all head to the main lift serviced park and then I’ll get a phone call abt 10 mins later why I didn’t follow them lol. I always say cause I stayed in the rope park cause it’s the most fun park. Sitting on a lift for 10 mins sucks.
Dec 25 2018 11:20PM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,034
TimersMixIn NZ we have a few non-profit 'club' fields where they service the whole mountain by rope tows, and they are honestly better than chairlifts if you've got a bit of upper body strength. You can get on and off wherever you want on the rope, if you just want to lap the chutes or a cliff drop all day (non-profit so no park or even groomers some fields). And they keep the crowds from coming as people see it as too difficult and tiring as they can run quickly, about the speed of a nondetachable newish chairlift, so we use a device that looks and acts similar to a nutcracker to connected to a climbing harness to pull us up. So yea ropetows are the best.


Nutcracker!
Dec 26 2018 7:50AM
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Dlonetti
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Rope tows for sure Midwest forever
Dec 26 2018 9:10AM
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DirtYStylE
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Its almost the same speed as the slow lifts. I would take a rope tow any day. At least until they put some highspeed lifts for the park. Some day...
Dec 26 2018 11:52AM
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r00kie
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As an instructor, I find the magic carpets to be THE shit. Absolutely cannot imagine trying to get class of first timers up a rope tow.
Dec 26 2018 9:18PM
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