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What's Your Favorite Chairlift?

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BrandoComando
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I just watched Salomon's film The Chairlift last night and it got me thinking. I haven't seen a thread like this in a few years.

What's your favorite chairlift out there and why?

It doesn't have to be the fastest or have the raddest lines. Which lift is your favorite?

Mine is chair 10 at Kirkwood. KT-22 at Squaw gets all the hype in Tahoe, but The Wall will always be my personal favorite. So much amazing terrain is accessible from that chair. The skull and crossbones sign is classic. When I was learning how to ski, I'd look up there and think "One day I'll be good enough to ski that." The first time I went up there, I definitely wasn't good enough for it. But it inspired me to keep skiing and get better and now it's one of my favorite places in the world.
Dec 17 2020 12:19PM
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ezav
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its gotta be santas beard at springs. Absolutely nothing beats hotlapping the rope tow on a snowy night under the lights
Dec 17 2020 11:11PM
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ericforman
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yo such an underrated lift. Prime on low viz days
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Dec 17 2020 11:23PM
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Getshifty
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abar.Lift with the most nostalgia for me is northwest at Mt Bachelor, I have so many good memories from ripping there in the spring as a kid. It's probably the least crowded lift on the mountain, the longest, and the steepest, and has pretty much infinite terrain out towards the west bowls. Nothing can beat a good day off summit tho


hahahah we were just talking about this today, peak2(backside) on Willamette pass for me tho
Dec 18 2020 12:10AM
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dshiland
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Brule.The old high peaks double at Jore (RIP).

An old, janky double tucked in near the summit that always brought the goods on a powder day. Even on busy days, there were hardly any lift lines and it served as an escape from all the Jerry’s that were scattered over the entire front side of the mountain by eating shit everywhere and risking injury or death on their first run ever on the gondola. It was always cool to hype up others that were lapping dark side glades underneath the lift line, and passing by the bottom with the “Betty Loved This Trail” sign always made me smile.

The old double was just taken down this past summer and it’s replaced with a quad now, so who knows what could happen over there later this season.


ive seen some legit skiers rip the dark side glades, didnt know they took the double down that sucks. one of my favorite chairs at gore forsure
Dec 18 2020 12:35AM
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Eb71
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Big Daddy
Dec 18 2020 8:31AM
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sqeellicbic
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Thunder at jackson
Dec 18 2020 7:39PM
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NateDude
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I'd have to go with Northwest chair at Mt. Bachelor. It accesses some really sick terrain.

**This post was edited on Dec 19th 2020 at 5:21:36pm
Dec 19 2020 5:20PM
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donotreply
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also 7th heaven
Dec 19 2020 5:42PM
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dwt802
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Sunrise triple at killington, it’s a super calm ride where you can overlook half the mountain from a far, enjoy a nice smoke, and relax. There is a secret pow reserve off the lift no one knows even though it is all beginner terrain serving condos. You can jump off at a low point that is a separate peak you can’t normally ski to which serves mad pow. It’s also just old and dope as it used to be 3 times longer. Idk always love riding that life on warm spring days or leftover pow days.
Dec 19 2020 6:14PM
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GayWolf420
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Gad II laps, idk why. Quick with some really fun skiing to access.
Dec 19 2020 6:49PM
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RIP_leos_shack
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Chair 23 at Mammoth. Infinite stoke on a powder day, and plus the tunnel at the top is super neat.

Also old Pali (RIP). The new chair looks nice but it doesn't have the same character.
Dec 19 2020 7:06PM
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sqeellicbic
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RIP_leos_shackChair 23 at Mammoth. Infinite stoke on a powder day, and plus the tunnel at the top is super neat.

Also old Pali (RIP). The new chair looks nice but it doesn't have the same character.


I've never been more scared on a chairlift than on chair 23 on a windy day
Dec 19 2020 7:15PM
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Jpurd
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I had family that lived in Sandpoint for about 20 years and we went to visit the skied Schweitzer about 2 years ago. Man that mtn is awesome. Snowghost was down when. We were there so I never got to ski much of that terrain, but wanting to get back there soon and hit it up
Dec 19 2020 7:31PM
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Plankton
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the black mountain platter pull. Someone please recognize this
Dec 19 2020 9:22PM
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hoodratz47
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Man. I love me a good chairlift.. for me id say
Rock garden (Anthony lakes or)
Upper bowl (skibowl or)
Single chair( mad river VT)
Blue chair( mt hood meadows)
Magic myhole ( timberline)
Dec 20 2020 3:21PM
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NoSkillsCrew
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My favorites are Heather Canyon at Mt. Hood. The trees right under the lift is some of my favorite terrain ever. Then a tie for Cloudchaser / Old Rainbow zone at Bachelor. I guess it's a park now over there by that used to be some of my favorite mellow go 1000 miles an hour and jib everything zones cause you could be reckless AF and there was just no one around.
Dec 20 2020 4:18PM
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Brule.
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dshilandive seen some legit skiers rip the dark side glades, didnt know they took the double down that sucks. one of my favorite chairs at gore forsure


Dark side glades is hands down top 3 of the best glades at gore imho. Love me some cliffs when the snow’s nice.
Dec 20 2020 5:22PM
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Anti-Hero
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The single chair at mad river glen and the tram at Jackson hole
Dec 21 2020 11:53AM
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Funnel
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Chair 23 at Mammoth or Snowghost at Schweitzer (RIP).
Dec 23 2020 1:18AM
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Slunky
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Crystal on Blackcomb is fire at all times
Dec 23 2020 3:39AM
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