VIDEO: Watch What Happens When You Take a Blowtorch to a Chairlift Cable… Valmorel ski area in the French Alps is replacing one of their chairlifts this summer, but before they can install the new equipment they needed to remove the old. Related: VIDEO: Must Watch Chairlift Horror Movie ‘FROZEN’ is Available to Stream For Free How do you dismantle a chairlift? With a blowtorch of course! These engineers held a blowtorch to […] SnowBrains | May 22, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Terrifying Footage of a Chairlift Rollback Test | Employees Run for Their Lives [arve url="https://youtu.be/sdR4YojnWXc"] SnowBrains | May 21, 2020 Likes Tweets 3 Comments
New Hampshire School is Using Local Ski Area’s Chairlifts for Socially Distanced Graduation Ceremony A New Hampshire high school will still be holding its graduation ceremony in person while still obeying social distancing measures – by using ski lifts. Related: The Top 9 East Coast Ski Resorts & Why You Must “SKI THE EAST”: Kennett High School in Conway, NH will use a chairlift at Cranmore Mountain to take seniors to the 2,000-foot summit […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 18, 2020 0 Comments
10 Longest Vertical Drops in North America: We’ve decided to put a small twist on this statistic. The rankings we are displaying below only reflect the amount of vertical that can be accessed via a chairlift. No hiking. Just riding chairs and skiing down. This is more relevant for the highest percentage of skiers in North America, so we thought we’d allow the numbers to reflect that. We’ve decided to put a small twist on this statistic. The rankings we are displaying below only reflect the amount of vertical that can be accessed via a chairlift. No hiking. Just riding […] Brains SnowBrains | May 2, 2020 50 Comments
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Witness Reports ‘Lift Operator Was NOT Paying Attention’ as Skier Died of Asphyxia on Vail, CO Chairlift An incident report issued by the Sheriff’s Office yesterday reveals that, according to a witness, the lift operator on duty as Jason Varnish hung from a Vail chairlift was not paying attention, reports Vail Daily. “The lift operator was not paying attention and had been cleaning off snow in the area,” according to the witness, the report states. Varnish, 46, […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 9, 2020 0 Comments
Chairlift at British Columbia Resort Remains CLOSED While Police Investigate Former Employee One of Baldy Mountain Resort’s two chairlifts was closed to the public for the third consecutive day yesterday while the RCMP investigates the actions of a former employee. The Sugarlump Quad at the British Columbia resort closed on Saturday reports Global News. A report cites an ongoing RCMP investigation into a former employee and “procedural difficulties caused by certain stolen records,” […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 29, 2020 0 Comments
Skiers Evacuated When Chair Was Ripped From Cable at Montana Snowbowl Thankfully the chair that was ripped from the line at Montana Snowbowl on Wednesday was empty, although many people did have to be evacuated from the Lavelle chairlift. According to The Missoulian, the fixed-grip chair had just come around the bull wheel after unloading two skiers when it caught on part of the lift and tore away from the cable. An […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 6, 2020 0 Comments