VIDEO: Scary Ride on Ukrainian Chairlift [iframe id=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ez2gpz3pAoM”] Bukovel Ski Resort: On an Ukrainian Chairlift, an Englishman had a ride he’ll likely never forget. It is unclear how he ended up dangling from the chair or how he managed to stay suspended in the air. The rescue effort involved reversing the chairlift where the victim was reportedly pulled to safety, unharmed. Bukovel Ski Resort, “Ukraine’s Most Luxurious […] Industry News Robin Azer | January 16, 2017 1 Comment
Skier Who Pushed Snowboarder Off Chairlift in Aspen To Plead Not Guilty By Insanity On January 17th, Thomas Proesel, 31, pushed snowboarder Seth Beckton off the Loge Peak Lift at Aspen Highlands, Colorado after a comment that Beckton made about skiing vs. snowboarding. Seth fell about 25-feet. Proesel is now pleading insanity so that he will not be charged as guilty. Seth: “to get tits deep pow shots you just need to […] Industry News Keenan Grady | March 29, 2016 1 Comment
VIDEO: Tree Falls Onto Moving Chairlift If you think too much while riding chairlifts, you may start to wonder just how safe these things really are. Chairlifts are very safe, but things can go wrong from time to time. This season we’ve had some scary lift accidents including the lift rolling backwards for a minute at Sugarloaf in Maine last week. This week, we’ve got a video of a Ukrainian chairlift getting hit by a tree. Scary, but nothing dangerous seems to come of it. The tree fortunately hits the side of the chairlift that has the empty chairs. […] SnowBrains | April 8, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Snowboarder Falls from Chairlift Not sure what to say about this one. Not sure how he got there, or how long he was there, or who magically had this fall-from-a-chairlift-tarp laying around… Glad it worked out, though. Could have been bad. How did this guy get into this position? Whee! A good start to the season! I got super lucky, no injuries at all. It could have been way worse! i just slipped off the chair and the safety bar wasn’t down and i just slipped on and was hanging on for life! – witness […] SnowBrains | December 2, 2014 1 Comment
Man Hit By Chairlift Sues Mount Hood Meadows James P. Meagher was injured while trying to load onto a chairlift at Mount Hood Meadows on March 27, 2014. The safety bar was down when James went to load the chair, and Meagher was struck and dragged by the chairlift. Meagher suffered a partial tear of his meniscus and other injuries and is suing Mount Hood for a total of $316,990 […] SnowBrains | April 4, 2014 2 Comments
Crystal Mountain Avalanche Videos | Heli Footage of Debris and Patroller Video During Control Work Following the news that a chairlift had been destroyed by an avalanche in Washington state more pictures and footage have begun to emerge. The clear weather in the days following the avalanche has helped showcase the destructive power of this slide. The chair was a Washington favorite and Crystal Mountain has been flooded with questions about buying a chair from the downed chairlift. Crystal has received so many requests that they have issued a special statement regarding the chairs […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 12, 2014 4 Comments
Avalanche @ Crystal Mountain, WA Destroys #1 Chairlift in PNW Yesterday A large, explosive triggered avalanche destroyed the High Campbell Chairlift at Crystal Mountain ski resort yesterday. Specifically, the bottom terminal and towers of the chairlift were destroyed. Crystal published a video of an enormous, tree downing avalanche last week and this latest chair destroying avalanche likely wasn’t any less powerful. We have previously ranked the High Campbell lift as the number 1 of the chairlift in the Pacific Northwest. It’s a huge bummer that it’s been destroyed but we’re excited that they’l be able to replace […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 11, 2014 1 Comment
VIDEO: How To De-Ice a Chairlift | by Timberline Lodge, OR Every wondered how ski resorts de ice the chairlift cables after a big storm or an rime or ice event? Us, too. This video shows us exactly how it’s done. Basically, you need some chairlift ninjas, a snowcat and some rope, and some serious know how. MHR crew Tim Douglass and Hette Olyano head up to document deicing the haul rope on the Magic Mile chairlift at Timberline Lodge and Ski Area – Timberline Lodge ski resort, OR […] SnowBrains | January 22, 2014 0 Comments
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