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A Day in the Life of a “Lifty”

Lifty doing snow work

First off… what is a “Lifty?” A Lifty is what we call a Ski Lift Operator. They’re those guys and gals that stand by the buttons and occasionally yell at you to move all the way up to the green line to load the ski lift. During the winter of 2021/2022, I worked as a Lifty in Park City, Utah. […]

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Riley McDonald | October 31, 2022
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Do Lifties Have the Best Job Ever?

Monarch Awesome, lifties

Brought to you by Monarch Mountain Skiing makes the world go-’round … and lifties make the chairlifts go ’round. Lift operators, or lifties, are some of the coolest people on the mountain and work in one of the most awesome positions in the job market. Whether the liftie works at a smaller, local mountain, or a massively commercialized mountain, they […]

Jesse | December 4, 2018
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