anybody ever nearly fall off a ski lift or know anybody who has?

[TranceNation]

I like to go snowboarding but I hate those ski lifts

 

[Albis]

i've almost fallen off once but somehow leaned back hard enough to stop myself from tipping

i was so fricken scared

 

[Frew]

Ski lifts are fun.

 

[Skiguy411]

Fall off the ski lift as in, while its on the way up, or when you are trying to get on/off?

 

[blackdogdeek]

i got tripped up getting off the ski lift once. dislocated my shoulder and almost re-sprained my ankle.

i've seen people ride the ski lift back down but i don't know if that's because they were too scared to get off or because they just were taking the ride back.

never seen anyone fall off in the middle somewhere.

you'd think with one little bar that you can actually raise while riding up the mountain that there would be stories of someone falling off.

 

[TranceNation]

Originally posted by: Skiguy411
Fall off the ski lift as in, while its on the way up, or when you are trying to get on/off?

while it's on the way up, in mid air where if you fall you will get seriously hurt or die

 

[b0mbrman]

I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, especially w/inexperienced snowboarders

 

[SportSC4]

A couple friends went snowboarding with a few girls.
One of the girls fell off.
I think it was 20-30 feet.
On rocks.

She ended up being in really bad shape to say the least.

 

[BW86]

Ski lifts are fun, especially when you stick your tongue to the pole

 

[TitanDiddly]

I go to a music festival every year on a ski mountain, there are always kids who dangle by one arm, etc. I usually ride it around for a few hours and make friends. When it gets crowded, they make you get off though.

 

[Skiguy411]

How does one fall from a ski lift in mid air? I would think they would have enough sense to know that if I move off this chair, I could possibly fall to my death. Maybe I overestimate people....

 

[VTrider]

I'm a ski instructor - I see people fall off the lift on a seasonal basis! Most of them are ages 3-5, they fall....they bounce..they get up and have a fun time! Don't worry, just don't fall on rocks you will be fine

 

[Hammer]

we bet some guy in college to jump off. he did. that's the only time i've seen it.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Skiguy411
How does one fall from a ski lift in mid air? I would think they would have enough sense to know that if I move off this chair, I could possibly fall to my death. Maybe I overestimate people....

yes...yes you do. People are really stupid. INCREDIBLY, MIND-NUMBINGLY stupid.

 

[shenaniganz]

Originally posted by: VTrider
I'm a ski instructor - I see people fall off the lift on a seasonal basis! Most of them are ages 3-5, they fall....they bounce..they get up and have a fun time! Don't worry, just don't fall on rocks you will be fine

Sometimes the distance to the ground can be 70' or more. I don't think I would be bouncing, getting up and having a good time after that.

 

[marcello]

I didn't fall off, but I did jump off. It's not too bad, as long as you don't do it over rocks or trees as people have said. It's really a lot easier to get on and off than it seems, it just takes a little practice.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

you'd think with one little bar that you can actually raise while riding up the mountain that there would be stories of someone falling off.

I never even put the bar down. I think when you're that high up, you make a point of not doing anything stupid that would cause you to fall off. I've seen people who had a ski fall off, that would suck.

 

[TranceNation]

Originally posted by: Skiguy411
How does one fall from a ski lift in mid air? I would think they would have enough sense to know that if I move off this chair, I could possibly fall to my death. Maybe I overestimate people....

sudden stops, shaky ski lift, bad weather, person sitting next to them with inbalance movement, etc

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

you'd think with one little bar that you can actually raise while riding up the mountain that there would be stories of someone falling off.

I never even put the bar down. I think when you're that high up, you make a point of not doing anything stupid that would cause you to fall off. I've seen people who had a ski fall off, that would suck.

yea
the ones that have the bars you pull down is max 20-30 feet I believe around NJ.
The ones that go higher up are Gondolas ? where you get in and stand.

 

[puffff]

i knew a kid, he was about 5 or 6 years old at the time, who fell off a ski lift. i think he landed on some rocks. ended up with two broken legs, a broken arm, and broken ribs. he was pretty much in a body cast while he healed. poor kid.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: puffff
i knew a kid, he was about 5 or 6 years old at the time, who fell off a ski lift. i think he landed on some rocks. ended up with two broken legs, a broken arm, and broken ribs. he was pretty much in a body cast while he healed. poor kid.

ive never seen anyone in a body cast before..bet it sucks to hell and back

 

[VTrider]

Originally posted by: shenaniganz

Originally posted by: VTrider
I'm a ski instructor - I see people fall off the lift on a seasonal basis! Most of them are ages 3-5, they fall....they bounce..they get up and have a fun time! Don't worry, just don't fall on rocks you will be fine

Sometimes the distance to the ground can be 70' or more. I don't think I would be bouncing, getting up and having a good time after that.

Probably not. Most of the people who fall of chairlifts do so right when they get on or right before they get off - usually not that high off the ground.

Last year however we did have a whole chair detach from the line and drop a good 20ft - with 2 people oboard! They were both fine (lucky). The skier on the chair in front of them snagged a rope by accident with their ski, the ensuing entanglement caused the chair to stall while the chair behind them crashed into it - that chair fell off. The two guys on the chair behind them witnessed the whole thing - all the while sitting there waiting for history to repeat itself with their chair, they chose to jump off (both fine also) - the lift stopped before that chair did the same thing.

Although these things don't happen too often, the Ski industry does a good job of keeping this kind of stuff out of the news. Now that we have totally frightened TranceNation, have fun on the slopes this year