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I miss double chairs

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Mr.Bishop
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I know they were slow as fuck, but honestly... the double chair was such a key part of the intimate relationship you'd form with fellow skiers.

Quads and 6-packs get people up the mountain faster, but nothing touched the bond of the double chair.

Right?
Mar 13 2014 1:32AM
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Calb3rt
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Good old Mt. Aurora Skiland, farthest north lift in north america. I think it is one of the oldest lifts still running too. They bought it from Silver Star in BC a looooong time ago. it breaks down fairly regularly nowadays but it adds to the character of the place. I love it.Click for larger image
Mar 13 2014 3:38PM
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JAHpow
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They're all over the place in MN. Lutsen has like 6 of them.
Mar 13 2014 3:44PM
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stupendous-man
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Snowghost what up. Also Skibowl... I think the cons outweigh the pros for me though, I would rather be on a quad because Im usually shredding with friends.
Mar 13 2014 3:57PM
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-RB-
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PNW has got plenty of em!
Mar 13 2014 4:11PM
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K-Dubs
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smuggs notch will not make the shift to high speed. doubles on doubles on doubes. may be why i like it so much
Mar 13 2014 4:32PM
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Nacho+
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Canons got one tht isn't super slow. It's new too, they built it just a few years ago. Great for getting chicks because it is such a long ride that you have to talk to then
Mar 13 2014 4:58PM
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Top_Gun
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RIP Chair 6, gonna miss you
Mar 13 2014 5:09PM
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I_Am_Mod
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both looking sideways is the least awkward, ass to face or face to face is pretty funny though ...
Mar 13 2014 5:28PM
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GayWolf420
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the chair up at jupe at PC is the shit. love me some two seater action.
Mar 13 2014 5:46PM
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chicken
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teepee town needs a mid station so you can lap the good part without sitting in the freezing cold. no high speed chairs there though, would be too much traffic.
Mar 13 2014 5:46PM
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270on420out
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Solitude UT. Was terrifying to get on as a child.
Mar 13 2014 5:47PM
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Blunttip360
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We have a double at Labrador and the stoned convos I have with ski patrols are unparalleled. Those dudes are fascinating and find our ridiculous shenanigans and choice of clothing equally as enticing.
Mar 13 2014 6:05PM
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Brocka_Flocka
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Pallavicini - Abasin. Completely unmatched
Mar 13 2014 6:37PM
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nick_monteleone
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Haha my tiny mountain only has double chairs!
Mar 13 2014 6:53PM
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TNORTS
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All about the single chair...

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Mar 13 2014 7:11PM
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muel
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Alyeska has 1 double chair, but they don't use it anymore
Mar 13 2014 7:41PM
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rozboon
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Japan still has loads of them... along with some sketchy single seaters that are more like a couple of slippery planks zip-tied to a pole that you cling to for dear life if the chair gets a bit of an angle on.

The ultimate in camaraderie is still riding some janky rutted steep-ass T-Bar and requiring mad teamwork to get to the top in one piece. The one out of Cedar Bowl in Fernie had some days like that.

Although possibly this is topped by riding a rope tow when it has come off the pullies and 3 of you have to man-train the damn thing so you have enough weight on the rope to stop it lifting you into the air.

Mar 13 2014 8:02PM
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airplaneface
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It's an age old question

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Mar 13 2014 8:08PM
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flatland
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If it ended by the silver city gate, that would be perfect. Still one of my favourite places to lap, always quiet.
Mar 13 2014 8:20PM
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Turd.Ferguson
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Tiehack Lift in buttermilk, aspen,co not good terrain but a great lift to get to know people on
Mar 13 2014 8:59PM
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HarlTheGnarl
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Smuggs for the win.
Mar 13 2014 9:06PM
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raymondcabral
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The double at Alta is the shit. It's cool how the chairs coming down aren't even connected to the poles, too. Super fun.
Mar 13 2014 9:38PM
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Blurst
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Thats the one I referenced with regard to Bishop, as he was a park staff at Blue in its glory days.

The one I ride now is in Sherbrooke Quebec.
Mar 13 2014 9:53PM
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jpastor
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there is one at sunapee. Its real fun, it goes right throught this corridor or trees
Mar 13 2014 9:54PM
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humpty
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We were on the double at black mtn (it was pretty old and slow) and it stopped on the steepest part with rocks under it because of the wind. The chair going down was swaying then the seat flew off.. It was sketchy
Mar 13 2014 10:02PM
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boomie
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What he said, every place I can think of has a 2 seater in minnesota
Mar 13 2014 11:20PM
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mulz
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I have been blazed out by more 40~ish year old Dads on Pali at Abasin than anywhere else/by any other demographic. Viva La Double chairs.
Mar 13 2014 11:31PM
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mulz
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I have been blazed out by more 40~ish year old Dads on Pali at Abasin than anywhere else/by any other demographic. Viva La Double chairs.
Mar 13 2014 11:31PM
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ski2sky.
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hahahaha this is so suspect
Mar 13 2014 11:50PM
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roddy116
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keystone...
Mar 14 2014 12:14AM
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AaronO.
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I don't think Jackson hole has any. The bunny hill is a quad there
Mar 14 2014 12:47AM
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Scott0_robot0
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and usually made pow days that much more pwderier.
Mar 14 2014 1:02AM
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-MK-
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All three of our lifts are doubles. Eaglecrest, AK
Mar 14 2014 1:04AM
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joelski
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cypress in vancouver still has two doubles
Mar 14 2014 2:04AM
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VAPEOREON
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I lost my virginity on a double chair.
Tried again on a quad and not everyone was really into it.

bring back the doubles.
Mar 14 2014 2:19AM
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Skibumsmith
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I'm in love with Wildcat at Alta, the Summit Chair at Whitewater and Red Towers at Red. God forbid they're ever replaced with high speed chairs.
Mar 14 2014 2:25AM
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last_tango
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I miss bumping double chairs, they are the easiest chair to bump and they are pretty damn bullet proof. They are the honda civics of the ropeway world that generally don't get any maintenance done to them but somehow keep trucking.
Mar 14 2014 3:51AM
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ThaLorax
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Wait. What resorts DON'T have at least 1 double chair? I literally can't think of one.
Mar 14 2014 3:57AM
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last_tango
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brighton sadly.
Mar 14 2014 3:59AM
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chuckmarty
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Go to Silverton, Monarch, or Chair 6 at Breck
Mar 14 2014 9:31AM
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Filet-O-Fish
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my mountain has all t-bars
Mar 14 2014 10:06AM
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TNORTS
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Vermont...
Mar 14 2014 2:08PM
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Tbjergdal
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WhistlerBlackcomb
Mar 14 2014 6:49PM
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Queen_Selassie
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Haha right. Keystone and Breck's park chair's are both doubles.
Mar 14 2014 9:28PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22671 - Karma: 75,832
I mean there's also old north, which is what I grew up skiing on. My racing days was just lapping that chair over and over for like 17 years.

Badlands double is the sickest though. I'd argue that the park setup there is one of the most awesome in North America. When you have that super short, super packed park set up mint - like we used to do it - and you're always riding up the chair with a new person its unreal.

My whole gimmick used to be that any time a new person came into the park with twins on, I'd always lap up to them and ride the double. It was a short double, but you still got that really solid personal relationship.

I met a ton of my best ski people that way.
Mar 14 2014 10:17PM
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Drail
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especially when it started to sway and hit the poles. good times.
Mar 14 2014 10:25PM
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C.R.E.A.M
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this




i like
Mar 14 2014 11:39PM
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PacificRimJob
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Dude, You have a pass to one of them haha.

Northstar@Tahoe.

Here's a few more for you...

Homewood, Tahoe Donner, Mt. Rose, Mt. Bachelor, I don't believe Whistler does (T-Bars though), Timberline, Shasta...

I'm sure there's plenty more I'm forgetting.
Mar 15 2014 3:14AM
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