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Anyone ever get stuck at the mountain?

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JOTTO
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So today I messed up big time and locked my keys in my car when I was skiing at Big Boulder. I went in the lodge to see if they might have anything to help out and they said they couldn't help at all. I tried calling the cops and they said they wouldn't help. All they told me is that they could give me the number to a towing company, but I had no money either. Since my keys were right on the drivers seat my friend and I slightly pushed the window out with a ski pole, and ended up fishing the keys out with a clothing hanger which saved us from being stuck from being able to get home.

This led me to think... has anyone gotten stuck at the mountain they were shredding at for a period of time for some reason? From broken down cars or just being a dumbass and locking the keys in it like I did, etc.
Dec 7 2014 7:11PM
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shepux
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The lock on the toilet broke once and I was stuck in there for a good 2 hours
Dec 7 2014 7:20PM
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JGWI
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I don't live very far from my hill so it wasn't a huge issue but I locked my keys in my trunk while grabbing my gear. The bad part of it was it had snowed over a foot that morning and was still dumping so it was a difficult trip for those coming to rescue me.
Dec 7 2014 7:23PM
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Peter.
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big boulder local cops blow if they wouldn't even give you a number of AAA or something to get the door open
Dec 7 2014 7:26PM
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brett_fisher
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JOTTOSo today I messed up big time and locked my keys in my car when I was skiing at Big Boulder. I went in the lodge to see if they might have anything to help out and they said they couldn't help at all. I tried calling the cops and they said they wouldn't help. All they told me is that they could give me the number to a towing company, but I had no money either. Since my keys were right on the drivers seat my friend and I slightly pushed the window out with a ski pole, and ended up fishing the keys out with a clothing hanger which saved us from being stuck from being able to get home.

This led me to think... has anyone gotten stuck at the mountain they were shredding at for a period of time for some reason? From broken down cars or just being a dumbass and locking the keys in it like I did, etc.





No if i got stuck i could just walk home in like a hour or 2 or on a good snow day ski into town
Dec 7 2014 7:47PM
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nortslayer
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My bud and I got passes pulled for the day once and didn't want to wait until 4 to ride the bus back home. We hitchhiked our way back and got a ride from a blondie. She was hot but she was blonde enough I was scared we would go flying off the road.
Dec 8 2014 12:57AM
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saskskier
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Was on a trip to Jasper with friends and my friend lost to the keys to his van on the mountain. Ended up having to get towed back to town and new keys made from a dealer in a town like 1.5 hours away and sent to us the next day.

As as it turns out, one of the cat drivers found the keys when grooming that night, but we didn't find out until after we got the new keys.
Dec 8 2014 1:04AM
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theabortionator
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Stuck at the mountain a couple times do to shitty, or closed roads. Also been stuck at the mountain because I was too drunk to drive anywhere else after contests.

Honestly there are usually some pretty decent places to hide out. At gore there was a paint closet(big room though) that was chill. Also slept at the lodge midway up the mtn and rode freshies down once.


I'm sure I've locked my keys in the car at the mountain before as well.
Dec 8 2014 1:30AM
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DasGoatenshafter
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My parents forgot to get me all the time. I'd call them after the lifts stopped and they wouldn't have left the house yet to get me.
Dec 8 2014 12:27PM
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connecticunt
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I was stuck at one face of the mountain (carinthia) while my car was at the main face parking lot and it was absolutely dumping that night. I just forgot that the busses weren't running after a certain time and I asked some of my international liftie buddies to drive me to my car. They ended up driving me to their house where I woke up on a chair to one of them taking pictures of my while I slept.
Dec 8 2014 12:31PM
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daannnnieel
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lift huts go unlocked a lot of the time lol....
Dec 8 2014 12:32PM
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LynxNation
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I've had my battery die in an empty parking lot, been buried by plows when working a late night, and lost my keys in the dark.

All have sucked and but I have been pretty lucky/ determined and not had the spend the night stuck. People can be pretty awesome if you really need help.
Dec 8 2014 1:01PM
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gnarballsianm
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I think it was a year or so ago, my brothers and I were driving up, my brothers car slowly started to die, we were probably about 5-8 miles away. We had to wait 3 hours for a flat bed to we truck because my brother had an xterra, then we could only make it halfway back, then we got it started again, then it died when we were about 30 minutes from home, had to get it towed and my dad had to pick us up while my oldest brother waited for the car to get picked up. Needless to say it was a very long day.
Dec 8 2014 1:50PM
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last_tango
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KayngBaynglift huts go unlocked a lot of the time lol....

Had a liftie back when I worked at the river that slept in the motor room overnight for weeks at a time.
Dec 8 2014 1:53PM
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Phil-X-
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last_tangoHad a liftie back when I worked at the river that slept in the motor room overnight for weeks at a time.


Its not that I don't believe you but those are like completely uninsulated and I cant imagine how cold it would get
Dec 8 2014 2:16PM
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caucasian_chad
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Hasn't happened to me yet, but you can get stuck at Big Sky for hours if there's a wreck on the highway.
Dec 8 2014 2:32PM
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booniemon
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inb4 Frozen references
Dec 8 2014 2:48PM
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last_tango
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Phil-X-Its not that I don't believe you but those are like completely uninsulated and I cant imagine how cold it would get

If you take the heater down that keeps the motor warm and point it at you and the motor it keeps you warm enough. They had spare seat pads for him to have a make shift bed. Having a bit of weed helps for sleep as well.
Dec 8 2014 2:55PM
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JOTTO
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Peter.big boulder local cops blow if they wouldn't even give you a number of AAA or something to get the door open


They told me they could give me a number to a towing company, but no skier in high school's got money fo that
Dec 8 2014 6:18PM
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foolmetwice
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Before I got my license one time my mom didn't pick me up from hyland until 12:30 am. I ended up getting a curfew ticket.
Dec 8 2014 7:33PM
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Phil-X-
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last_tangoIf you take the heater down that keeps the motor warm and point it at you and the motor it keeps you warm enough. They had spare seat pads for him to have a make shift bed. Having a bit of weed helps for sleep as well.


ah didn't know about that, pretty sick
Dec 8 2014 7:44PM
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