Always put your bar down.

borealridah

borealridah

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Yesterday at squaw the most mindblowing scary thing happened. We were on kt22 with our ski team and about halfway up the lift we got hit by an avalanche. It took my buddy right off the lift and down 40+ feet and in the avalanche. If our bar was down he would not have a broken shoulder. He is lucky he survived.always put your bar down
 
Was it from a peak above you? It seems pretty unlikely. A lift shouldn't be there if it's that much of a hazard
 
My hill has an elevation of 700 feet so that shouldn't be too much of a problem. But that's super scary hope he heels up quick.
 
same. and to those of us NSers with GoPros be careful putting the bar down i lost mine last season the bar fell and knocked it off. never saw it again
 
Fuck you, I chose the goddamn thug life and I'll keep the bar up if I damn well please.
 
I want to ride with the ballers, but it makes me uncomfortable when they leave the bar up. :(
 
Ahhh east coasters...Yes it really happened. A lot of the bigger western ski areas are mostly avalanche terrain so its pretty much impossible to put chair lifts only in safe zones. Every once and a while lifts and sometimes even lodges get taken out.
 
if the bar has footrests im damn sure gonna put the bar down, makes the lift so much more comfortable
 
This.

Its nice to have something to lean on sometimes as well..but most of te time i just leave it up
 
besides that is a total american problem. while I was skiing park city I think I was the only person putting down the bar, here in europe everybody does it automatically
 
So much this.

If you're not alone on the chair, you can be certain the other guys are gonna put it down. And if you're alone and decide to leave it up, you can be certain the lifty is gonna stop the damn lift and yell at you to put it down before it starts again. Yup, I've witnessed it.
 
People on Unnoficial Networks are hoping the guy gets a lifetime pass. I mean accidents happen, shit happens, so If he got a lifetime pass out of that he should be stoked. Sucks that he's gonna be down a season though.
 
Glad your buddy is okay. I took two runs on KT that morning but was over on creek when it slid. That is some crazy shit. Snow is so sketchy right now. Slides all over the place in tahoe. But to your point, I don't understand why people don't put the bar down. It doesn't make you cooler when you fall off the lift and die. I have some friends that get mildly upset when I pull the bar down. It's like Im ruining their street cred or something. These are also the same people that don't wear helmets so I guess that tells you where their intelligence level is...
 
On my hill I usually put the bar down when I am wearing my park jacket, and because of that I put it down out of habit even when I am not working
 
on the east coast...not to many avalanches, but when winds hit 40+ i put it down because the lift just rocks way to much
 
i used to put the bar down until i turned like 15 and realized it's more or less pointless. although the hills i ride at, the lift isn't built in the avalanche area.
 
i ride squaw all the time and the only place on KT i could see this happening is when your about 50 yards past the fingers where the hill is above the lift
 
ya this actually ill take a foot rest, or a wind bubble but if its just a bar or im stuck in the middle that shit is not being pulled down by me
 
I am surprised at how many people ride with the bar down. I did until i was like 7 but now i never even think about it unless someone asks. And It has nothing to do with looking "cool." I feel very safe and secure just sitting on the chair. Then again I never really thought about avys coming off the fingers right into my lap....
 
The physics of a passenger sitting properly in a chairlift do not actually require use of a restraining bar. If the chairlift stops suddenly (as from use of the system emergency brake), the carrier's arm connecting to the grip pivots smoothly forward—driven by the chair's inertia—and maintains friction (and seating angle) between the seat and passenger. The restraining bar is useful for children—who do not fit comfortably

into adult sized chairs In addition,

restraining bars with footrests reduce muscle fatigue from supporting

the weight of a snowboard or skis, especially during long lift rides.

That said I always put it down, because in Euroland the lifties will scream at you and even stop the bloody lift if you haven't put it down.

The thing I hate do is people who slam down the bar immidiatly, Usually parents with kids, before you even have a chance to get on the bar has already knocked of your teletubbie like appendage known as a GoPro.
 
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