Wild Gondola Stories

How about that gal that got stuck in the gondola at heavenly after they started downloading her late in the afternoon and didn’t communicate with the base operator, who subsequently shut the lift off while she was part way down. She was in the cabin overnight and didn’t have her phone to call for help. That was wild
 
The skyship stage 1 at Killington has hosted many wild times. It was like a 15 minute ride so plenty of time for chaos. From hot boxing it with multiple bongs and joints, hooking up with girls, crushing entire packs of beer, Having randoms join the fun. Not just one story but stage 1, it provides.
 
Had some pole dancing after the beer fest in Tahoe

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1095486/IMG-5897-mov[/video]
 
Not really gondola. But I was a lifty for a 2 summer bike park seasons and man, the things i saw.

Mostly revolving around tourists from SE Asia who spoke little to no english and couldn't comprehend even basic visual instructions on how to get on / get off a chair. We had to physically restrain them on several occasions because there were 6 or 7 of them trying to get onto a 4 seat chair, or on more than 1 occasion they tried to physically stop the chair as it came around. Looking back, the stories are fucking hilarious but at the time it was frustrating as fuck.

I can't understand for the life of me how they can get through safety critical border control at an airport but not onto a chairlift.
 
I rode up the gondola at Snowbasin with a professional water lobbyist to the Utah legislature. He ranted about how alfalfa is falsly demonized for using all our water and we just need more snow to refill the salt lake. He also said he's a close friend of Governor Cox. He wasn't even mormon which somehow makes it worse, I don't understand how he could have his head so far up his ass.

People like him will destroy this state.
 
was riding the interconnect gondola at pc and there was this guy talking about the houses in The Colony (super fancy development in between pc and canyons). I ask him what the cheapest house was he says about 6 million for 2500 square feet practically a garage. He then invited to stop by his house (looked it up later 18.5 mil) anytime before 3. Why 3 you might ask because that was when he was flying private to Vegas.
 
Upper Gondi at Mammoth, could tell these guys were bummed we jumped in at mid-chalet. Toward the top, one dude says “Not enough powder on the mountain today!” Takes a few key bumps. Thats all.
 
some bitch ass pussy wanted me to wear a mask in 2020. lmao. average stratton skier.

also several times when retard snowboarders get pressed for no reason after i mentioned that i ski at mad river glen, and then me having to pretend that i think it's stupid they don't let snowboarders go there because im probably talking to an ex con who went to jail for raping animals.

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one time on the keystone gondi night skiing this girl hopped in with us at mid load was showing us pics of her and 3 other girls wearing thongs at an edm show that the chive shared and she said ‘which one am i?’ i said ‘hopefully this one’ cause i noticed the same jacket that she was wearing. so i got her number but i was a total

bitch and never sealed the deal
 
It became a thing to finish a bottle of booze and a blunt on the eight minute ride up the Eagle Bahn gondola in Vail. I worked on the tubing hill at the top. Tourists who were not altitude acclimated were attempting this. People were just passing out standing up. Pretty funny.

This all started with locals "spreading the word" to any tourists they met.
 
[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1095594/IMG-1972-mov[/video]

average gondi commute home back in the drinking days.

oh i forgot that videos arent encoding. It was cabin 69 and i popped open a beer totally trevor style

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The story is far too long so I'll just give the highlights.

Few years ago I rode the lift with an older guy at Vail and he wouldn't quit talking. Told me he was a lawyer, I wasn't surprised. By to top of the lift, it turns out we knew a handful of people in common from my hometown. I said we needed one more lift ride to chat it up so we skied a lap and hopped on another chair (dude shreds for a 70 year old). He then proceeded to tell me, not only was he a lawyer, but he was a high level executive for Nascar, now retired. He was responsible for Nascar's merchandise licensing deals and network TV rights - we're talking hot shit!

We were having so much fun chatting stories about our mutual friends, I offered to buy him a beer. He told me to follow him, he knew a good place to get a drink and quick bite. We ski down to Vail Village base area, and I think we're headed to one of the usual watering holes. Instead of a bar, he leads me to his home, about a 3 minute walk from the base of the gondola. Fucking primo, dream house location! His wife makes us gin and tonics and a sandwich, and we hang out all afternoon just shooting the shit.

He now lets me park at his house if he's in town, and I make sure his and his wife's skis are always tuned and waxed. We ski together every once in a while still, but he's unfortunately slowed down in the five years since I met him. Despite the 40 year age difference, he's one of the coolest guys I've ever met, and he gives me so much life and business advice I could start a blog.
 
Summer 2018 I was heading up the gondola to ski blackcomb public park (RIP) and met probably the most fried individual I've ever met. He was telling us all about this bender he was on and listed off like 7 different drugs that he did the night before. Then proceeded to pull out a bag and do some lines off his phone. Mind you this was like 10:30 am. Wonder how he's doing now
 
Most legendary thing I've heard... Some un named friends use to case race the Killington Gondola from Skyeship Base terminal up to the summit. Around 15mins, 30 beers, ending with 6 people not feeling to hot getting off at the top.
 
Does anyone here remember 36 hours of Keystone? I was underage, so didn't drink, but that was insane. Straight debauchery in the gondola. And the mountain. And the parking lot.
 
14622973:midwestcoast said:
The story is far too long so I'll just give the highlights.

Few years ago I rode the lift with an older guy at Vail and he wouldn't quit talking. Told me he was a lawyer, I wasn't surprised. By to top of the lift, it turns out we knew a handful of people in common from my hometown. I said we needed one more lift ride to chat it up so we skied a lap and hopped on another chair (dude shreds for a 70 year old). He then proceeded to tell me, not only was he a lawyer, but he was a high level executive for Nascar, now retired. He was responsible for Nascar's merchandise licensing deals and network TV rights - we're talking hot shit!

We were having so much fun chatting stories about our mutual friends, I offered to buy him a beer. He told me to follow him, he knew a good place to get a drink and quick bite. We ski down to Vail Village base area, and I think we're headed to one of the usual watering holes. Instead of a bar, he leads me to his home, about a 3 minute walk from the base of the gondola. Fucking primo, dream house location! His wife makes us gin and tonics and a sandwich, and we hang out all afternoon just shooting the shit.

He now lets me park at his house if he's in town, and I make sure his and his wife's skis are always tuned and waxed. We ski together every once in a while still, but he's unfortunately slowed down in the five years since I met him. Despite the 40 year age difference, he's one of the coolest guys I've ever met, and he gives me so much life and business advice I could start a blog.
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Coolest story I’ve read on this site in a while, that’s the sickest shit ever
 
14623071:midwestcoast said:
Does anyone here remember 36 hours of Keystone? I was underage, so didn't drink, but that was insane. Straight debauchery in the gondola. And the mountain. And the parking lot.
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that shit was unruly lol
 
The whiteface gondola is so fucking long holy shit.

One time myself and a few others got in, rolled, and smoked a wax blunt. It was killed by the time we got to the top of the lift and we were incredibly baked on the ride down to the upper park that was on Broadway.
 
14623071:midwestcoast said:
Does anyone here remember 36 hours of Keystone? I was underage, so didn't drink, but that was insane. Straight debauchery in the gondola. And the mountain. And the parking lot.
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Oh man, 36 hours was so much fun... we'd drink, but didn't get plastered cuz we actually wanted to ski

Craziest thing I saw was a liftie taking a drag on a blunt while loading people on the Montezuma chair
 
14622973:midwestcoast said:
The story is far too long so I'll just give the highlights.

Few years ago I rode the lift with an older guy at Vail and he wouldn't quit talking. Told me he was a lawyer, I wasn't surprised. By to top of the lift, it turns out we knew a handful of people in common from my hometown. I said we needed one more lift ride to chat it up so we skied a lap and hopped on another chair (dude shreds for a 70 year old). He then proceeded to tell me, not only was he a lawyer, but he was a high level executive for Nascar, now retired. He was responsible for Nascar's merchandise licensing deals and network TV rights - we're talking hot shit!

We were having so much fun chatting stories about our mutual friends, I offered to buy him a beer. He told me to follow him, he knew a good place to get a drink and quick bite. We ski down to Vail Village base area, and I think we're headed to one of the usual watering holes. Instead of a bar, he leads me to his home, about a 3 minute walk from the base of the gondola. Fucking primo, dream house location! His wife makes us gin and tonics and a sandwich, and we hang out all afternoon just shooting the shit.

He now lets me park at his house if he's in town, and I make sure his and his wife's skis are always tuned and waxed. We ski together every once in a while still, but he's unfortunately slowed down in the five years since I met him. Despite the 40 year age difference, he's one of the coolest guys I've ever met, and he gives me so much life and business advice I could start a blog.
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this is awesome
 
14623071:midwestcoast said:
Does anyone here remember 36 hours of Keystone? I was underage, so didn't drink, but that was insane. Straight debauchery in the gondola. And the mountain. And the parking lot.
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elaborate. what is 36hr OK?
 
14623358:VT_scratch said:
elaborate. what is 36hr OK?
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Keystone kept the lifts spinning for 36 hours straight. Teams of 3-4 would have to have at least one person skiing the entire 36 hours. All the teams that finished were entered into a drawing for $3600.

Only lasted for like 4 or 5 years before the pulled the plug. Was definitely dangerous, and I'm surprised it even happened under Vail's ownership. There's a certain point where everyone is drunk and tired so most people just start straight-lining runs to conserve energy...
 
14623006:860media* said:
Most legendary thing I've heard... Some un named friends use to case race the Killington Gondola from Skyeship Base terminal up to the summit. Around 15mins, 30 beers, ending with 6 people not feeling too hot getting off at the top.
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This takes the cake for most consumption I know of in the skyship hands down. Respect as fuck.

14623021:Farmville420 said:
One of the most degenerate gondolas itw, I learned about every drug I currently know from riding in there hahaha
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Literally, was exposed to so many substances and experienced in the gondolas at Killington.
 
14623386:midwestcoast said:
Keystone kept the lifts spinning for 36 hours straight. Teams of 3-4 would have to have at least one person skiing the entire 36 hours. All the teams that finished were entered into a drawing for $3600.

Only lasted for like 4 or 5 years before the pulled the plug. Was definitely dangerous, and I'm surprised it even happened under Vail's ownership. There's a certain point where everyone is drunk and tired so most people just start straight-lining runs to conserve energy...
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haha that is awesome!
 
I heard a story once where [tag=288934]@PartyBullshiit[/tag] was skiing alone and he got on a gondola with a group of kids and some weird shit happened, I don’t have the full details tho. kinda wild to be stuck in the air in that situation tho.
 
14623386:midwestcoast said:
Keystone kept the lifts spinning for 36 hours straight. Teams of 3-4 would have to have at least one person skiing the entire 36 hours. All the teams that finished were entered into a drawing for $3600.

Only lasted for like 4 or 5 years before the pulled the plug. Was definitely dangerous, and I'm surprised it even happened under Vail's ownership. There's a certain point where everyone is drunk and tired so most people just start straight-lining runs to conserve energy...
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Makes me sad how lame Keystone is now. I still find the terrain really fun though
 
14621842:Funnel said:
Upper Gondi at Mammoth, could tell these guys were bummed we jumped in at mid-chalet. Toward the top, one dude says “Not enough powder on the mountain today!” Takes a few key bumps. Thats all.
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If this was like 10-ish years ago, it may have been me unfortunately. Mammoth is actually a suburb of LA so it made sense.
 
About ten years ago we did our usual day trip (3hr drive) to Killington with my good buddy and his work friend. On the way up the work buddy slept most of the way while my friend and i were hooting and hollering for the powder day we were about to partake in.

A couple hours and beers into our ski day we were riding up the windy K1 ganjola when we realized that only one of my friends ski's was in the holster. We had know idea when it fell off but the plan was to have him ride the gondy to base and work buddy and I would look for it and return at base.

We get to the top and me and work buddy head down Cascade under the Gondola, right about where Cascade and Homerun connect I notice his ski and make a B-line for it, I grab the ski all happy as I'm about to take off some skier snow plows into me and goes "this is my friends ski" i yell back and yank it from him and go no dude its my friends ski and than book it down to the K1 with the ski bouncing around on my shoulder.

I meet up with my buddy and go your never gonna guess what happened some Gaper said it was his friends ski and tried taking it from me. Of course his work buddy comes down two minutes later and we both realize what idiots we are and laugh about it for the rest of the day.
 
14623386:midwestcoast said:
Keystone kept the lifts spinning for 36 hours straight. Teams of 3-4 would have to have at least one person skiing the entire 36 hours. All the teams that finished were entered into a drawing for $3600.

Only lasted for like 4 or 5 years before the pulled the plug. Was definitely dangerous, and I'm surprised it even happened under Vail's ownership. There's a certain point where everyone is drunk and tired so most people just start straight-lining runs to conserve energy...
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We used to be a real country
 
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