I found this.

Not a pleasant thought at all that it has actually has happened to some poor people in the past.

Luckily it will never happen me as I'm guaranteed to be in the bar before the last lift :D

In Flaine they stick clip a 'ribbon' to the last chair. In other resorts the lifties lift the seats of each chair when they close.

clares4 wrote:Not a pleasant thought at all that it has actually has happened to some poor people in the past.

Luckily it will never happen me as I'm guaranteed to be in the bar before the last lift :D

:lol:

In December, whilst riding the ski circus for a week, I got caught late getting back from Leogang to Saalbach because they had put temp signs up signalling the way back for late skiers, some pillock had obviously tampererd with the sign and I rode the run twice back to the wrong place. The 3rd time I ignored it in the twylight and followed my nose to end up at the correct lift to the top allowing a 7km run back, 15 mins after it closed. I pleaded with the operator to get it going which he did, but after 3 mins it stopped for over 20 mins. I was maybe 50ft from the ground and started worrying. I had given away my map to someone earlier and had no numbers! Fortunately it got going again and I was greeted at the top by 5 personell. I can only thank the guy I dealt with for having the peAce of mind he did.

Turned into my biggest day riding, 80km and huge vertical. Also the only day that Jagermeister has ever tasted good ;)

tino_11 wrote:... and started worrying. I had given away my map to someone earlier and had no numbers! Fortunately it got going again and I was greeted at the top by 5 personell. I can only thank the guy I dealt with for having the peAce of mind he did.

Tino,
You mean, you didn't have the emergency numbers they put on the piste map?

I was thinking about this myself the other day. For the 3 valleys area they have a different emergency number for each area, which is very confusing. It's not like one just phones 999 wherever one is. I guess it must be because it's a local service in France, not a national one. So I was thinking I need to program the numbers into my phone before I go on holiday.

Ally

it's 112 all over Europe, anywhere in the world using a GSM phone and most other countries

it's not worth remembering local numbers and they may not always work, you can use 112 when your phone is not allowed to make any other calls when it's showing "emergency calls only" on the screen.

ise wrote:it's 112 all over Europe, anywhere in the world using a GSM phone and most other countries

it's not worth remembering local numbers and they may not always work, you can use 112 when your phone is not allowed to make any other calls when it's showing "emergency calls only" on the screen.

Thanks Ise (again!) :D

ise wrote:it's 112 all over Europe, anywhere in the world using a GSM phone and most other countries

it's not worth remembering local numbers and they may not always work, you can use 112 when your phone is not allowed to make any other calls when it's showing "emergency calls only" on the screen.

Probably a good thing to announce, I live in Central Europe and have been caught floundering when asked the emergency service number!! I certainly knew it when hanging for 20 mins however.