Latest posts for the topic "Chondola's"

Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:49:48 GMT

What do people think of them?

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:19:01 GMT

They have similar in Seefeld. I like them as they are heated and its a chance for a warm up. They also have some for non skiers so you can still travel over top of mountain and over the ravines. So I like them :thumbup:

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:20:27 GMT

I've not been on one yet but the purpose is to cut the amount of time it takes to get skiers up the mountain. Must be a good thing if that's the case.

As for the health and safety side of things I have no clue but I'm sure they have passed an enormous amount of tests to be up and running in the USA.

I am not technically minded so I don't see why they would reduce the amount of time it takes to transport people up the mountain but apparently it does.

I wonder if people skip the chair and wait for the next gondola because it's warmer? That might defeat the object a bit.

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:52:47 GMT

I'd rather just get up the mountain, cold or not. Sure there are people that will wait for a warm though.

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:58:13 GMT

NellyPS wrote:I'd rather just get up the mountain, cold or not. Sure there are people that will wait for a warm though.

Yep, I'm with you! I'll jump on the fist thing available to get me back up...chair, gondola, husband...

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:35:35 GMT

No real need for them tbh, plus would save them abit of money if they stuck to chairs

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:54:06 GMT

The one in the photo, the only one I have used, had 3 chairs and 1 gondola (and repeat). I found that everyone queued for the chair because it was sunny, and there was no queue at all for the gondola so it saved time for me to choose the cabin.
I guess on a cold day it would be the opposite, and I would probably choose whichever was the shortest queue tbh.

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:57:04 GMT

kateshaw wrote:

NellyPS wrote:I'd rather just get up the mountain, cold or not. Sure there are people that will wait for a warm though.

Yep, I'm with you! I'll jump on the fist thing available to get me back up...chair, gondola, husband...

Opportunist! :wink:

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:59:38 GMT

Erm, wibble alert

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:09:25 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Erm, wibble alert

Tony! How could you! Just complementing Kate on her speedy action.

Re:Chondola's

Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:58:15 GMT

Why not just have covers on the chairs?

Re:Chondola's

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:23 GMT

I've only ever been on a heated chairlift once, and i hated it! It was april, so warm as it was and the heated seat was horrible, really was no need for it! In fact there's no need for them at all anyway, not if you've dressed properly!

Re:Chondola's

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:15:58 GMT

What a cool name for a chair come gondola, Chondola is my new adopted word of the week.
Brilliant just love it!!!! Chondola...sounds like that fella who was in Friends. :lol:

Finn

Re:Chondola's

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:38:13 GMT

kateshaw wrote:

Yep, I'm with you! I'll jump on the fist thing available to get me back up...chair, gondola, husband...

May I remind you that this is a ski chat forum... :shock: :wink: :lol:

Re:Chondola's

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:39:21 GMT

Covered chairs? Gondolas? Wimps :twisted:

Re:Chondola's

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:43:01 GMT

I'm with pablo on this one!

Re:Chondola's

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 08:43:37 GMT

It hurts me to say this but I agree with Pabs :lol:

Re:Chondola's

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:36:05 GMT

Me too, even if its the coldest windiest snowiest day I'll have it open, I love being in the elements, all part of skiing as far as Im concerned!

Re:Chondola's

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 21:01:26 GMT

Open chair, with legs and skis, dangling under the footrest. Looking at the birdlife, listening to the snow, softly falling.

Re:Chondola's

Sun, 6 Dec 2009 17:03:00 GMT

1 foot up on the rest, one dangling being swung about normally! Ahhhh bliss, and in a week today it will be my first skiing day! :D

Re:Chondola's

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:10:00 GMT

I hate people who pull the bubble on a chair down with a passion, it's the only thing that riles me when on the mountain.

Re:Chondola's

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:57:48 GMT

tino_11 wrote:I hate people who pull the bubble on a chair down with a passion, it's the only thing that riles me when on the mountain.

If they do I push it straight back up 8)

Re:Chondola's

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:48:09 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

tino_11 wrote:I hate people who pull the bubble on a chair down with a passion, it's the only thing that riles me when on the mountain.

If they do I push it straight back up 8)

Sterling behaviour sir!!

Re:Chondola's

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:07:18 GMT

About seven years ago we were riding on a chair lift on the quite side of Les Deux Alps. As you do we were kicking the fresh snow of the branches of the fir trees below us with the tips of our skis whilst we ascended, well you guessed it, my mates ski tip snagged in the branches below & nearly pulled him through the safety bar, his ski binding only released as his body started to twist around. Believe me he was screaming & I was hanging onto him & there was no way of stopping the chair lift. We were extremely lucky that day & my mate was okay to ski after the shock of the event. :oops:
The moral of the story, keep your feet & body parts safely within the chair envelope because that chair isn't stopping for nothing. :oops:

Finn

Re:Chondola's

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:14:48 GMT

Finn wrote:About seven years ago we were riding on a chair lift on the quite side of Les Deux Alps. As you do we were kicking the fresh snow of the branches of the fir trees below us with the tips of our skis whilst we ascended, well you guessed it, my mates ski tip snagged in the branches below & nearly pulled him through the safety bar, his ski binding only released as his body started to twist around. Believe me he was screaming & I was hanging onto him & there was no way of stopping the chair lift. We were extremely lucky that day & my mate was okay to ski after the shock of the event. :oops:
The moral of the story, keep your feet & body parts safely within the chair envelope because that chair isn't stopping for nothing. :oops:

Finn

Erm, my moral would be, don't kick poor defensless trees beautifully adorned in all thier white regalia. However I have had a beer. That kind of thing is frightening, i remember being pulled up a button lift by my bindings once and I screamed like a girl. Surprisingly there are masses of photographs for such a nasty experience.

Re:Chondola's

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:24:06 GMT

tino_11 wrote:my moral would be, don't kick poor defensless trees beautifully adorned in all thier white regalia. However I have had a beer. That kind of thing is frightening, i remember being pulled up a button lift by my bindings once and I screamed like a girl. Surprisingly there are masses of photographs for such a nasty experience.

I have a mental image now thanks Tina :lol: Poor defenseless trees, they were asking for it. :twisted:

Finn

Re:Chondola's

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 23:26:41 GMT

Finn wrote:

tino_11 wrote:my moral would be, don't kick poor defensless trees beautifully adorned in all thier white regalia. However I have had a beer. That kind of thing is frightening, i remember being pulled up a button lift by my bindings once and I screamed like a girl. Surprisingly there are masses of photographs for such a nasty experience.

I have a mental image now thanks Tina :lol: Poor defenseless trees, they were asking for it. :twisted:

Finn

Tina???

:shock:

Re:Chondola's

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:18:43 GMT

Tina. I love it. Ha ha :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

Re:Chondola's

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:23:02 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Tina. I love it. Ha ha :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

*§$"* **"!%& *****

Re:Chondola's

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:24:29 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Tina. I love it. Ha ha :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

Giggle, sorry Tina. :mrgreen: Just wait while Wickers gets hold of this one. :D

Re:Chondola's

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:28:15 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Tina. I love it. Ha ha :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

Giggle, sorry Tina. :mrgreen: Just wait while Wickers gets hold of this one. :D

He is auld before his years, easy prey really )

Re:Chondola's

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 02:47:05 GMT

tino_11 wrote:i remember being pulled up a button lift by my bindings once and I screamed like a girl. Surprisingly there are masses of photographs for such a nasty experience.

The more of your posts I read, the more worried I become. Were you accident prone as a child...Tina?

Re:Chondola's

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:10:42 GMT

No, he was just drunk a lot.

Re:Chondola's

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:23:45 GMT

I can remember once, my younger daughter got her shoelace stuck in the escalator, at the bottom of it, when she was quite young, and it was really frightening. For a moment, she couldn't move, and everyone had to sort of jump over her. I was just about to push the red panic button when I managed to get the shoelace out. I suppose I could also have pulled her shoe off, but I didn't think of that at the time because I was too busy panicking :shock:.

Getting your ski stuck in a tree when you're on a chair lift would be a bit like that, I suppose, only much worse.

She is accident prone, but not (so far anyway) when she's on skis. Unlike me, she hasn't seriously hurt herself yet.

Ally

Re:Chondola's

Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:29:02 GMT

Will someone please call 999......