This is exactly how me and my friends were brought down when a chairlift at one of our local ski resorts transmission blew. The whole resort lost power which probably caused the transmission to break. It was a pretty sketchy experience, but a cool one that ill never forget
@Steven Goodnight I love skiing but I'm also afraid of heights! The longest gondola in the world is near me. It's about a 20 minute ride and you can't even see the ski hill from the bottom. There's also a spot at Durango mountain in Colorado where one of the ski lifts goes over a cliff wall and that big sky in Montana though often shut the lifts down in their bowl as it gets too windy. I've been on that when it happened. Not cool 😬😬😬
Yeah because ski lifts are way higher than people expect. One guy fell out of our ski lift and he fell perfectly but still had a broken leg and a cracked rib.
When I was a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol System back in the ‘80s we practiced this type of lift evacuation - it is not as scary as you might think - the patrollers are well trained and the technique has been perfected - it is really a simple matter of following the instructions and trusting the equipment. The only difficult part is the “leap of faith” when you slide out of the chair and let the rope take your weight - it will stretch a bit, but the team on the ground will pull against the stretch, and most people barely notice when they have completely left the chair. This team of Ski Patrollers did a great job keeping the skiers calm. Well done 👍 !
I learned to ski on Mt Hutt 9 years ago. Then I tore the ligament in my knee the next day (my 50th birthday) so that was the end of my skiing career lol. The next day we got the chairlift to the top of the mountain & just took in the breathtaking beautiful views of the snow capped mountains behind Mt Hutt & then got the chairlift back down again. It never even occurred to us that the chairlift could break down. So glad I wasn't on the chairlift when it broke cos it feels like it's a long way down to the snow below. Mt Hutt is an awesome place to go skiing & Abisko Lodge in Methven is a great place to stay 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I feel like I would have just hung off the edge with my arms, getting my skis as close to the ground as possible and just jumped. But the camera may be decieving on how high it actually was
😓 anyone else seen that movie "Frozen" (& No! not the disney one!!) i got instant flashbacks of it while starting this video. It's about skiers getting stuck on one of these but no one is there to help them... there is a blizzard coming in fast.. and there are... wolves around.. !! WATCH IT! 😃🍿 If you haven't. I forgot where i watched it but im sure you can purchase it for cheap on multiple sites/aps
Most kiwis do a fairly good job of keeping themselves calm, so it makes it a bit easier. I heard a kiwi describe how he was riding his mountain bike home after the most destructive earthquake in a modern city - the roads were impassable to motorised traffic (Christchurch NZ) and the arterial road he was on had turned into a river of liquefied subsoil. His bike fell into a narrow crack and he was wearing those shoes which clip in to the pedals, the crack was stopping him twisting out and the mud was at neck level, and rising. Fortunately the aftershocks were coming fairly regularly, and one happened along and opened the crack, releasing him. He told the story as if it was a fairly interesting event in a moderately interesting day.
Our old ski lift has no bar in front and you can littleraly just slide out. They probably have no back up plan if it fails but thank God they are replacing it this year
I’ve never seen a manual evac before… but i have seen evacs multiple times. We just fired up the auxiliary engine and ran the lift that way to get everyone off.
There must be good reasons why there isn’t 25 metres of rope ladder in a pouch behind the seat. If you had hundreds of rescues to perform in icy conditions maybe 75% could make their own way down quickly, allowing rescue crews to concentrate on the others. Admittedly, transition to rope ladders is always tricky, but skiers are generally fit and it’s not like it’s compulsory to take the ladder. If it was the choice between a 5 hour wait and a 5 minute wait, I’d take the ladder.
I feel like you could bring your own rope and just slide down it if it isn't like 6+ meters. Just pull it through the seat and once you're down take the rope with you
This happened to me when I was like 10, we were stuck for hours than we saw ski patrol and asked what happened and he said the lift broke I thought it meant chairs were falling off
Now imagine there are 200 people stuck on that lift and this is the rescue technique and speed ... not to mention when someone panics and cannot move, how will he get down?
We were actually one of the last chairs to be unloaded. They started from the top of the mountain and took over an hour to get to us at the bottom. Was a cold and windy day too to make it worse
um...I can't feel my butt! that's ok...you'll just sit down when you get here. rescue groups are always fun to mess with😊they usully have a great sense of humor. It's the slide off the seat with numb legs that freaked me out....not the best feeling in the world but better than freezing!
Lol... lift evacs training, and the greasy ropes and harnesses, we never had the t bar set up, and weren't allowed to lift the bar until every one was leashed in... they sent up a harness for each person, with a leash, the harnesses were designed to easily fit, and adjust over the ski out fits. Everything was covered in grease from the well maintained cables...lol...
@@andrewhawthorne8434 LOL if that were the case then there would be no need to use a rope to be rescued from the chair lift...just raise the bar and fly away. D'oh!
The lift’s wire rope came off the tracks when high winds blew the chairs around. All the chairs had to be let down one at a time, each taking 10 or so minutes with about 30ish chairs to be let down. They started top of the mountain to the bottom and we were at the bottom, so we’re one of the last groups down
Back in the day (for me) we practiced this. Being a tall and muscular person it always used to annoy me that the tiniest women, hell bent on making a feminist point always wanted to be the one to lower me down. Half the time there were three of them with hands on belt or shoulders trying to keep themselves earthbound.
If this was me they’ll need to bring a ladder or something. I’m afraid of heights so this is a big no no. Hell no. There’s a reason why I don’t go rock climbing.
Have you ever tried going down a ladder which is 20 feet tall, hanging from a movable chair, in ski boots, with numb legs? This looks infinitely preferable and definitely much safer, to me.
see you in approximately 3 years when this gets recommended to all of us again :)
I was boutta shit myself if this comment was 3 years old
@@jpshype5226 hahaha. That’s exactly what I was thinking
@@colbyjack6678 🤣
yes
10/1/2021
Can we please take a moment to appreciate that flawless catch?
I think I replayed that like 25 times
Its not twin towers...
Okay, how the hell did he catch that snickers like that lmao
deadass happened to me when my sister threw a baked potato at me. we couldnt breathe.
@The Climbing Channel yeah, just casually catching a baked potato thrown at me as hard as possible, the usual thing.
@@st1cks_and_crows happens everyday
@@julia979 love me some good ol' baked potatoes
A snickers spider bit him as a child so now he can captain America that shit on demand
0:11 that looks like it’s reversed
This is going to have a million plus views in a few weeks
Videos poppin off for absolutely no reason
It’s a terrible video 😂😂
@@andrewhawthorne8434 its the algorithm
@@andrewhawthorne8434 lil new years gift from youtube
@@andrewhawthorne8434 it is a good video! never saw something like this before
This is exactly how me and my friends were brought down when a chairlift at one of our local ski resorts transmission blew. The whole resort lost power which probably caused the transmission to break. It was a pretty sketchy experience, but a cool one that ill never forget
The dude chucking chocolate up at the start is the best 😂
There are some spots where this would be really effing scary to do
And some where you could just hop out and be fine.
@Steven Goodnight dude agreed. I love rippin. But if I got stuck on a chair lift at some serious height I’d probably never go again
@Steven Goodnight I love skiing but I'm also afraid of heights! The longest gondola in the world is near me. It's about a 20 minute ride and you can't even see the ski hill from the bottom. There's also a spot at Durango mountain in Colorado where one of the ski lifts goes over a cliff wall and that big sky in Montana though often shut the lifts down in their bowl as it gets too windy. I've been on that when it happened. Not cool 😬😬😬
Yeah because ski lifts are way higher than people expect. One guy fell out of our ski lift and he fell perfectly but still had a broken leg and a cracked rib.
Anyone else get recommended 4 years later
When I was a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol System back in the ‘80s we practiced this type of lift evacuation - it is not as scary as you might think - the patrollers are well trained and the technique has been perfected - it is really a simple matter of following the instructions and trusting the equipment. The only difficult part is the “leap of faith” when you slide out of the chair and let the rope take your weight - it will stretch a bit, but the team on the ground will pull against the stretch, and most people barely notice when they have completely left the chair.
This team of Ski Patrollers did a great job keeping the skiers calm. Well done 👍 !
this man caught the snickers like how jedis use the force to catch their light sabers
That perfect catch in the beginning
I skied Mount Hutt 20 years ago. I am glad to hear it’s still in business…
mt baker ski area where im ski usually has these cool large ladders that hook into the chair. luckily own have seen them in practice
Hell ya Baker!
-a washington native
Imagine getting stuck on chair 8 bounceing around trying to get on a ladder
I learned to ski on Mt Hutt 9 years ago. Then I tore the ligament in my knee the next day (my 50th birthday) so that was the end of my skiing career lol. The next day we got the chairlift to the top of the mountain & just took in the breathtaking beautiful views of the snow capped mountains behind Mt Hutt & then got the chairlift back down again. It never even occurred to us that the chairlift could break down. So glad I wasn't on the chairlift when it broke cos it feels like it's a long way down to the snow below.
Mt Hutt is an awesome place to go skiing & Abisko Lodge in Methven is a great place to stay 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I'm amazed you left your skis and boots attached! I would have taken then off the instant I knew we were stuck.
And got frostbite for your trouble.
I would be panicking and shaking if this happened to me good job keeping your cool
Sound like typical kiwis. "That was fairly interesting" is about as animated as they get.
You didn’t find this video this video found YOU
See you all in another 3 years boys
I feel like I would have just hung off the edge with my arms, getting my skis as close to the ground as possible and just jumped. But the camera may be decieving on how high it actually was
Sure, bud.
You know when you miss the last stair and your ankle reminds you you missed it? Now imagine jumping 30 stairs straight down with ski boots on...
Connor Erhardt it’s like 15ft
@@DK_tk3 probably 10 feet farther than what you need to break a leg
The camera didn’t deceive anything, you’re eyes and common sense are broken. Just like your legs when you drop down.
When you are hungry your catch reflexes are at top
You aren't you when you're hungry
Here comes your fame 🥳✨
Only 4 years later
When he said "yo, you there?" I really questioned if he was talking to me
Fact: nobody searched for this.
And I don't complain about this being in my reccomended.
😓 anyone else seen that movie "Frozen" (& No! not the disney one!!) i got instant flashbacks of it while starting this video.
It's about skiers getting stuck on one of these but no one is there to help them... there is a blizzard coming in fast.. and there are... wolves around.. !! WATCH IT! 😃🍿 If you haven't.
I forgot where i watched it but im sure you can purchase it for cheap on multiple sites/aps
Most kiwis do a fairly good job of keeping themselves calm, so it makes it a bit easier. I heard a kiwi describe how he was riding his mountain bike home after the most destructive earthquake in a modern city - the roads were impassable to motorised traffic (Christchurch NZ) and the arterial road he was on had turned into a river of liquefied subsoil. His bike fell into a narrow crack and he was wearing those shoes which clip in to the pedals, the crack was stopping him twisting out and the mud was at neck level, and rising.
Fortunately the aftershocks were coming fairly regularly, and one happened along and opened the crack, releasing him. He told the story as if it was a fairly interesting event in a moderately interesting day.
Our old ski lift has no bar in front and you can littleraly just slide out. They probably have no back up plan if it fails but thank God they are replacing it this year
Would have thought just get a big air bed skis off and drop down
The chances of getting hurt are probably higher. Especially with 40+ people on the lift.
And what if it ripped because of someone’s gear
That’s their emergency strategy, like if someone is dangling off the chair. I guess in this case they have more time so why not be more safe
@@justtired2050 this is wayyy more safe than that airbag lol.
I’ve never seen a manual evac before… but i have seen evacs multiple times. We just fired up the auxiliary engine and ran the lift that way to get everyone off.
There must be good reasons why there isn’t 25 metres of rope ladder in a pouch behind the seat. If you had hundreds of rescues to perform in icy conditions maybe 75% could make their own way down quickly, allowing rescue crews to concentrate on the others. Admittedly, transition to rope ladders is always tricky, but skiers are generally fit and it’s not like it’s compulsory to take the ladder. If it was the choice between a 5 hour wait and a 5 minute wait, I’d take the ladder.
I feel like you could bring your own rope and just slide down it if it isn't like 6+ meters. Just pull it through the seat and once you're down take the rope with you
Y'all ever watch frozen..
No joke just watched that movie today, and now this pops up in my recommended... never going skiing again 😂
I thought I was the only one. The Disney version sucks, but the 2010 version is mint
Oh frick that was scary I skipped the entire scene with the bone sticking out…
This happened to me when I was like 10, we were stuck for hours than we saw ski patrol and asked what happened and he said the lift broke I thought it meant chairs were falling off
Now imagine there are 200 people stuck on that lift and this is the rescue technique and speed ... not to mention when someone panics and cannot move, how will he get down?
That was the most rad Snickers throw ever.... I thought the video was played in reverse.
Pulleys are a life saver. Half the effort
See you future me when this gets recommend again
wow that must suck. You were literally only a couple of meters out from the bottom station and had to wait for hours... crazy.
отсюда вывод.. нужна система и веревка.. запомним это.
How long did you sit inside it till you were saved?
Doesn't take long, as soon as the chair is stopped patrol are already on to it
We were actually one of the last chairs to be unloaded. They started from the top of the mountain and took over an hour to get to us at the bottom. Was a cold and windy day too to make it worse
@@andrewhawthorne8434 what happened to the lift?
@@rcaddict7638 read the desc
Nicely done 4 years ago
um...I can't feel my butt!
that's ok...you'll just sit down when you get here.
rescue groups are always fun to mess with😊they usully have a great sense of humor. It's the slide off the seat with numb legs that freaked me out....not the best feeling in the world but better than freezing!
Lol... lift evacs training, and the greasy ropes and harnesses, we never had the t bar set up, and weren't allowed to lift the bar until every one was leashed in... they sent up a harness for each person, with a leash, the harnesses were designed to easily fit, and adjust over the ski out fits. Everything was covered in grease from the well maintained cables...lol...
Hello to everyone who sees this randomly in 4 years! 😂
It’s been 6 days
Good catch
How does this man only have 60 subs
Wow, you really were the last ones off. That must have been a very cold ordeal.
Commenting before this becomes big
I only saw 1 plot hole so good job!
thank you youtube recommendations
cant the boarders do some double mac twist and land safely
No because they won’t have any forward momentum.
So what happened why did they have to evacuate it? Did the lift break?
I’m not sure that snickers catch was humanly possible, or at least it had to defy the laws of physics. If you see this tell me your ways lol
We’re in the Southern Hemisphere, so obviously gravity goes up
Andrew Hawthorne of course dumb me in the northern hemisphere thinking gravity goes down
@@andrewhawthorne8434 LOL if that were the case then there would be no need to use a rope to be rescued from the chair lift...just raise the bar and fly away. D'oh!
I know im like 6 years late, but snickers catch was crazy
That catch was F L A W L E S S
Doers anyone know what they do when they have someone in the chair who is unable to cope with the steps required to get safely down?
Good job!
Did the lift like break? And were you the only ones on the lift at the time or what?
Look at description it explains a little bit
The lift’s wire rope came off the tracks when high winds blew the chairs around. All the chairs had to be let down one at a time, each taking 10 or so minutes with about 30ish chairs to be let down. They started top of the mountain to the bottom and we were at the bottom, so we’re one of the last groups down
@@andrewhawthorne8434 thanks hope everyone was ok
why did you have to get off
Lift malfunctioned due to high wind
I have seen frozen 2010 so this is a no go
this is gonna have a million views like 4 years after it came out
It was quite easy and not long!
Why did my dumbass think they were going to lower the whole lift down..
Thats why J bars and T bars are safer
T bars at the same mountain used to fracture several skulls most seasons, and massive pileups when people fell near the top and the track was icy.
Did they comp a season pass for the 5 hour wait??
That's insane....
Is this Revelstoke Mountain?
Coolest part is when he caught the snickers bar!
I'd be the one freaking out and too scared to go down
Come with me, and you'll see
The magic of TH-cam recommendations!....
this was posted on my b day lol
Welcome back to
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Done po 👍👍🙏🏻🙏🏻
remember me when your famous
How many chairs were loaded?
Are those ads on the chairlifts bar?
Yes
So ye were stuck there for 4 or 5 hours?
That catch 😎
I’d jump for it if it’s less then 10 feet.
same
All depends on the angle that you're landing on. You might be surprised how hard ten feet can land onto flat hard-pack.
It was about 20 feet
Did the lift break down?
another 3 years already? lol
Back in the day (for me) we practiced this. Being a tall and muscular person it always used to annoy me that the tiniest women, hell bent on making a feminist point always wanted to be the one to lower me down. Half the time there were three of them with hands on belt or shoulders trying to keep themselves earthbound.
I watch the X Games last week and this pops up 😳 TH-cam really do be stalking us
I'm gonna be taking the gondolas from now on
Why do they need to evacuate it ?
Cable derailed due to wind
What happened??
Malfunction in mechanics due to high wind!!
cool
I would have jumped after waiting over 20 minutes
enjoy your broken ankles
May have been the last thing you did. It's a looong way down. OP figured about 30 feet. Bust many things *if* you survived.
@@ORSkie 30 feet? haha no way it's 4 op's height max
The more I learn about snowboarding and skiing the less I wanna do it...........
Shit... like 4-5 hours on a chairlift. Brutal.
Why are we all suddenly watching this lmao
3 years ago..
Wait what happened
Lift malfunctioned due to high wind
Can u say free lift tickets for the season!!!
How high up was it
My guess is probably about 10 meters
@@andrewhawthorne8434 lmao watch him toss that thing to them again. They are like 10 or 12 feet. Not 45 to 60 feet.
@@DANIAC262 im 6 feet tall, and thats at least 4 of me. id say its about in the middle, like 20-30 feet.
@@ericlaguna5604 Yea you right. 20 sounds more like it but no way 60 feet.
10 meters is about 30 feet
If this was me they’ll need to bring a ladder or something. I’m afraid of heights so this is a big no no. Hell no. There’s a reason why I don’t go rock climbing.
Sure with you . If I was stuck on the lift , I wouldn't be able to descend the same way as in the video
Have you ever tried going down a ladder which is 20 feet tall, hanging from a movable chair, in ski boots, with numb legs? This looks infinitely preferable and definitely much safer, to me.
@@Gottenhimfella what? Why would I wear ski boots? They look like torture devices to me. I wear comfy snowboarding boots.
Who is here before 7milion views
Cya in 8 years ;)
Why is this just now getting recommended to me 💀👩🏻🦯
Seat.
Shot horizontally:)
He was wearing a GoPro
Hey future self