Crystal - 12/09

Gotta say it was a big day, very good snow quality (lots of new), fairly light early crowd and no crowd as the day progressed. Started with the normal REX runs, all good. High Campbell opened and we had a few runs in untracked smooth around Chute 2, followed by a couple of cycles down PB – very nice. Back up REX and AZ said the forbidden words – Anybody interested in a run out Northway….be nice dan, and it was nice. Main Z’line/Ferd route with some illegal rope cutttin (ouch oh me), plus a very nice legal run down Bruce’s Bowl and lower chair line – all good, even the big bumps – Coombas like those bumps. Finished the day with some nice front REX runs in the nice newly filled in lines, kinda like the start of the day. If anything much happens in the next 12 hours it will be pretty awesome tomorrow….so please stay home or go to work. ddk

Yes, a big day w/ ddk. Heavy snow continues and looks good for tomorrow.
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Kkz

Totally awesome powder day. Face shots until the last run.

Unfortunately, as I was loading on chair 6, the lift operator failed to grab the chair and it slammed into my calf. Today, literally, I can barely walk and am in soft tissue bruised agony.

Totally bummed as I had planned on going this morning.

Totally awesome powder day. Face shots until the last run.

Unfortunately, as I was loading on chair 6, the lift operator failed to grab the chair and it slammed into my calf. Today, literally, I can barely walk and am in soft tissue bruised agony.

Totally bummed as I had planned on going this morning.

That is one reason why they should have two lift ops on the bottom station. It is impossible to sweep chairs, keep the ramp nice and bump chairs with one lift op. That is why I pulled the plug and decided to give up the lift op gig. I hope Crystal gets smart and finds out that it takes manpower to operate the lifts. Hope the leg is better, Keith.

That is one reason why they should have two lift ops on the bottom station. It is impossible to sweep chairs, keep the ramp nice and bump chairs with one lift op. That is why I pulled the plug and decided to give up the lift op gig. I hope Crystal gets smart and finds out that it takes manpower to operate the lifts. Hope the leg is better, Keith.

Thanks for your good wishes. I can't believe how fast the chair was moving when it struck me. Here's a picture. My right leg is swollen by 7% when compared to the other side.

Thanks for your good wishes. I can't believe how fast the chair was moving when it struck me. Here's a picture. My right leg is swollen by 7% when compared to the other side.

Looks like some ibuprofen and a day or two off the skis will help. Just to let you know, Ch 6 got a total rebuild this past summer. It is running great. The liftie needs to bring it up to full speed, and kick it down one notch for optimum loading speed. JMHO, from a former liftie.