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

Should be great today. I'll follow your advice and go to work. LOL!! You are a skiing machine Dan.

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.

The lift ops on chair 6 don't usually forget to stop the chair, they probably did it on purpose. A few years ago, I got drilled when the lift op didn't stop the chair. Later I noticed that he would put his hand on the chair for skiers but not actually slow it down. He was actually slowing the chair for snowboarders. I just happened to see Jason soon after, so he put an end to it. Last year a lift op did the same thing to me, so on the next lap I said something to him about it (it probably wasn't very nice). So he pulled the chair sideways, I ended up about half on the chair and my borther got drilled with the center pole.

The lift ops on chair 6 don't usually forget to stop the chair, they probably did it on purpose.  A few years ago, I got drilled when the lift op didn't stop the chair.  Later I noticed that he would put his hand on the chair for skiers but not actually slow it down.  He was actually slowing the chair for snowboarders.  I just happened to see Jason soon after, so he put an end to it.  Last year a lift op did the same thing to me, so on the next lap I said something to him about it (it probably wasn't very nice).  So he pulled the chair sideways, I ended up about half on the chair and my borther got drilled with the center pole.

Hadnt noticed lift op problems in the past...unually I like to grab the center bar myself and slow it down, espeically when no one is really around...that said I've noticed a lot of leg bangs this year (thanks a lot Bandit, you quit and the place goes to h.ll) thought it was just me.

that said I've noticed a lot of leg bangs this year (thanks a lot Bandit, you quit and the place goes to h.ll) thought it was just me.

Everybody that I know has been getting nailed in the calf from the chair on the right side.
So I just moved forward a bit when I load on that side and the problem seems to have gone away. I don't question why? It just works for me and that is all I need to know.

Everybody that I know has been getting nailed in the calf from the chair on the right side.
So I just moved forward a bit when I load on that side and the problem seems to have gone away. I don't question why? It just works for me and that is all I need to know.

Well that's interesting info. Thanks. I was on the right side and riding solo. It was a pretty serious injury in that it decommissioned for today and probably until Monday. I grabbed the center bar when I loaded and did everything I normally do without problem and it was my third trip up the lift. It looked to me like the liftie merely touched the chair and did virtually nothing to slow it down. I am not willing to ascribe nefarious motives, just felt that he did not take care of business at my expense.

I wrote an email to guest services but have not received the favor of a reply as of yet.

We had the same issue, the lift op wasn't even touching the chairs. We got slammed once and slowed the chair ourselves the next time. Watched the chair behind us as the op just stood there and the next load got rammed. Didn't matter today as the lift was broke when we got there and down the the rest of the day although signs at 1:00 said open at the new Rex non-working light board. I scraped of the taped on Open.

Kkz