Ever wanted to destroy a chairlift?

Winterpark resort in colorado was replacing a chairlift, they gave the manufacture the privlidge of doing some testing on this one. about 5 minutes in it gets interesting when the brakes don't stop it and the loaded chairs go flying off.

they also drop a few trees on it, set it on fire, and see how much force it takes to bend the towers and rip them out of the ground.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1734472502795274450

Kyle,

link doesn't work for me.

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Kyle,

hahahaha i love when the stuff flies off the chairs and the workers start to book shit hahahaha

im suprised that hasnt hapened yet to the chairs on seymour

haha thats nuts! It would be so scary if a tree fell on the lines when you were on one..

oh god the brake failure tests were scary. i'll never be as comfortable on a chairlift again

I don't think there's many scarier than the whitewater chairs. original lift from whistler baby.

im suprised that hasnt hapened yet to the chairs on seymour

hahahaha

hahahahah oh god the brake test was priceless :lol:

Winterpark resort in colorado was replacing a chairlift, they gave the manufacture the privlidge of doing some testing on this one. about 5 minutes in it gets interesting when the brakes don't stop it and the loaded chairs go flying off.

they also drop a few trees on it, set it on fire, and see how much force it takes to bend the towers and rip them out of the ground.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1734472502795274450

Kyle,

Are you the same kyle that is training at seymour as a lifty?
,Earl

I can't say that that exact thought ever popped into my head, but now that it has, that'll be all I can think of whenever I'm on a lift.

Are you the same kyle that is training at seymour as a lifty?
,Earl

nope. I'm a 'mercan.

Kyle,