First lift you ever took?

St. Jerry · Post by **St. Jerry** » Jun 29th, '07, 07:25

Ski day #1, first lift?

Mine: Rope tow at Eagle Mountain, Pattersonville NY. 100 vertical feet.

XtremeJibber2001 · Post by **XtremeJibber2001** » Jun 29th, '07, 07:30

Summit Ski Area at Government Camp, Mt Hood Oregon ... oldest ski area in the PNW. Rode the only lift they have

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Jun 29th, '07, 07:39

can't remember the name of the lift. the first trail I took was called "sesame street," and it was the lift that took you to that.

it's been replaced by a HSQ.

-steve

nancie2k · Post by **nancie2k** » Jun 29th, '07, 07:40

rope tow at campgaw nj- no lessons, fell numerous tmes-stop lift, come help me (and my girlfriend) up, finally make it to top, slide down bunny slope out of control, take off boots, return equipment. that was it til about 10 years later when we came to killington and took a lesson at snowshed, was trucked up and down , found out why goggles were needed as they were blowing snow, and i was hooked!!!!

Post by **Bubba** » Jun 29th, '07, 07:51

It was either Sunapee or Cannon, can't recall which, probably in the summer of '62.

skiingsnow · Post by **skiingsnow** » Jun 29th, '07, 07:56

My first lift was the j-bar at suicide six, about 8 and a half years ago.

rogman · Post by **rogman** » Jun 29th, '07, 08:07

Not sure. Probably the rope tow at Benjamin Hill in Shirley, MA. There were two them side by side, run off both rear wheels of a dump truck with a plywood shack over it. Maybe 100 feet of vertical. It NELSAP'd in the 70's.

I think the reason skiing has stagnated as a sport is the loss of these local areas. It use to be there was a rope tow on a small hill in nearly every town. You could learn to ski for short money. Now the entry costs are prohibitive, and you may have to drive a few hours in order to get to a lift.

Bling Skier · Post by **Bling Skier** » Jun 29th, '07, 08:10

T-bar at Mount Watatic (neslap it) in Ashby, Ma.
Loved that Mtn because it had fun tree runs...They would shutdown the lifts between 11:30 and noon 4 lunch.

Later on in life I have been known 2 smoke a "J-Bar" on the T-Bar...

Mtn Man · Post by **Mtn Man** » Jun 29th, '07, 08:40

Lift at Blue Mtn, PA the day after my 17th Bday.

B)

MrsG · Post by **MrsG** » Jun 29th, '07, 08:45

rogman wrote:Not sure. Probably the rope tow at Benjamin Hill in Shirley, MA. There were two them side by side, run off both rear wheels of a dump truck with a plywood shack over it. Maybe 100 feet of vertical. It NELSAP'd in the 70's.

I think the reason skiing has stagnated as a sport is the loss of these local areas. It use to be there was a rope tow on a small hill in nearly every town. You could learn to ski for short money. Now the entry costs are prohibitive, and you may have to drive a few hours in order to get to a lift.

Good point Rogman . . . although, we still had to drive 2 hours from Chicago to ski on a converted garbage hill - waited 45 minutes in a lift line for a two second run

Rope tow at Alpine Meadows in Wisconsin

Stormchaser · Post by **Stormchaser** » Jun 29th, '07, 08:52

Rope Tow, Bunny Slope, Wachusett Mtn., December 2001.

Post by **SkiDork** » Jun 29th, '07, 09:11

Poma at Buck Hills

TheLurker · Post by **TheLurker** » Jun 29th, '07, 09:13

Probably the rope tow at the Mighty Gaw as well.

HelmetCam · Post by **HelmetCam** » Jun 29th, '07, 09:23

the rope tow at Grossengers.

Geoff · Post by **Geoff** » Jun 29th, '07, 09:57

The skimobile at Cranmore.