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If you look close the next time you ride a lift, you will see a "catch" on the other side of the sheeve(wheel). It is there to catch the cable if there was ever to be a derail. It only let's the cable drop a few inches. And they have finger switches on each one to stop the lift if and when this happens. There is also a counter weight at the bottom of each lift, witch drops to counter act the slack in the line to keep the lift line from hitting the ground. I worked as a lift mechanic for 3 yrs at bear creek and was lucky enough to never see this happen, but there are so many fail safes to save the lift riders that you would never hit the ground or really come close. Unless the cable snaps. Every year they have to test each and every chair and lift line. For the grips(clamps on top of the chair) they run 3 test on each one. And for the chairs and lines they actually load the chairs with 55 gallon drums of water to act as people weight and they run multiable test on roll back and stopping power of each lift and line. But still no one can predict what mother nature brings as far as wind and weather. Hope this helps

I'll be there, but during the day.

Keep up the great work Mark....U ..........Drew

I'm gonna head out there tomorrow also . I got a free ticket, so i better use it while i can. I guess!

Hell yeah i'd be there for that

if your old i must be ancient, cause i'm almost 28 .. LOL welcome to the site and keep posting.....

Well when i worked there a in 02 they ran out of water, and they would get it from aqua duck, They bought close to 7 million gallons in one year. So they'll do what they have to do to get the water.

There should be water in the ponds now from yesterday and todays run off. The warm weather did take a lil bit of a toll on them today. But if you were there the last few days you should've noticed there wasn't a halfpipe there. O wait the thing was completely filled with snow. There's snow there, the groomers just aren't pushing it . And with todays warm weather they might not even groom tonight.I know from my grooming experience, that you can't push in the warm temps. You'll lose more then half of what you push. I know today i threw a bunch of rocks from the lift lines while i was waiting to get on the lifts

The place was pretty packed. But it wasn't to bad. We had a few long waits in line, but all in all it was a good day out again. As the day progressed it got slushy . The terrain parks were in pretty good shape and i did get to watch my friend eat $h!t . So that made it really worth it We did get quit a few runs in, in the few hours we were there. Thanks thinksnow for fixing that for me

You bringing me a 2x hoodie for christmas ???

Cool look for me up there. I'll have a pair of tan pants and a tan and blue jacket . I'll probably be in the park most of the day... I got pasr stickers on my board and bindings

I'll be out there from open till ? . Anyone else gonna be out there during the day?

The boot dryers are awesome. I use them before and after each day. I like mt boots warm when i put them on ...LoL

I'm there !!!

Jib and Free both got a good point . I edited my own . Don't wanna get in trouble

I 3rd that!!!

HELL NO you weren't wrong.

Welcome to the board.

the wicked clowns rule

Yeah he is a genuis.. I see you wanna be rewarded with a pat on the back dorsey (pat,pat). Keep the updates coming...

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It is defintely cold out this morning. I just came back from taking my son to the bus stop, and i was on my phone. My hand was almost numb from holding my phone. I need a handsfree kit....

That is a sweet deal . I wish i was good enough for that. But I suck

about 15 mins from blue and 20 mins. from bear creek