mtnbiker99x Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 From http://www.nj.com Power failure strands Hidden Valley skiers on chairlifts A power outage in Sussex County this afternoon left several hundred skiers and snowboarders stranded on chairlifts at Hidden Valley Resort in Vernon, where they dangled in frigid gusts for roughly an hour, officials said. A main power line snapped at about 1:35 p.m. when high winds knocked over a large dead tree, said Jim Siglin, a spokesman for Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative. Using back-up generators, Hidden Valley officials were able to restart the chairlifts by about 2:30 p.m., said Roni Mattiello, the resort's snow sports director. While the skiers and snowboarders - between 200 and 300 of them - were stranded, temperatures hovered around 27 degrees, and winds gusted up to 25 mph, leaving a wind-chill of 16 degree, according to the National Weather Service. Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative had power restored by 2:45, Siglin said. Contributed by Joe Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski911 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I guess they got no ropes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHarrisburg Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 I guess they got no ropes. When I worked lifts it was explained that the ropes are only used in situations where the backup generator isn't an option. A hour on a chairlift is no walk in the park but it is by no means the end of the world. I'd be willing to bet that 95% of the people on the chair would have rather waited than be roped down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnbiker99x Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 It took almost an hour to get back up generators working....that is pretty sorry. I would rather rope down, its not that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddyk Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 It took almost an hour to get back up generators working....that is pretty sorry. My thoughts exactly. I hope they at least refunded their tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoHigh Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Something like that happened at Blue. The lift stopped working for about 30 minutes or so. But the power didn't go out, the computer crashed. They tried to restart the computer multiple times, but when they tried and had no success, the lift jumped back and it was scary. It was the six pack by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 BC had a problem with the double yesterday too. It was down for about 20-25 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexkitten Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 I wouldn't be scared to wait on the lift but I bet it was mighty cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 the gondola at keystone broke down for about 1/2 hour when i was on it a couple of weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papasteeze Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 I guess they got no ropes. do you guys ever train on the stevenson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 a few years ago the east mountain chair at jf broke down for an hour. JF was open till 5 instead of 4 that day to compensate those people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tretiak Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 i would have thought tho would have run the lifts on evap since most of them do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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