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How high are normal ski lifts?

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Are they about 1 meter off the grund and progress to 3 meters? Or what? Or same height throughout whole thing?

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  1. It varies greatly from lift to lift. The lowest chairlift I've even been on had roughly 3 meters clearance (a very low lift crossing a headwall...the lowest lift I've evey been on.) However I've been on lifts that easily were 10 meters off the ground.

    Gondolas and Tramways are usually higher than chairlifts.

    If you are afraid of heights, my best advise is just to not look down. Also, you could keep your eyes closed for the whole ride and rely on your friends to tell you when you get close to the top.

    Keep the bar down and your chances of falling off are relatively slim.

    Have Fun.


  2. Only when you get on and off the things are you close to the ground.

    After that, there are regulations varying from place to place, but generally they are around 20-40 feet off the ground, or I guess in a more sensible measuring system, maybe 5-15 meters, depending on the terrain as well.

    If a lift passes over a ravine of some sort, there could be times where you are quite a ways up.

    Don't worry, it is a rare event when people fall out of them...usually they are goofing off, or trying to fiddle with their ski boots or something.

  3. i fell 20 meters off the ski lift at the ski hill near my place (sorry i actualy jumped lol) and i broke my leg lol but yea they are usually way ove 3m

  4. When you first get loaded on a chair lift, it's about  .5M above the snow.  When you off load, it's also about .5M  The  rest of the trip will vary from 2-3 M up to 50M or more depending upon terrain and construction. The safest way to ride the lift is to sit still, against the back rest, and lower the restraint bar if it is present. If you can sit in a couch at home without falling out of it, you should be able to safely ride the lift.  When you get off, ski straight down the ramp, then slow down and turn to one side or the other. To load on the lift will depend on how it is constructed, ask the lift operator or your instructor.  You are taking lessons aren't you?

       Have fun, meet new friends and keep the existing ones.  This is a social sport as much as a snow sport.

      One ski lift I rode several years ago had to be dug out every day, because of a very deep snow fall that was more than the height of the towers. A very rare  occurrence,  a normal snow fall was about  4 M  this year it was closer to 12M.

  5. I've never seen a ski lift that only gets 3 meters off the ground...

    Most ski lifts go quite high off the ground, at least 15 meters, so they don't block the slopes

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