klingon 10 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Does anyone know where the highest resort is? One that has lifts going up? Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Just a guess (from an old old Warren Miller movie) but I think it might be in South America. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Wheres that camel fellow from Chile who was with us a while back...? Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 ever heard of a search engine? http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/15facts/1999/ski_lifts.htm Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted February 4, 2004 Author Share Posted February 4, 2004 Yes, I have. Curious. Are we not allowed to ask a simple question now, or start a new topic? Perhaps we should all take more care before we write to consider the consequences of, shock, ASKING A QUESTION. Thanks for the link anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Mikazooki your a knob Why even bother replying with a response like that Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 sorry guys, just a gut reaction. the question just seemed a little redundant. type the topic title into google and u will find the answer in less time than it takes to write the question. by posting something like that, it just seems like u want someone else to do the work for u. Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Makes for an interesting topic though. "The world’s second-highest lift is in China. A six-seater gondola rises up Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to a top station claimed to be at 4,516 metres (14,816 feet). Snow cover is year-round." --- wow, bet it's cold up there...! Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 OK, I researched it for you! 5400m, Chacaltaya in Bolivia. It's too high to ski there, isn't it? But it looks beautiful. Just enter "Chacaltaya" and find photos! Link to post Share on other sites
Teledude 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 For most people that's too high to ski but not for the Bolivians, if they can afford to. I'm sure they have better things to do most of the time though. 14,000 feet isn't too high either, there's plenty of places in Colorado to ski from that height if you don't mind climbing to get there. Link to post Share on other sites
alferg 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 have a look at goski for some amusing reviews of Chacaltaya http://www.goski.com/bolivia.htm i love this bit > We had two full days of non stop skiing with the aid of sucking on coca leaves. Well worth picking some up from the Paz before you go up. Link to post Share on other sites
crazyski 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Teledude: For most people that's too high to ski but not for the Bolivians, if they can afford to. I'm sure they have better things to do most of the time though. 14,000 feet isn't too high either, there's plenty of places in Colorado to ski from that height if you don't mind climbing to get there. Yeah, even lift-serviced stuff at A-basin is nearly that high, eh? Like 13,005 ft. 50+ peaks in Colorado that are higher than 14,000. Can't say I've even climbed one, let alone skied it... " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Some interesting stats on that initial hemispheremag page. Link to post Share on other sites
WillHine 0 Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Slightly off topic but still topical..... in october 2000 a Slovenian guy skied down from the top of Everest at 8848m down to a base camp around 5000 and something meters. Obviously not for everyone - ha ha - but you don't get much higher! Link about it all - http://www.everest.simobil.si/eng/default.shtml Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Wow, mega. I wonder what the snow was like up there? Link to post Share on other sites
smiler 0 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Probably no better than the snow in Niigata Or maybe... better than the snow in Niigata. The snow in Niigata gets a bad wrap I feel - if you go up to Kagura after a snowfall, the snow up there is often excellent. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Niigata is well known as having wet snow though generally, compared to furtheru up north. Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Ito-Will: Slightly off topic but still topical..... in october 2000 a Slovenian guy skied down from the top of Everest at 8848m down to a base camp around 5000 and something meters. Obviously not for everyone - ha ha - but you don't get much higher! Link about it all - http://www.everest.simobil.si/eng/default.shtml That's amazing! I have done a lot of mountaineering in the NW US and spent 3 months in Alaska on the Juneau Icefield. Top elevations were maybe 12,000 feet. Base camp at Everest is 14,400! My mentor and professor on the icefield, Maynard Miller, climbed Everest back in the 60's I believe and had harrowing tales. John Krakauer, who wrote 'Into thin Air' is from my college town of Corvallis, Oregon and I've spoken with him about his experiences there. Anyway, that is no small feat to ski down from there, let alone have the strength to even put your skis on at that altitude! Kudos to Davo Karnicar Here's my question though - yeah, I wear the same pair of goofy glacier glasses when I climb, but what in the hell is up with the Euros and the bandanas around the neck????? The equivalent to the Japanese with the white towels around their heads Link to post Share on other sites
hem now 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 14,000 feet? I think if you convert 5,400m to feet, its a little higher than that, almost 18,000 feet. I've skiied at Chacaltaya - certainly some of the crappiest skiing I've ever done, but definitely in the most unique of circumstances. Well recommended! The coca leaves are definitely the go. Hem now Link to post Share on other sites
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