quattro 1 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 TB In the States and Europe They generally always send up full chairs. Thats what the singles line is used for to fill in extra spaces. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Most of the times, they do the same at the lifts at Kagura. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 You are right thursday, it is sad. Let's face it though, a lot of Japanese resorts are like that. Perhaps not Niseko but even a place like Hakuba can be like a ghost town mid-week (heck, even a weekend in my experience). Lots of Japanese resort towns have that "half closed, run down and getting worse" feel about them. (Perhaps I'm being a bit harsh). Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Not everywhere in Europe....I was on many a lift that was not full when I went to Meribel and there was a queue behind me Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I will get boo-ed but sometimes if I'm with my lady I want be just me and her on a lift - quad or not. If things were mad mad busy with huge queues I might be less inclined, but when was the last time I queued for more than a minute or two for a lift in Japan? (Can't remember). Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 From a professional perspective, not filling the chairs/gondola to their uphill capacity when there is a significant queue during the busier periods of the season means that skiers/riders in a snowsports school lesson have less time going downhill. That frustrates me as the educator. Lord knows it must frustrate the student. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 If there is any kind of signifigant queue - then I have no issue joining in with others - even with my ungracious but successful dismounts! But I PREFER to ride up just me and my kids or me and my friend ...and I will when there is no (or next to no queue) other people feel the same too! But long queues = sharing lifts. Politeness aside the lifties need to be trained for it. And singles queues would help in this - I haven't seen one since being here. Link to post Share on other sites
neversummer 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Each to their own in regard to being annoyed that you have to wait for huge queues or are being shoved onto the lift but personally I get annoyed. Although everyone pays for their lift ticket, I think it is inconsiderate to intentionally only have one person in a Gondala when there are other people who have also paid for a lift ticket and then have to wait excessive amounts of time. Skiing and boarding are all about having fun and enjoying oyurselves but I can think of nothing more frustrating than seeing a Gondola going up with only 1 person in it. It is also the responsibility of others to get into the lift with unklnown people...I mean, they are not going to bite, maybe smell a bit The only place in Hirafu I have seen a singles line is in the Gondola and it is inside the building where it is basically useless like had been mentioned previously. Link to post Share on other sites
nippontiger 8 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I think on holidays and at weekends, many resorts are quite busy. Dont forget that most Japanese people are working during the week, and people dont get (or cant or wont take) many holidays. I think at this time, just after the new year holiday, it is fairly quiet - even on the public holiday weekend as its only one week after the new year break. Things will probably get a bit busier when the university students start their spring (!) vacation in February. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 NS, King 3 has a singles. I think the only reason that couples don't get on the same charis as me is cos of my handsomeness. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 yeah Thurs, I'm sure that's exactly it!! Haha. I think the point should be made that its the "duty" of the people behind to get onto the lift with 1 pperson, after all they can hardly turn round and and tell you that its their lift alone!!! Unless of course you happen to be Posh spice!! Which is exactly what she did when I was behind her in the queue for the goldola at Meribel in France...well her giant security man did. Her father and kids got on 1 gondola, she got on another and the 2 security men jumped on the last one with all the skis. I got the next one up! She also stopped right in the middle of the slope, just below the brow of the hill, where yours truly just about bashed her into next week, she got a real shouting at as I swerved just in time!!! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 TB, you are a naughty boy. That naughty girl deserves a newbie snowboard in the head. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I would have cut her in 2, she is REALLY skinny and REALLY small in real life!! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 singles, doubles, whatever - just get me on that lift to the top - don't care - well to an extent - who I have to sit with! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Why are lots of famous celeb people tiny? Why is life not fair? I like taking lifts with people when I'm on my own. Some just do NOT want to talk while others do. As long as it's not "can I practise English", I'm happy to oblige. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I got on a pair lift once in a blizzard at Happo and started talking to the girl next to me and after 5 minutes of talking we realized that we were old friends from Whistler! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Funny!! Was getting on the Ace Centre 4 today with an instructor and we had one guy step up and join us. No queue to write home about - but there were 2 snowboarders in front of us, I asked her if we should move up and join them and she said no, there is no queue to speak of and on a lesson it is better/safer to be just us. No worries. The skier was hovering - I thought he was waiting for friends to come through the gate. He did not join the 2 male snowboarders in front of us - but we must have looked like less of a threat - sweet Japanese girl instructor and middle aged woman ...still he didn't talk to us. But I found it funny he chose not to ride with the men on the chair before. People and human behaviour just crack me up. Maybe that is why I chose Psychology! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Check out how busy Gala Yuzawa was this morning. Remember this is the resort that has the joint shinkansen/bullet train station, the easiest place from Tokyo Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I like it when there's about that many people. I thought that Gala waa always busy busy though? It sure doesn't look it. Thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I bet its not like that on a weekend though!! Muika, whats your job? I'd love to have weekdays off (only in winter though) so that I could go and board in peace!! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Gala is mostly busy at the weekend - bnut have been numerous times this season on weekdays - and it's always like that - sometimes a little busier but not much more. Last week got the shinkansen up - at about 7 in the morning - and walked around the carriages. Now this was the double decker shinkansen and I looked around 3 carriages and saw one person. ONE! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 nice! Unfortunately I can only go on weekends or public holidays. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Gala is busy at weekends. In terms of numbers not as much as 10 years ago (as you might expect). But the resort is only 2/3 the size it was 3 seasons ago (the south area closed) and there's less space for people to ride. Link to post Share on other sites
banjobiwan 0 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 i have been in niseko since monday and even with these supposed crowds, the longest time ive waited at a lift is the time it took me to unstrap my rear binding. just depends on where you go! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Nice. Gala really should be busy at weekends. If it isn't, things really are bad. Link to post Share on other sites
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