TJ OZ 0 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Does anyone know of any surface lifts on any Japanese resorts. I have never seen one however I am still a long long way from going to all of the resorts here. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 One little one leading to the Holiday run from Hanazono. I could NOT get the hang of that one. Rather go up and over anyway! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 whats a surface lift?? like a travelator/moving belt type thing? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 T-bar. Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver whats a surface lift?? like a travelator/moving belt type thing? T-bar, poma and rope tow are the ones I know of. Anything that actually drags you up the mountain as opposed to carrying you. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 ah ok, thats what i thought, but MB threw me off. I thought she meant the moving belt thingy. Haven't seen any, thankfully. I hate them Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 little one at the top of niseko village. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 that was new this year! sure beats walking Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 You need to pay top dollar if you want to experience surface lifts. Come to Oz. We have hundreds of them. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver ah ok, thats what i thought, but MB threw me off. I thought she meant the moving belt thingy. Haven't seen any, thankfully. I hate them So it's all MY fault!! I wasn't referring to the 2 magic carpets at Hanazono anyway.... it is a rope tow. In fact is is CALLED 'Rope Tow' and runs just after the Hanazono Quad Two to Renraku and Holiday runs - to get you back via the greens. But Tubby.... you and I both! I hate them as well. Managed to stack it face first TWICE off the stoopid Basin t-bar at Thredbo last trip - felt like a complete goose. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Perhaps tubby was grabbing on to t-backs instead. Link to post Share on other sites
Schneebored 0 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Originally Posted By: TJ OZ Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver whats a surface lift?? like a travelator/moving belt type thing? T-bar, poma and rope tow are the ones I know of. Anything that actually drags you up the mountain as opposed to carrying you. . I call them nad grabbers Link to post Share on other sites
rider69 18 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 T-bars are awesome for windy areas or keeping the low level riders out of advanced terrain. Fernie Uses a few. I have yet to ride a surface lift in Japan though. Link to post Share on other sites
Schneebored 0 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Ride them switch...makes it more fun.....also it means you can share with your lady and cuddle to keep warm. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I think it would be funny trying to ride a t-bar in Japan after a meter of powder snow overnight - hysterically funny. Quite the opposite to being at the mercy of the howling wind at Thredbo on a slick shiny t-bar track! Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Son of a friend was having a ball on one of the t-bars at Charlotte Pass a few years ago. The lift in question crosses what would be a road in the summer, and the lift is quite a steep pull. He was a bit on the light side and was dragged into the air every time he went up. Lifties had a go at him, but he said it was their fault, not his - they were running too quick, making the "lift" on the rope greater than his weight could keep down. Gave him some free jumps practice! Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Can't remember seeing any. I can recommend one or two hairy "single" (t-tray) lifts though. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Originally Posted By: SKI I can recommend one or two hairy "single" (t-tray) lifts though. Madarao! Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Haven't been there in many years, but Senjojiki in the Chuo Alps had the weirdest rope tow I've ever seen: two pieces of 1x0.5-inch, foot-long boards in a T shape, with a couple of big lugnuts screwed into the crosspiece. The tow was a steel wire, and you cruised up to it, somehow slotted the wire between the lugs and gave the longpiece a twist to lock it in. Then you held on for dear life and hoped to whatever god(s) you believe in that you wouldn't wind up getting your hands carried through the bullwheel at the top. But...it was lift-served skiing in Honshu in late June! Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Evil! That's a lawsuit waiting to happen (in any country other than Japan). Link to post Share on other sites
SpaceAgeMonkey 0 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Originally Posted By: Slippery Jim Haven't been there in many years, but Senjojiki in the Chuo Alps had the weirdest rope tow I've ever seen: two pieces of 1x0.5-inch, foot-long boards in a T shape, with a couple of big lugnuts screwed into the crosspiece. The tow was a steel wire, and you cruised up to it, somehow slotted the wire between the lugs and gave the longpiece a twist to lock it in. Then you held on for dear life and hoped to whatever god(s) you believe in that you wouldn't wind up getting your hands carried through the bullwheel at the top. But...it was lift-served skiing in Honshu in late June! Sounds a cracker that one. My friend told me about the one at Madarao, that sounds like it's worth a go just for the scares. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 yeah the dinner tray at Madarao gives me the shits....I hang on for dear life Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 why? whats on that tray? Seafood? Link to post Share on other sites
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