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Your chairlift slows or stops mid-ride. What should you do?

Stay seated, do not worry.

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  1. Remain in your seat ✔
  2. Jump off
  3. Stand up to look

Why: Lifts slow or stop often. Stay seated, hold on and wait.

Huh, didn't know that: While waiting to load, take pole straps off your wrists and hold your poles in one hand.

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Why did the chairlift stop? It needed a lift.
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Answer: Remain in your seat. Lifts slow or stop often. Stay seated, hold on and wait.

  1. Colorado Ski Country USA: Lift Safety www.coloradoski.com/safety/lift-safety
    Sometimes the chair will slow or stop. Don’t worry; just remain in your seat.
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. Colorado Ski Country USA: Lift Safety www.coloradoski.com/safety/lift-safety
    Remove pole straps from wrists and hold in one hand when waiting to load.
    Checked 2026-10-10.
  3. Colorado Ski Country USA: Lift Safety www.coloradoski.com/safety/lift-safety
    Your #1 job is to remain firmly seated.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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