• Bar Up Or Down? The Chairlift Debate

    Bar Up Or Down? The Chairlift Debate
    Picture this. You've just sat down on a cushy, preferably heated, chairlift. The last run was killer, and you're excitedly chatting with your friend about where to ski next. Then, it happens. If you didn't know any better, you'd have guessed that Mike Tyson hit you on the top of your head with an atomic elbow. Stars flash across your vision.As you come to, you glance to your right and meet eyes with the sheepish-looking skier sitting next to you. "Sorry," they say. "I forgot to tell you tha
  • The Ski Lift That Shouldn't Exist

    The Ski Lift That Shouldn't Exist
    A lot goes into ski lift construction, from engineering to visionary design. Sometimes, when these two categories are firing on both cylinders, you get extraordinary results. Enter the Hohstock ski lift, located in Belalp, Switzerland. This lift accomplishes something few lifts on Earth can: left, right, upwards, and downwards turns. Due to engineering hang-ups best explained by the experts, most ski lifts need to move as the crow flies. Not the Hohstock, though.Check out this video for a d

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