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  1. #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by GiBo View Post
    Sig worthy.
    Word

  2. #52
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    Quote Originally Posted by altacoup View Post
    After your one year of experience. Apply for a lifty job at Alta and live in the buckhorn. You’ll ski your ass off and have a ton of fun.
    id look a bit more long term like a actual trade , find an old lady, git a dog and id buy a house in the valley and still ski yur ass off
    not that dorm livin with sink peeing roomies aint fun
    "When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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  3. #53
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    Boone? Beech? Cataloochie?

    Saw a guy, probably the same guy, wearing Pit Vipers and a full regulation Carhartt Racing Team setup bumping chairs to 80s hair metal at all three las season.

    “Top Shack is the goal” should be this place’s new tag line. Excellent.

    Happy T-day Maggots.
    I still call it The Jake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BmillsSkier View Post
    Boone? Beech? Cataloochie?

    Saw a guy, probably the same guy, wearing Pit Vipers and a full regulation Carhartt Racing Team setup bumping chairs to 80s hair metal at all three las season.

    “Top Shack is the goal” should be this place’s new tag line. Excellent.

    Happy T-day Maggots.
    beech
    swing your fucking sword.

  5. #55
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    Quote Originally Posted by stealurface831 View Post
    beech
    I 'learned' to ski there. Two years later I moved to Utah and worked for a season as a lifty at Powmow.

  6. #56
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    Quote Originally Posted by skifishbum View Post
    not that dorm livin with sink peeing roomies aint fun
    Now that’s sig worthy

  7. #57
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brownski View Post
    I wore imitation sorrels. They were fine. Bumping chairs will eat good ski gloves pretty quick. Wear the cheapest insulated leather work gloves you can find.
    I wore pig skin gloves over a liner.

  8. #58
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    Quote Originally Posted by skifishbum View Post
    It's all about the bump
    Oh and offramp maintenance
    For Jerry's and bunnys
    There was a small Betty. About 120pounds at most. On sublette.
    But she bumped nice. Used boot glide

    She slid a few feet every bump.
    But damn she got it.
    . . .

  9. #59
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    If your ski area has a clue they will have kinkos available for cheap to employees. Keep those $600 mountaineering boots at home unless you want to be ridden like a $10 whore by the other liftees.

  10. #60
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    One season at a mid-size resort. Be aware that the below comments mean no disrespect to lifties, there are some great people doing that job.

    1. Don't work too hard, they'll put you in the most visible, stressful place (main lift at the lodge).

    2. Generally speaking, be lazy and do drugs at work, because if you work hard and are clean, you'll just be frustrated with (the vast majority of) your other coworkers that are lazy and do drugs at work, leaving all the shoveling, babysitting, and other hard/shitty work to you.

    3. Kiss ass to the lift ops supervisors and/or be pretty to get better ass-ignments.

    You can see that I didn't have a great time my season. I'm sure others might be more suited to putting up with the common bullshit that floats around this type of job.

  11. #61
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    Where I worked, they asked Lifties not to wear mountaineering boots at all because they left postholes all over the place.
    edit: which won’t be a problem where you are

  12. #62
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    Quote Originally Posted by smartyiak View Post
    ...who "paid a lot of money to be here!"
    You saw the part where he said he was in N. Carolina, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Falcon3 View Post
    One season at a mid-size resort. Be aware that the below comments mean no disrespect to lifties, there are some great people doing that job.

    1. Don't work too hard, they'll put you in the most visible, stressful place (main lift at the lodge).

    2. Generally speaking, be lazy and do drugs at work, because if you work hard and are clean, you'll just be frustrated with (the vast majority of) your other coworkers that are lazy and do drugs at work, leaving all the shoveling, babysitting, and other hard/shitty work to you.

    3. Kiss ass to the lift ops supervisors and/or be pretty to get better ass-ignments.

    You can see that I didn't have a great time my season. I'm sure others might be more suited to putting up with the common bullshit that floats around this type of job.
    Ha! All true but I’m on the other side of it. I always thought working a detachable looked boring as shit and sitting in top shack was like punishment to me. I was happy to be moved to the Weasel lift, an ancient Riblet, ‘cause it kept my head engaged. It required a very specific, precise bump to prevent chair swinging and attracted all kinds of customers from first-timers to experts. There were two loading stations too, which caused all kinds of chaos. It was also one of the most enjoyable experiences of my life. When I retire, I may go back to it.

  14. #64
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    Quote Originally Posted by steff View Post
    You will be expected to know where to get drugs

    i will definately git ya a pit viper hookup though
    keep the n cakaclaky slopes pit viper plentiful
    "When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
    "I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
    "THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
    "I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno

  15. #65
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    Quote Originally Posted by babybear View Post
    Flowing Alpy always brought capri suns for the lifties
    This is a good one. Might have to borrow this idea.

    Sounds like a great way to bring a little stoke/karma into everyone’s day

  16. #66
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    Quote Originally Posted by BC. View Post
    -Freezing ur ass off/standing around
    -Telling people to pull their masks up
    -Breaking up fights w/idiots (little man syndrome guys) in the lift line
    -Having people blaming “you” for Covid protocol
    -Hauling fat asses out of the way when they fall getting on/off lift
    -50:0 ratio guys/girls
    -Shoveling/moving snow a lot (hopefully, so that could be a +)

    +Free pass
    +Having some buddies to rip around
    +Being drunk/high a lot
    I have to disagree. My local mountain can have some cute lifties. But then, this IS Missoula.
    No longer stuck.

    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
    Just an uneducated guess.

  17. #67
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    Lifties bring the stoke and the bump.


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    I need to go to Utah.
    Utah?
    Yeah, Utah. It's wedged in between Wyoming and Nevada. You've seen pictures of it, right?

    So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....


    Thanks BCSAR and POWMOW Ski Patrol for rescues

    8, 17, 13, 18, 16, 18, 20, 19, 16, 24, 32, 35

    2021/2022 (13/15)

  18. #68
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    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
    I have to disagree. My local mountain can have some cute lifties. But then, this IS Missoula.
    Really? Really?? I never saw that at Snowbowl. Usually just got yelled at for not having my pass visible.

    And Top Shack is indeed the goal!

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    Quote Originally Posted by skifishbum View Post
    id look a bit more long term like a actual trade , find an old lady, git a dog and id buy a house in the valley and still ski yur ass off
    not that dorm livin with sink peeing roomies aint fun
    Totally agree with getting a trade. Like drilling holes using a jig?


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  20. #70
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    yur fun e
    yeah havin the ski fixin and loving trade sucks
    no one will ever want that help or skill
    id go mur of the jack of most all master of non spansered trophy husband routes
    and if workin on skis keeps the boss happy theres way worse gigs
    im glad foodservice didnt and i got out
    so is the dog that goes to work with me every day
    and the mancave clause in my contract doesnt suck
    the funny thing is bouts the time i found this place my bro mr toaster
    did a gmd winter 04 05 he thinks it was 768" worth of fun
    and his roomy was a tgr maggot from Detroit i wanna say 13 sumthin handle
    and even though hes bcc to the core since and before hed never give that one up
    "When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
    "I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
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    Just returning the digs🤪. Moving electrons is always in demand. Anyway you could convince the pit viper bros to be bcc to the core? Was offered a sillytude job after helping to build the new high speed quads there but between the Deseelhorsts and the crazy GM stayed LCC to the core. 04-05 was awesome. If my memory serves me right Alta opened up with baldy and the castle open on opening day. Wet storm on Halloween coated the range with a nice base. Skied a few lines that winter that haven’t filled in since.


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    Quote Originally Posted by tetzen View Post
    Really? Really?? I never saw that at Snowbowl. Usually just got yelled at for not having my pass visible.

    And Top Shack is indeed the goal!
    This has been my experience as well. Super nice lady at the bottom that peaked in 1989 with the same hair as her high school prom is what I recall.

  23. #73
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    Quote Originally Posted by S_jenks View Post
    This is a good one. Might have to borrow this idea.

    Sounds like a great way to bring a little stoke/karma into everyone’s day
    Another prolific alpy conditions poster(who we don't talk about anymore) brought cinnamon rolls, so bring donuts if you gonna take the fatty unhealthy morning snack route.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stuckathuntermtn View Post
    I have to disagree. My local mountain can have some cute lifties. But then, this IS Missoula.
    The most visible female lift was nurse ratchet, have your pass on right.

  25. #75
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    Quote Originally Posted by altacoup View Post
    Just returning the digs🤪. Moving electrons is always in demand. Anyway you could convince the pit viper bros to be bcc to the core? Was offered a sillytude job after helping to build the new high speed quads there but between the Deseelhorsts and the crazy GM stayed LCC to the core. 04-05 was awesome. If my memory serves me right Alta opened up with baldy and the castle open on opening day. Wet storm on Halloween coated the range with a nice base. Skied a few lines that winter that haven’t filled in since.


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    i dont recall any crazy gm's
    mike g was the mountain op gm man that kept the d's sillytude in check
    last i heard he was running vails tahoe shows
    well seein how my boss and sillytudes is once again blessing us with 8 fully transferable shop passes
    you should take me up on spendin an oc lcc free day
    milk runs and fantasies laps ftw
    or pow mow
    our alta passes are just weekday this year but hudge props to tc at top dog sports for those and yup
    Connie was the best and that department aint goin uphill now and
    try and not let chucky m and the crew's fun ruin yurs
    in the canyon of a bit to much core
    "When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
    "I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
    "THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
    "I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno

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