Not if you were a never ever. Riding a chair is easier, if less educational, then a surface lift.
I agree, but it’s so damn short. Well it solves the snowboarder issue.
I always liked it when we had a poma for the beginners. That way, they get practice on the way up. So if you can get them on it, they acquire some proficiency standing on their skis just getting to the top.
You can tell people a thousand times not to sit down, but a lot of them do exactly that. Usually they get over it pretty quickly.
The snowboarders just couldn’t handle it though, and it was replaced by the conveyor belt. Boring.
I still love poma lifts. Maybe because I grew up at a place having only that and it would go up an expert trail. People who fell off walked down. It’s kind of crazy, but somehow everyone was ok with it. No choice.
They require much less attention though than a t bar. So like that poma at the top of Snowmass, you can kind of space out and enjoy the scenery. With a tbar it’s easy for it to slip out. I prefer the pomas or t bars with the rigid poles to the ropes coming out of the reel.
Molly Hogan may have been ridiculous, but I rode it a few times to avoid walking from the Beach back to the A-frame lodge.
You remember when we were at the Beach and wanted coffee? Too lazy to walk up, so we took the Palli lift and skied down to Black Mountain. Brilliant. Because after coffee we could just go skiing.