Can you imagine being in the chair behind that, while stopped, seeing what happened ahead of you, and then they move the chair, and now it's you in that...
I was thinking that too but you'd have to back it close. If you pulled forward it would probably rip the whole front off the sled and launch it into the chair or gathering crowd. That was some serious pressure.The fastest thing to do would be to park a snowmobile over it. That would be a bad job.
One of the videos I saw had comments from one of the chair riders who mentioned the water lifting the bar. I'm not sure if she ended up on the ground or not.Two riders were BLASTED off their chair completely when they passed over before it stopped. Another reason to put the bar down.
Beech will be lucky if they get off with lifetime pass for the victims, the families, and the next several generations of families.I think a lifetime pass is in order for the spray victims.
F’ that! Theres no way you’d get me back to that hill after that experience(free or not). I’ll take the settlement and ski elsewhere(I hear vail is nice!).I think a lifetime pass is in order for the spray victims.
Or just don't invite anyone who is inclined to ski/ride into hydrants to join you.Note to self-
When building that private ski area, don’t put snowmaking pipes under the lift.
That was probably briefly discussed.. However, resorts really try to avoid running vehicles on trails open for skiing these days.. It was an area with a lot of beginners.. and others commented that the force blasting up would probably just knock over and damage the snowmobile..The fastest thing to do would be to park a snowmobile over it. That would be a bad job.
I asked that on another forum and someone with snowmaking experience said that in most cases, it would be virtually impossible to open enough additional hydrants quickly enough to make a real difference. When the line is charged, it needs to have enough water pressure for each of those hydrants to support a snowgun, so the total system pressure would remain high enough to hammer the chair for a while; opening additional hydrants without any control over them would just create more of a mess in additional spots.Possibly you could back the snowmobile up so it just hits the track a bit to deflect the stream. Ideally, put that tower protector down first, then the sled.
But what about opening the other valves upstream if this was pressure in the line? If someone “ran into” the standoff and broke it, surely there’s others?
Right.....an interesting science experiment.
Less like a science experiment and more like a rodeo.I asked that on another forum and someone with snowmaking experience said that in most cases, it would be virtually impossible to open enough additional hydrants quickly enough to make a real difference. When the line is charged, it needs to have enough water pressure for each of those hydrants to support a snowgun, so the total system pressure would remain high enough to hammer the chair for a while; opening additional hydrants without any control over them would just create more of a mess in additional spots.
The rear end of a sled doesn't weigh much, especially if it's actually a mountain sled; most of the weight is in the front end. Trail sleds are a bit heavier and would make an interesting science experiment.
Someone with a radio telling lift ops.. "Start..... OK STOP" to get the person/people out of the line of fire would have been a lot easier and quicker. There were ski patrols on the scene pretty quicklyIt's water. It's powerful. It doesn't take much to divert it a little bit though.
Got two patrols? There were at least four there standing around and only a minute from the base bullwheel for that lift at BeechAt our hill, lift ops don't have radios.
Truth be told, you are only a minute from any base bullwheel at Beech.Got two patrols? There were at least four there standing around and only a minute from the base bullwheel for that lift at Beech