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TR: Stuck On The Lift

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@IMASKIER 212079 wrote:That's an awesome gesture by the Cat hierarchy. I can't remember any time another NC resort has done that for a lift issue.





the oz lift broke down for about an hr @ the end of the day on pres day or the week after, i can't remember. beech comped everyone on the lift plus they comped all the people @ the bottom waiting to get on the lift (no outlet to the base). season pass holders got free draft beer for the rest of the night ;), not. one guy was prepared with a backpack full of pbr's as we waited. just shows you beech is a customer friendly place to ski or ride.
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I agree but I don't see that happening.
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@tigerskier 212178 wrote:I was at Silver Creek on Sunday about to sit in a chair at the bottom when the power shut down the whole mountain, another 15 seconds and I would have been stuck in a chair, instead I was stuck at the bottom and ski patrol had to take me up to the top on a snowmobile.







I was really dissapointed that the power went out. I wanted to head over there before we left sunday, so our afternoon go cut short. Oh well guess that means i need to get back there before they close up....
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@dreamnofpow 212075 wrote:Great day, even with the double chair break down. Cat knows how to run a mountain and comped everyone who was stuck on the lift. Can't think of any other ski area in NC that would do that... cough.. cough.. Sugar.



sounds to me like you just like bashing sugar. How about Beech? every time I go up and they want to load 4 to a chair on the quad and there are only a handful of people there I think I should get a rebate.
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@want2go2dasno 212191 wrote:sounds to me like you just like bashing sugar. How about Beech? every time I go up and they want to load 4 to a chair on the quad and there are only a handful of people there I think I should get a rebate.



I've never had to wait more than a few minutes for another person. Besides, who likes to ride up by themselves.
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@want2go2dasno 212191 wrote:sounds to me like you just like bashing sugar. How about Beech? every time I go up and they want to load 4 to a chair on the quad and there are only a handful of people there I think I should get a rebate.



i don't think he's bashing sugar. i've never heard of anyone being comped by sugar for a breakdown of the lift. maybe they have. maybe their lift doesn't break down. i don't know. everyone has their favorite place to ski. your's = sugar. mine = beech. i've personally never had a problem with sugar, but most people tend to say that when times are busy and things go wrong the place is less sympathetic to help. as far as the 4 to load, it's only when the wind is kick'n @ a high speed. it's for your safety.
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@tigerskier 212178 wrote:I was at Silver Creek on Sunday about to sit in a chair at the bottom when the power shut down the whole mountain, another 15 seconds and I would have been stuck in a chair, instead I was stuck at the bottom and ski patrol had to take me up to the top on a snowmobile.



I didn't make it over there. We were thinking of heading over to silver creek because of the crowds at the lifts. Just then they opened the grabhammer lift and nobody was there. We made run after run with no wait in line.
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