Belleayre's New Lift 7

[Zykamps]

Nice ride if slow. However the seating arrangement struck me as odd. With 4 people each would have a handle and foot bar between their legs. Not sure if this common elsewhere. I've taken enough shoulder hits from an unexpected bar drop but a crotch shot...

 

[DomB]

Nice ride if slow. However the seating arrangement struck me as odd. With 4 people each would have a handle and foot bar between their legs. Not sure if this common elsewhere. I've taken enough shoulder hits from an unexpected bar drop but a crotch shot...View attachment 21819

My guess is it is some type of safety issue

 

[Brownski]

Yes. They started installing those things when a kid or two slid under the safety bar a few years ago.

 

[Low Angle Life]

I also noticed today how tight the new lift 7. I'm a rule follower and slightly afraid of heights so I tend to be a bar down guy even when riding alone but with how wedged in I was I was seriously considering riding it bar up. It is going to suck riding that thing with 3 other people. I also really don't jive with the foot rests as a snowboarder, they sit too high and are too small to provide a decent place to rest an edge or binding heal loop.

Did you happen to notice how low the RFID scans at the gate were? I rock my pass in a sleeve pocket just above my glove and had to bend down a good bit to scan but thats enough complaining for me for today, I was just happy to finally be back on snow.

 

[MarzNC]

That design has become standard for new lifts.

Alta has safety bars with no footrests but a bar that goes between legs. Pretty sure the safety bars were added after 2008, when I first took my daughter on a spring break trip. The main purpose of safety bars was to help keep kids from sliding off. Fair to say that many locals don't put the bar down at all.

 

[Zykamps]

I also noticed today how tight the new lift 7. I'm a rule follower and slightly afraid of heights so I tend to be a bar down guy even when riding alone but with how wedged in I was I was seriously considering riding it bar up. It is going to suck riding that thing with 3 other people. I also really don't jive with the foot rests as a snowboarder, they sit too high and are too small to provide a decent place to rest an edge or binding heal loop.

Did you happen to notice how low the RFID scans at the gate were? I rock my pass in a sleeve pocket just above my glove and had to bend down a good bit to scan but thats enough complaining for me for today, I was just happy to finally be back on snow.

My card is in the same place. No problems but I'm short and would swing my arm down a bit. Did not work in my back pocket on a warm day when I was not wearing a jacket.

Additional note had to hike out of the lift 7 area. Either over to the lower mountain trail or up the ridge. I chose the ridge. Obviously this is temporary.