Lift Safety
Part of our role as an instructor is to teach not only how to ski or snowboard but also how to safely load, ride and unload a chairlift.​
There are a variety of different chair lifts at Mt. Hood Meadows, each with their own distinct features to know, understand and convey to your students​
How to prepare your students for a safe chairlift ride:
- Watch other groups load​
- Practice Chair – All instructors must use the Practice Chair if available before taking students on the chairlift​
- Chair Lift Bar – All instructors who are on duty must lower the restraining device on the chairlift​
- Signs​
- Load Here
- Prepare to Unload –  …. does not mean raise the bar​
- Raise Bar Here – Raise the bar after crossing the “ski under” rope line and as near to unloading as possible​
- Unload Here – Easy rhyme for kids to remember: “1 – 2 – 3 (raise the bar) – Let’s go ski!”​
- Lift Attendants/Operators
- Using the “thumbs down” when approaching the top lift shack to signal you need a Slow Unload​
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- Use LIFT STARS
