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3 Ways To Make A Chairlift Ride Pretty D**n Fun
If ripping down the mountain is what you dream of, then that lift ride up the mountain can feel excruciatingly slow. And if sightseeing isn’t your thing, no worries! We came up with a few games you can play alone or with your friends while your skis dangle impatiently, waiting to hit the fresh powder again.
Color Rush
As soon as the lift takes you off your feet at the foot of the journey, you and your friends each shout a color. Each person you spot wearing that color jacket gets you a point. Most points before your skis touch the snow at the top wins that round. Play first to 3 rounds or best 2 out of 3. If you both yell the same color at the same time, the youngest skier gets to keep his or her choice.
Yard Sale
On your way up the mountain, keep your eyes peeled for beginners on that wild bend even you have faceplanted on before. If you see someone’s knees start shaking and arms in the air, yell “Yard Sale!” before they wipe out for 1 point. However, if you call it and they retain their balance, you got hustled and you lose a point. Moral of the story is: never “Boy Who Cried Wolf” a Yard Sale.
Bode Miller
It’s like the infamous party game, “Harmon Killebrew,” but with a twist. The game starts with the person on the far left saying Bode Miller. The skier next to them must pick a celebrity whose first name starts with the same letter as the previous celebrity’s last name. So, in this case, you’d pick a celebrity starting with “M,” like Michael Jordan. The game continues with a J, and so on. If you blurt out a name like Janet Jackson, where the first letter of both names is the same, the order switches like a reverse card in Uno. The person whose turn it is when your skis touch the snow loses and owes a round of beer (or cocoa) during Aprés Ski at P-Dog.
Feel free to use some of these ideas or even come up with your own ways to make the chairlift ride fly by. Do you have one you think is worth sharing (PG-rated, people)? Just shoot us an email and we’ll add it to our list. Who knows? You could start a new hit tradition at Alta.
