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orangegondola Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 07, 2002 Posts: 1366 Location:somewhere on shazam	Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 4:55 AM GMT A lack of snow and a good case of bronchities has allowed me to make some major updates on chairlift.org. Check em out, too many to link here. -Dave chairlift.org __________ www.savemagicvermont.com, www.chairlift.org

jimk Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Aug 27, 2004 Posts: 1066 Location:Wash DC area	Posted: Dec 30, 2006 - 1:32 PM GMT Edited: Dec 30, 2006 - 1:34 PM GMT OG, thanks for your work on that website.

mtsnow100 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 19, 2003 Posts: 76 Location:Northern RI (originally from Central MA)	Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 1:22 AM GMT Ski Ward (Ward Hill to me) brings back memories. Thats where I learned to ski in 1986. Spent many Saturday afternoons riding the old Mueller double and T-Bar. There used to be trees on the right hand side of the chairlift. Nice big pine trees and one that split into two that made an awesome jump. Thanks for the pic's. I will have to see if I still have any old pics from circa 1986-87 and if they have lifts I will be sure to send them to you OG.

wanderingskis Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Apr 10, 2006 Posts: 742 Location:Rindge, NH	Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 1:26 AM GMT Whats Ski Ward's vert. it looks really small, like under 150' to me...

orangegondola Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 07, 2002 Posts: 1366 Location:somewhere on shazam	Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 5:44 AM GMT Well it snowed, so I have continued to feverishly update and summon the snow gods. __________ www.savemagicvermont.com, www.chairlift.org

trackbiker Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 26, 2004 Posts: 1642 Location:Eastern PA	Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 5:51 AM GMT Quote: Well it snowed, so I have continued to feverishly update and summon the snow gods. If that's what it takes for it to snow, please keep updating! It's still only down to 38F here at 12:30am! Not cold enough to make snow. Can I send you some more PA pics to update so it will snow here?

mtsnow100 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Sep 19, 2003 Posts: 76 Location:Northern RI (originally from Central MA)	Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 4:24 PM GMT Quote: Whats Ski Ward's vert. it looks really small, like under 150' to me... It's about 150 to 200 foot vertical. The angle of the pic makes it smaller than it seems.

bobbutts Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 609 Location:Central NH	Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 5:30 PM GMT http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=92016 this is really sad, but enjoy this "winter" now.. should be pushing 50 at the resorts, 60+ cities in a week.

bobbutts Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 20, 2006 Posts: 609 Location:Central NH	Posted: Dec 31, 2006 - 5:46 PM GMT ooh.. this dates me. I remember clearly being at Mt. (no) Snow when they were testing the brand new Yankee Clipper Quad by running it with sandbags in the seats. cool site!

orangegondola Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 07, 2002 Posts: 1366 Location:somewhere on shazam	Posted: Jan 01, 2007 - 12:52 AM GMT Thanks, I will keep updating until winter stays around. __________ www.savemagicvermont.com, www.chairlift.org

orangegondola Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 07, 2002 Posts: 1366 Location:somewhere on shazam	Posted: Jan 02, 2007 - 1:28 AM GMT Just realized chairlift.org is over ten years old! damn time flys. __________ www.savemagicvermont.com, www.chairlift.org

teachski Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Nov 03, 2005 Posts: 442 Location:Central MA	Posted: Jan 02, 2007 - 1:31 AM GMT Congrats ! That's a real milestone to celebrate! __________ Born to ski, forced to work! Formerly LaurieP. Forum Post Count: 1459

WoodCore Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 13, 2002 Posts: 3134 Location:CT	Posted: Jan 02, 2007 - 1:36 AM GMT Quote: Just realized chairlift.org is over ten years old! damn time flys. Yes it does! Congratulations on the big ten and hopefully many more. __________ "Freedom often leads, but responsibility always follows close behind."

orangegondola Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Jan 07, 2002 Posts: 1366 Location:somewhere on shazam	Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 3:56 AM GMT Thanks, I have added more lift porn each day. Come on ULLR give me a break. __________ www.savemagicvermont.com, www.chairlift.org

Davev Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Oct 20, 2001 Posts: 1495 Location:	Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 12:53 PM GMT Could this be the turnaround starting Sunday..? http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Berlin&state=NH&site=GYXhttp://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Berlin&state=NH&site=GYX

Bill29 Profile \| Galleries Rank: Member Since: Dec 19, 2002 Posts: 2414 Location:	Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 2:04 PM GMT Quote: "Ski Ward (Ward Hill to me) brings back memories. Thats where I learned to ski in 1986. " Mt.Snow100, it's amazing how many skiers learned to ski on that little bump. I used to teach there parttime in the early 1960s just after Ed Fedelli and Bob Rochette leased the area and put in snowmaking, the t-bars and the base lodge. We used to kid them that Ward Hill had a 200-foot verticle if you measured from the top of the t-bar bull wheel at the top of the hill to the bottom of the well at the bottom of the hill. Anyway, its uniform contour made (and still makes) it a terrific place to learn to make turns and its small enough not to be intimidating for first-timers. When the late Bill Morrow ran the ski school we had as many as 75 parttime instructors and gave thousands of lessons each season. Tony DeBoise learned to ski there. Tony was the first African-American to make the U.S. Ski Team development squad. He used to ski on the CanAm and Europa Cup circuit. His father Frank used to teach at Ward Hill and later helped coach the Warterville Valley racing team. The area also made up synchronized skiing teams of youngsters and turned out eastern Masters champions for many years. Masters skiing was a concept started by Peter Pinkham in North Conway back in the 1960s. It featured mastering the four final turn forms (snowplow, stem turn, stem christie and parallel) of the American Ski Technique then taught at most areas, plus a freestyle run. Pinkham wanted the concept to promote elegance on skis.I guess it was a forerunner of freestyle skiing , since some competitors later went into freestyle. I still find it a little strange to see a chairlift on that little hill, about where the original rope tow was situated before expansion. As I have said before, a couple of years ago on this subject, Ward Hill was one of those skiing incubators that got people into the sport at a low price and sent them on to bigger mountains. They were very important in the growth of the ski industry, and too many of them now are NELSAP areas.

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