Top-ten chairlifts in Park City

This may sound like a trivial subject, but it's there to tell what contributes to a quality ski experience. Recently, I was talking to a friend of mine, Marcel Grivel-Delilaz, who was complaining about the large number of “fixed-grip” chairlifts still plaguing his resort of Morzine, France. So what makes a great chairlift? In my view, the first aspect is the type of terrain it serves, the variety of runs, the exposures, the scenic beauty and anything that can make it unique or different. I'll give this aspect the most weight. The next element is a combination of chairlift speed (that's where the detachable machines can score big,) the uphill capacity and a combination of vertical drop and steepness.

This is a measure that makes skiing efficient and enable a maximum of vertical in a minimum amount of time. This dimension, while a bit less significant than the previous, still weighs heavily in the rankings. Finally the third measure is how crowded the place is and this has to do with lines, on slope traffic and the overall quality of the skiing experience; obviously this is the least important of the three. When I mixed the data, everything contributed to make 9990 at The Canyons an overall winner before Deer Valley's Lady Morgan and Sultan, among ten others. If you'd like to comment or argue this ranking, just leave a comment!