Maximizing chairlift capacity

As the ski season moves on, Vail Resorts’ approach to maximizing lift capacity is evolving. 

At first, on a six passengers chair, the options seemed very limited with half the normal load on average. 

Today, however, while three perfect strangers can only ride three on such a large chairlift, we can also have multiple combinations, like two households of two, sitting on either extremities. 

Also, one stranger and one household of four as well as a household of two and one of three, leaving only one free space, or one household of two and two perfect stranger leaving on free space in each interval. 

That’s not too bad and make more sense than the early combinations I had heard of, but still a bit complicated for most skiers to grasp and use effectively in a fluid and fast lift-line environment...