ski lift
noun
: a motor-driven conveyor consisting usually of a series of bars or seats suspended from an overhead moving cable and used for transporting skiers or sightseers up a long slope
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Cable cars and ski lifts stay open longer each year to provide access to the mountains in the fall, as well as summer.
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Graeme Green, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
Video from the scene posted by the Civil Guard showed dozens of people standing in the snow on a mountain, stuck there after the ski lift broke.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Heli-skiing is a type of backcountry skiing in which skiers use a helicopter to access remote areas where there are no ski lifts and then ski down the slope.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The bill requires inspections of lifts that must meet the American National Standard Institute’s code for ski lifts.
—Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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Graeme Green, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025
Video from the scene posted by the Civil Guard showed dozens of people standing in the snow on a mountain, stuck there after the ski lift broke.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Heli-skiing is a type of backcountry skiing in which skiers use a helicopter to access remote areas where there are no ski lifts and then ski down the slope.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
The bill requires inspections of lifts that must meet the American National Standard Institute’s code for ski lifts.
—Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Ski lift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ski%20lift. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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