I have read that there is no parking near the gondola. Do people just stay at a hotel nearby and walk with their equipment? Should I make sure to find a place with a shuttle if I plan on going to the lifts through the gondola?
I know it's silly but I've always had it, even on the small chairlifts. Whenever the lift stops, I clutch the safety bar as much as I can.
Gondolas aren't much better (even though the Italy accident was a one in a million event).
We will be visiting in a few weeks with our two children. One of them is a 1 year old. We would prefer the gondola lifts over ski lifts because of safety for him.
Are there specific lifts we should avoid? Or any information we would need?
Thank you!
Not referring to cable cars.
Especially in a post covid era when people are afraid of overcrowded subways/buses. Benefits include small groups of people, weather resistance, cheaper to build than rail, higher capacity than bus, can cross water, constant availability, minimal manpower required to operate, environmentally friendly, the list goes on.
Edit: Sorry for the confusion on what I'm referring to. I'm referring to a monocable detachable gondola, as described by www.gondolaproject.com.
Iβve skied my whole life. I go every year, yet my least favorite part is doing the lifts. The rocking back and forth, the thin hook keeping me from plummeting to my death, the rope that looks like itβll snap at any moment...
Itβs scary.
Especially rollbacks.
If I get ski lift tickets with vail ski resort, does that mean Iβll be doing the ride in the gondola ?
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I found it! (the winning google search was "romance book gondola ski goggles")
It's The Man She Loves to Hate by Kelly Hunter.
The book begins with the heroine talking to her boss/friend/father figure, before getting in a gondola to get down the mountain and home. The hero jumps into the lift right before it starts moving, and the h recognizes him as the town's golden boy and tries to ignore him. She's very thin and small and is wearing goggles and a hat and a bulky coat, so the H mistakes her for a teenage boy. They sit in awkward silence, but at some point the gondola gets stuck and stops moving. He asks if she has any food in the box of office stuff she's taking home, and eventually gets her to remove the gear/reveal she's a woman (I think she's a petite redhead). Then the cable snaps and the car falls, and they end up fighting through a blizzard to get to the ski rescue cabins on the mountain. The exposure nearly kills the hero (who might have been injured) and the heroine has to physically drag him to safety. Once indoors, I think she strips him down because of possible hypothermia. Her family is just her/her mom, and she's been ostracized by either the hero's family or the town as a whole, so there's some tension between them. They're stuck in the cabin for a while (but not the whole book) and eventually have to decide if they can be together in the real world, especially since the heroine has moved to a new city/town.
I read it maybe a year or two ago, and I've been googling and sifting through Goodreads with no success. I don't think it was by a big name author, but I also don't think it was a total unknown. It was a bit of a slow burn with medium heat, and I'm pretty sure I'm remembering the details correctly.
Looking for the most convenient for a family of 5 with young kids.
