Brandt Debeltz
1//6/17
Observation Essay
Final
827 words
Giants Ridge, a ski resort in northern Minnesota. At giants ridge there's two bunny hills, the only difference between the two is one is just a little bit taller than the other. The magic carpet is the one this observation essay is about. When walking up to the magic carpet there's a belt driven conveyor that carries you up the hill. At the beginning of the conveyor there are three signs that say, leave ski poles here, do not move around on the lift because you may fall, then the lift operator has to stop the lift help that person up and restart. With that everyone else that's on that lift is waiting because one kid didn’t follow the rules. The third sign says that all snowboarders …show more content…
they either don’t acknowledge the sign or they just don’t see it. I don’t know how they miss the sign its big yellow and has red lettering. When the snowboarders get on almost all of them that get on for the first time that day have only one foot strapped in. As they come down the hill to the beginning again, they nevermind to unstrap a foot and when they get to the top of the hill where they get off since both feet are strapped in they can't move, but hop and they end up falling and making a road block so everyone else that's coming up run into the person that falls down. When kids or even some adults start moving they tend to lose their balance and fall over making the operator stop the lift. Sometimes they can get up with ease but sometimes the operator will have to run down and help the person up and then restart …show more content…
The safety gate is a black board that rotates backward and when it moves back far enough it will shut down the lift. So that’s why they say to leave the skiers ski poles at the bottom because they will let them sit on the conveyor until they get off and it then hits the gate, shutting down the lift. A lot of times heavier skiers and snowboarders will trigger it as well. When snowboarders hold onto their board when they come up the operator will have them walk off before the gate to prevent them from stepping on it. Some snowboarders instead of putting their unstrapped foot on the stomp pad they will step on the belt, which is fine, but they forget to lift their foot up when they get off, setting off the safety
1//6/17
Observation Essay
Final
827 words
Giants Ridge, a ski resort in northern Minnesota. At giants ridge there's two bunny hills, the only difference between the two is one is just a little bit taller than the other. The magic carpet is the one this observation essay is about. When walking up to the magic carpet there's a belt driven conveyor that carries you up the hill. At the beginning of the conveyor there are three signs that say, leave ski poles here, do not move around on the lift because you may fall, then the lift operator has to stop the lift help that person up and restart. With that everyone else that's on that lift is waiting because one kid didn’t follow the rules. The third sign says that all snowboarders …show more content…
they either don’t acknowledge the sign or they just don’t see it. I don’t know how they miss the sign its big yellow and has red lettering. When the snowboarders get on almost all of them that get on for the first time that day have only one foot strapped in. As they come down the hill to the beginning again, they nevermind to unstrap a foot and when they get to the top of the hill where they get off since both feet are strapped in they can't move, but hop and they end up falling and making a road block so everyone else that's coming up run into the person that falls down. When kids or even some adults start moving they tend to lose their balance and fall over making the operator stop the lift. Sometimes they can get up with ease but sometimes the operator will have to run down and help the person up and then restart …show more content…
The safety gate is a black board that rotates backward and when it moves back far enough it will shut down the lift. So that’s why they say to leave the skiers ski poles at the bottom because they will let them sit on the conveyor until they get off and it then hits the gate, shutting down the lift. A lot of times heavier skiers and snowboarders will trigger it as well. When snowboarders hold onto their board when they come up the operator will have them walk off before the gate to prevent them from stepping on it. Some snowboarders instead of putting their unstrapped foot on the stomp pad they will step on the belt, which is fine, but they forget to lift their foot up when they get off, setting off the safety