When you’re lining up for the ski lift on a busy day, there’s one rule you need to follow: make groups that fill the chair. Sometimes the ski resort will have lifties directing groups, while other times it’s up to the skiers and snowboarders to do the math and make groups. The biggest chairlifts you’ll see usually carry up to 8 people on one chair, so it shouldn’t be that hard to count that many people, yet some struggle with the math.
The people caught in this clip at Vail had a bit of their own difficulty counting, with 5 people somehow boarding the 4-person Sourdough Express. As a result, the 5th person was forced to jump from the chair, landing on a cushion below.
If a chair is meant for 4 people, board 4 people. Don’t try to squeeze in a 5th. It’s not clear how they wound up with 5 people on that chair, but they probably won’t be doing it again any time soon.
