chairlift
noun
chair·lift
ˈcher-ˌlift 
: a motor-driven conveyor consisting of a series of seats suspended from a cable and used for transporting skiers or sightseers up or down a long slope or mountainside
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The Basin’s Moonlight Dinners offer a chance to skin (or take the chairlift) up to Black Mountain Lodge at mid-mountain for a massive, multicourse buffet dinner (with a theme) and a live musician.
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Shauna Farnell, Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2026
The ski area is served by six chairlifts, and just about everyone begins by riding chair J1 up to the June Meadows Chalet (8,695 feet above sea level).
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
The gifts skiing has given me—not just the joy, but the appreciation for wilderness, the determination and grit and feeling of accomplishment, the ability to talk to random strangers on chairlifts—as a parent, these are as important to instill in her as curiosity and kindness.
—Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2026
The East Village Express, a new 10-passenger gondola linking the East Village to Park Peak is debuting alongside six new chairlifts, including the Pinyon Express, a modern heated bubble.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
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Shauna Farnell, Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2026
The ski area is served by six chairlifts, and just about everyone begins by riding chair J1 up to the June Meadows Chalet (8,695 feet above sea level).
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
The gifts skiing has given me—not just the joy, but the appreciation for wilderness, the determination and grit and feeling of accomplishment, the ability to talk to random strangers on chairlifts—as a parent, these are as important to instill in her as curiosity and kindness.
—Outside Online, 28 Jan. 2026
The East Village Express, a new 10-passenger gondola linking the East Village to Park Peak is debuting alongside six new chairlifts, including the Pinyon Express, a modern heated bubble.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Chairlift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chairlift. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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