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Required Chairlift ride?

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nin_rms, on April 6, 2016 at 3:27 PM

Hello! Though I've been lurking on these forums for quite a while in my wedding planning, I've yet to actually create a post or respond to anyone else. So hi! I'm Amanda, and I'm getting married in Colorado this August. We are getting married at the top of a mountain in a ski resort in Colorado....

We are getting married at the top of a mountain in a ski resort in Colorado. Long story, but the ceremony is on a Tuesday (primarily for budget reasons), and ONLY THE CHAIRLIFT will be available to get guests from the mountain base up to the top of the mountain. It's a swift 20-minute chairlift ride.

At first my concerns were mainly for our elderly guests, but I know the chairlift can be stopped to help them get on/off. But now I'm worried about children for the ride too (about 10 kids under the age of 5 are attending). Some parents are having one spouse opt out of ceremony to watch the kids. Other adult family members (not elderly; no kids) are just plain terrified to ride.

My question: Did anyone have similar issues? What did you do to handle these problems?

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VIP September 2015
Jeleebeenz · on April 7, 2016 at 8:46 AM
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Have you considered how long it is going to take to get everyone up there when it is a "swift 20 minute" ride? How long will it take to get everyone up there and then back down again?

I'm sorry but I am one who wouldn't get on a ski lift. I don't ski, never have skied, and I have a real aversion to heights. a 20 minute ride going up 20,000 ft just wouldn't happen. I really don't think this is the way to plan to host your guests.
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Jeleebeenz · on April 7, 2016 at 8:46 AM
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What are the average temps that far up on your wedding date?
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Jenna · on April 7, 2016 at 9:50 AM
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Honestly, I have a lot of anxiety about getting sick, so if I was reading about it being pretty likely that I would experience altitude sickness, I wouldn't go in the first place. Seeing the chair lift issue would only cement my anxiety. "I have to ride a chair lift in a dress, buy a can of oxygen, and then maybe throw up, which I'll be obsessively anxious about? And bring you a gift? NOPE."

If I had height anxiety, I can't even imagine spending twenty minutes in a fast-moving chair lift with my legs dangling 2000 feet in the air, hoping my heels don't fall off. I think I'd be trying not to cry.
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Macy · on April 7, 2016 at 9:59 AM
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I had no clue so many people are scared of ski lifts lol. I wish some of that fear would spread to ski resorts on weekends.

Anyway, I would spring for the $3K gondola. As much as I love skiing, I really wouldn't want to be riding a ski lift in wedding attire.
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Elizabeth · on April 7, 2016 at 10:30 AM
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@Jenna I would feel exactly the same about the obsessive anxiety over the possibility of getting sick. I have an irrational fear of it and that's all I'd be thinking about on a CO mountaintop.
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