Rope Tows and Poma Lifts on Snowboards – how difficult are they?
There is a small Ski & Snowboard area that I’m thinking of taking my wife & kids so that all four of us can learn to snowboard.
They have two rope tows, a poma (advanced runs, probably won’t use it first time out) and NO CHAIR LIFTS.
How hard is it to use those with a snowboard?
(The bunny hill is only per day! Call me cheap… though I did get four snowboards and a bunch of boots, bindings & goggles on eBay in the last two weeks… for about the cost of a Wii
Here is more about the ski area:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/300802_hurricane25.html
(yes, they do allow snowboards)
Also, if I or the kids don’t like the rope tow, we can always just walk up the hill.
At , it’d at least be a day of exercise, and not much loss. I talked to a friend at work today… he said the area is small, and they do sell glove guards at the site. He did point out that it is far less crowded. We might try it, and if it doesn’t work well we can do a bigger resort next time.
I have been twice before years ago (chair lifts) and have done ropes and pomas on skis. Also spent a day on the hill at my Nephews place (sledding hill on his property) and got pretty tired hiking up, but turning a snowboard finally clicked (that made it my 3rd time snowboarding… but I have a lot of experience skiing).
My nephew plans to use an old car or motorcycle with a tire off of one wheel to make a rope tow… so if we can get experience now, it may come in handy.
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Anything other than a chairlift is awful when skiing, I can only imagine it would be worse with snowboards. Be prepared to spend three-quarters of your day trying to get up the hill.
tow ropes are decently hard when snowboarding. also if it is your first time, you should probly buy some glove gaurds so your gloves donot get shredded. i have ridden to tows once in the past year and my gloves are falling apart because of it. i think the chairlift is easier to ride than the tow ropes. although it is alot more intimidating, it is easier. the only problem is that you will have to ride the mroe advanced hills. although i have never ridden a poma, they look alot easier than the tow ropes. i would suggest going to a little larger place and getting lessons to start out snowboarding but that is just me. it costs a little more, but it will definately be worth the cost.
I am an advanced boarder (6 years), you will NOT want to learn on a rope two or Poma lift. You have to catch a high speed rope in your hands and use you’re hands like a clutch. It WILL ruin you’re gloves and you will NOT get up the mountain if you aren’t good. The poma lift is slightly easier but still much harder than a regular ski lift, you won’t get up the the mnt. on a poma either on you’re first day.
I suggest that you go to a real ski place that has chair lifts. The only difficulty with them is getting off. Basically you try to ride with one foot in and you will fall over almost every time on you’re first day. But they will slow the lift down when that happens and let you get up and out of the way of other riders, so it is safe.