http://www.mountmajestic.com/blog/2007/08/25/august-25-new-millicent-lift-at-brighton/ Utah Ski Home Rental Blog - Ski Lodging Accommodations in Brighton & Solitude, Utah. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mountmajestic.com/blog/2007/08/25/august-25-new-millicent-lift-at-brighton/#comment-39 Jim Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:05:13 +0000 http://www.mountmajestic.com/blog/2007/09/04/august-25-new-millicent-lift-at-brighton/#comment-39 Adrienne, your notation brings back memories of the old Millicent single chair lift. Upon loading, the operator swung the bar open, you plopper down, and closed the bar which also swung in the foot rest. You could lean forward, resting your arms on that bar while watching skiers careen down the hill on 215 Head Deep Powders. There used to be a big annual GS race from the top to the bottom of the lift. I entered once and thought I had a pretty good run. At the bottom, I threw the latch to release my cable bindings (they had the hot new Miller toe), and stepped out of my skis, to hear the bottom timer/gatekeeper, along with some spectators, yelling "Back, back". Apparently I had missed the last gate and had to run with my skis back around and threw it. It was confusing when I finished the race because there were several bamboo poles sticking out of the snow and I had chosen to ski between the wrong ones. Luckily I still finished in the top 66%. A lot of guys must have burned on the course. Adjacent to the Milly lift was a warming house/lunch place. It had a fun balcony for sunning and watching the "shush boomers" impress ladies as they screamed down the final stage of the hill. Lunch was pretty rudimentary but the chile dogs and hot chocolate were a welcome treat for me. Adrienne, your notation brings back memories of the old Millicent single chair lift. Upon loading, the operator swung the bar open, you plopper down, and closed the bar which also swung in the foot rest. You could lean forward, resting your arms on that bar while watching skiers careen down the hill on 215 Head Deep Powders.
There used to be a big annual GS race from the top to the bottom of the lift. I entered once and thought I had a pretty good run. At the bottom, I threw the latch to release my cable bindings (they had the hot new Miller toe), and stepped out of my skis, to hear the bottom timer/gatekeeper, along with some spectators, yelling “Back, back”. Apparently I had missed the last gate and had to run with my skis back around and threw it. It was confusing when I finished the race because there were several bamboo poles sticking out of the snow and I had chosen to ski between the wrong ones. Luckily I still finished in the top 66%. A lot of guys must have burned on the course.
Adjacent to the Milly lift was a warming house/lunch place. It had a fun balcony for sunning and watching the “shush boomers” impress ladies as they screamed down the final stage of the hill. Lunch was pretty rudimentary but the chile dogs and hot chocolate were a welcome treat for me.

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