The best (and most terrifying) ski chairlift fails
Before skiing down a slope, you must first make your way up it.
For novice skiers and snowboarders, one of the hardest skills to master is keeping your balance - and dignity - on a ski lift. With wobbly legs, the simple sequence of standing, sitting and gliding away can be more difficult than it looks, and don't forget chairlifts - it's a long way to fall.
Even those who know where to stick their T-bar can still find themselves in trouble when ski lift journeys go dreadfully wrong.
Unluckily for these ski lift victims, someone - more often than not a close friend - filmed their chairlift misadventures as they happened and posted them on the internet for the whole world to enjoy - we're rounded up the best for your entertainment.
"Sorry about that, I just like, slid into you."
A man gets more than he bargained for when queuing for the lift.
How did he even end up like that?
This victim's snowboard got caught on the chairlift when he fell and was left dangling upside down - much to the amusement of the internet.
The one where the T-bar prank went wrong
These two friends either completely misunderstood the concept of a T-bar or their daredevil attempt just went extremely wrong.
When nightmares come true
Heart-stopping news footage of a teenager clinging to a lift, before letting go and falling. He was thankfully unhurt.
You're doing it wrong!
"Like riding a board downwards, but uphill."
Despite coaching from the sidelines this novice snowboarder still fails to master the button lift.
Thank goodness for large trampolines
A boy was left dangling 30 feet above the ground when he slipped out of a chairlift in Mount Hutt in New Zealand.
Self-imposed wedgie
We're sure there are more comfortable ways to get to the top of a mountain.
Don't be fooled by an innocent magic carpet
Used by beginners when learning to ski or snowboard conveyor belt magic carpet lifts aren't as simple as they first seem.
Don't leave me hanging
A terrifying wait for a youngster caught on a chairlift - in true fireman Sam style his resucers return him to safety down a giant ladder.
When the chairlift has a mind of its own
In a terrifying freak accident, a chairlift in Guduari, Georgia, suddenly starts running in reverse, flinging skiers from their seats as chairs fly backwards around the wheel at the bottom of the lift. Several unlucky people were injured as they fell or jumped to the piste or were hit by chairs.
