Alpine keeping kids on lifts with magnets

By Heather Hansman, Ski

Nervous about your kid falling off the chairlift? Do their short legs make them ride precariously close to the edge? Good news. Now, you can magnetically stick them to the back of the chair.

French company Magnestick has been installing magnetized chairs in Europe for the past three years, and this winter they’re coming to the U.S.

Magnets keep kids on the lifts at Alpine. Photo/Rachael Woods

Magnets keep kids on the lifts at Alpine. Photo/Rachael Woods

Alpine Meadows is the first resort in the states to implement Magnestick. They installed it in two of their beginner chairs: Meadow and Subway.

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