Be first of the chair or the last, just pick the utmost right or left of the chair and paddle with the free foot. If you have a steeper end of the slope/chairlift, I put my free foot against my front foot and just steer/board away/turning (or not, just go straight if there is space), let the board run, nothing will happen. Practice to go straight on one leg on a flat slope first with low speed, you must be able to turn and stop on one leg: you get more feeling and boardtrust in your head. I use the Dakine spike stomp pad too. Sometimes when I am of the chairlift, I let the board run, put my back foot in the bail, clean my fin tec heel on the intecreceiver and clip in while the board is running (at a slow speed). This I only do when there is enough space and it is not crowdy.