Can you "own" a line cut at the area?

JD · Dec 21, 2007, 9:14 AM

Bad experience the other day at Stowe. Some guy started ginving me a bunch of crap for "skiing his line" that he cut at the ski area about 1/8 of a mile from the lift.
IMO, if you cut a line in lift served terrain, it's only a matter of time until someone like me, looking for freshness, finds it. Or sees his tracks coming out and goes on a mission to find the entrance. Might get a couple seasons out of it before people just know, might not. What's the concensus?
Can you "own" slack country lines?
Or do you just hope they stay hidden for as long as possible?
DVT

**bvibert** · Dec 21, 2007, 9:19 AM

Unless it's a cut on his land I don't see how he could 'own' it. I think if you're going to go and make renegade cuts at a resort you should be prepared for others to find it and ski the crap out of it... IMHO.

danny p · Dec 21, 2007, 9:21 AM

sorry to hear about the bad experience. people do seem to take ownership over tree runs, whether they maintain them or not. i think i would give anyone a

if they tried to tell me they "owned" the line. hell some mountains don't even own the terrain. hate running into bad vibes on a good day with good conditions. shouldn't even be an issue at a place like stowe which has uber amounts of gladed runs.

kingdom-tele · Dec 21, 2007, 9:24 AM

usuall when we run into gomers like that I try and just piss on a tree in front of them and then tell them its mine now, unless ofcourse they piss higher up the tree than me.

BeanoNYC · Dec 21, 2007, 9:25 AM

Wow...what a jerk. If I had cut that line, I would have befriended you and asked you to keep it quiet. I'll be at Stowe on Saturday, PM me the spot if you feel like it. It's not like you owe a guy like that anything.

downhill04 · Dec 21, 2007, 9:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD

Bad experience the other day at Stowe. Some guy started ginving me a bunch of crap for "skiing his line" that he cut at the ski area about 1/8 of a mile from the lift.
IMO, if you cut a line in lift served terrain, it's only a matter of time until someone like me, looking for freshness, finds it. Or sees his tracks coming out and goes on a mission to find the entrance. Might get a couple seasons out of it before people just know, might not. What's the concensus?
Can you "own" slack country lines?
Or do you just hope they stay hidden for as long as possible?
DVT

If that had happened to me I would be posting all over the place on how to get into this guys secret stash. I would love to see this guy try and stop 20+ skiers/riders a day from going into his personal glade. That’s just me though.

JD · Dec 21, 2007, 9:33 AM

I am actually heading there right now...

wa-loaf · Dec 21, 2007, 9:35 AM

Should have told him you were working under cover for the Forrest service and the local police were waiting at the run-out to cite him for cutting on public land.

Warp Daddy · Dec 21, 2007, 9:50 AM

threaten to pull his tix--------------Yeah tell him you are part of the BORDER Patrol looking for reported smugglers in teh region )

BeanoNYC · Dec 21, 2007, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD

I am actually heading there right now...

No, seriously...pm me the location. I'll wear a super trooper's outfit.

Dec 21, 2007, 9:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
JD Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Stowe Posts: 904	Can you "own" a line cut at the area? Bad experience the other day at Stowe. Some guy started ginving me a bunch of crap for "skiing his line" that he cut at the ski area about 1/8 of a mile from the lift. IMO, if you cut a line in lift served terrain, it's only a matter of time until someone like me, looking for freshness, finds it. Or sees his tracks coming out and goes on a mission to find the entrance. Might get a couple seasons out of it before people just know, might not. What's the concensus? Can you "own" slack country lines? Or do you just hope they stay hidden for as long as possible? DVT __________________ Don\'t know until you go.

Dec 21, 2007, 9:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
bvibert West Hartford Res 6/22/08 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Torrington, CT Posts: 10,213	Unless it's a cut on his land I don't see how he could 'own' it. I think if you're going to go and make renegade cuts at a resort you should be prepared for others to find it and ski the crap out of it... IMHO. __________________ Brian SAC Tracker

Dec 21, 2007, 9:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
danny p needles eye @ K 1/2/08 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: hudson valley Posts: 341	sorry to hear about the bad experience. people do seem to take ownership over tree runs, whether they maintain them or not. i think i would give anyone a if they tried to tell me they "owned" the line. hell some mountains don't even own the terrain. hate running into bad vibes on a good day with good conditions. shouldn't even be an issue at a place like stowe which has uber amounts of gladed runs. __________________ 2007-2008: 27 days

Dec 21, 2007, 9:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
BeanoNYC Let's get down to brass tacks. How much for the ape? Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rockaway Park, NY Posts: 3,854	Wow...what a jerk. If I had cut that line, I would have befriended you and asked you to keep it quiet. I'll be at Stowe on Saturday, PM me the spot if you feel like it. It's not like you owe a guy like that anything. __________________ ~Rich~

Dec 21, 2007, 9:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
JD Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Stowe Posts: 904	I am actually heading there right now... __________________ Don\'t know until you go.

Dec 21, 2007, 9:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
kingdom-tele Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 150	usuall when we run into gomers like that I try and just piss on a tree in front of them and then tell them its mine now, unless ofcourse they piss higher up the tree than me.

Dec 21, 2007, 9:35 AM	#8 (permalink)
wa-loaf Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Leominster, MA Posts: 3,404	Should have told him you were working under cover for the Forrest service and the local police were waiting at the run-out to cite him for cutting on public land. __________________ Schivergnügen

Dec 21, 2007, 9:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
Warp Daddy skiing with 'ma boyz and grandboyz Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: On a Big River near the 'Dacks Posts: 1,908	threaten to pull his tix--------------Yeah tell him you are part of the BORDER Patrol looking for reported smugglers in teh region ) __________________ Life Ain't No Dress Rehersal

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