Another ski death....Please be careful

[skiNEwhere]

Ski Death at Sugarbush

WARREN, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say a skier has died in a crash at the Sugarbush Ski Resort in Warren,
The 19-year-old female was skiing on Saturday morning with family and friends at Mount Ellen when she lost control, went off the trail and hit a trail sign.
Police say the crash happened at the intersection of the Lower Rim Run and Lower FIS trails.
Police say ski patrol and emergency responders provided medical treatment until she was transported to Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin. Police say she died of her injuries upon arriving at the hospital.
Police have not released the skier's name.
An autopsy has been scheduled.

 

[jaysunn]

This is tragic news, Killington has 2 for this season, I send warm regards to the families affected in this latest tragic event.
Please stay safe out there people. Sad news

Jaysun

 

[bdfreetuna]

This is tragic news, Killington has 2 for this season, I send warm regards to the families affected in this latest tragic event.
Please stay safe out there people. Sad news

Jaysun

Yikes.. did not know that.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I cant remember (I have CRS), do Sugarbush's trail signs not have protective padding around them?

Because if not, this is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

 

[gmcunni]

Very sad news.

 

[canobie#1]

It's what everones talking about over here at the stowe mountain lodge. Very awful news. My prayers go out that family.

 

[steamboat1]

I cant remember (I have CRS), do Sugarbush's trail signs not have protective padding around them?

Because if not, this is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

You're fucked up.













My condolences to the family

 

[BenedictGomez]

You're fucked up.

???????

Drunk on Saturday night I'm gonna assume.

 

[deadheadskier]

I cant remember (I have CRS), do Sugarbush's trail signs not have protective padding around them?

Because if not, this is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

I don't believe it's State Law in VT to have protective padding around trail signage; only lift towers. Doesn't mean a suit won't happen, it's just that the case would be thin.


tragic loss. condolences to the young girl's family and the responders.

 

[steamboat1]

Yep every tree & trail sign on the mountain should have padding. Otherwise I'm going to sue.

Basicly what you're saying, that's asinine.

 

[deadheadskier]

Steamboat, chill out alright?

You're jumping to unreasonable conclusions. I HIGHLY doubt Benedict believes that. He's just stating that in today's litigious society, a lawsuit is probably likely. I'm not sure where you get from reading his comments that he believes everything should be padded.

 

[steamboat1]

Steamboat, chill out alright?

Yes sir. lol

 

[deadheadskier]

or not

If you want to turn a thread about a tragic subject into a flame war by telling other posters their "fucked up" and putting words in their mouth.....well that's on you.

 

[steamboat1]

do Sugarbush's trail signs not have protective padding around them?

Because if not, this is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

OK

not my words

My condolences to the family

 

[pcampbell]

Very sad news. I think it's a wooden post on the side of the trail. I don't think they are padded.

 

[Nick]

Very sad news indeed.

Did anyone hear about a Dartmouth skier dying yesterday? I don't know more about that yet.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Steamboat, chill out alright?

You're jumping to unreasonable conclusions. I HIGHLY doubt Benedict believes that. He's just stating that in today's litigious society, a lawsuit is probably likely. I'm not sure where you get from reading his comments that he believes everything should be padded.

Exactly. That' 1/2 of it, the other 1/2 is I was curious about the injuries which is why I asked about the structure that was hit.

Pretty much the exact same questions are asked in every such thread: how fast were they skiing, what did he/she hit, were they wearing a helmut, was it icy, etc....etc... In this case, the structure was man-made so I was curious what (if anything) the resort had surrounding it......... and somehow that went to me being a hellbent advocate of suing ski resorts. C'est bizarre.


Ugh.....whatever,,,,,net/net, stay safe out there.

Did anyone hear about a Dartmouth skier dying yesterday? I don't know more about that yet.

Geez.... A few years back someone posted a link to a tracking of this data per season. Anyone have that? Seems like we're sadly above pace this year.

 

[manhattanskier]

So sad, the family must be devastated :-(

 

[Severance]

Very sad news indeed.

Did anyone hear about a Dartmouth skier dying yesterday? I don't know more about that yet.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/02/dartmouth-cross-country-skier-dies-during-race/

apparently cross country. no mention of what happened in the article.
stay safe folks

 

[millerm277]

I cant remember (I have CRS), do Sugarbush's trail signs not have protective padding around them?

Because if not, this is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

I don't think there's any case at all given the location of this trail sign: http://www.dcski.com/images/article_photos/1263772972_pic3.jpg

If you hit that sign hard enough to kill you, you were going to hit the tree 1ft behind it hard enough to kill you.

Unfortunate tragedy regardless though.