Came on a Bad on-slope collision

[ctenidae]

Absolutely gorgeous out. Anybody who wasn't skiing, well, I just don't wnat to know them. Besides, every mountain has clear spots. The weather was so nice, even Gunstock at night was a sweat fest at times.

 

[ChileMass]

I took my kids "Tuba" Sliding at Ski Ward on Saturday, and it just could not have been a more gorgeous day. Wish I could have gotten on skis myself, but had a gaggle of little ducks I was responsible for. So I just sat on the picninc table in the bright sun, ate french fries and watched all the others do their thing. Yeah it was crowded, but what the heck - it was a beautiful sunny Sat in Jan, and it's gonna be crowded. Deal with it.....

Personally, I think beswift's solution (XC in a quiet place) is a great idea - just don't trash the rest of us who enjoy a day on the slopes after a long dry spell with no snow. I still bet most of the people at every hill were smiling their faces off just to be out....... I know I was......... :lol: :wink: :wink:

 

[jimme]

You just have to know where to go to get away from the crowds. I can sum up my ski day this weekend in seven letters.

Perfect

 

[dmc]

You just have to know where to go to get away from the crowds. I can sum up my ski day this weekend in seven letters.

Perfect

Exactly...
I really think that being able to ski all the terrain a place has to offer allows us to be able to avoid crowds...

 

[riverc0il]

back on topic...............

as a former racer, i fully understand and support a racer's right to carve up some high speed arcs during free time to work on their technique. people think racers get a lot of practice time in the gates... they really don't in a lot of cases and "practicing" usually gets done on your own time as much as in the gates themselves.

that said, i don't like to see practicing racers creating unsafe trail conditions. i was a victim of such activity during the early season (wasn't hit, but it was close enough!) and didn't appreciate it even as a former racer.

but this goes for racers and recreational skiers/boarders alike as any one can get up to enough speed to be a danger and a menace to everyone on the hill: if you can't see a couple hundred feet in front of you, maybe you shouldn't be going full speed. and if you see a lip coming up, a little caution is in order.

hope the injuries in this case weren't serious. am i the only one that's noticing an increase an the average speed of skiers on the slopes these days? generally, i like to make as many turns as possible so unless the terrain is flat i'm cutting turns all over the place at a low speed.

 

[dmc]

am i the only one that's noticing an increase an the average speed of skiers on the slopes these days? generally, i like to make as many turns as possible so unless the terrain is flat i'm cutting turns all over the place at a low speed.

I only notice people going fast when I go slow...

 

[BrockVond]

I'm glad I'm a big guy. I will cream any uphill skier that comes at me with reckless abandon. AND I will not yield a ski day at any ski area cause of a bunch of hot shots. If a hotshot comes over a hill and cannot see where he's going - HET GET'S WHAT HE DESERVED. It's bad enough I have to protect my wife from the knuckle draggers on the bunny slopes. And what the heck did Beswift say?

Please tell me this post is tongue in cheek. If so, it's funny as hell.

If not, even funnier, but in a scary kind of way.

either way, cheers.

 

[RossiSkier]

it can be a war zone out there. next comes body armour.

 

[DEVO]

Next on the list are the skiers that are just getting good enough to go really fast but have no real control. My daughter was taken out by some kid at Attitash a few years ago who came flying into a trail intersection. Luckily she wasn't really hurt just shaken up.

When I was an instructor I came upon an accident with one of my intermediate kids groups. A younger teenageer had gone off the edge of the trail down into some snowmaking equipment and knocked out a few teeth and cut his head. I sent my class down to get patrol while I sat with the kid and tried to use my ski school coat to stop some of the bleeding. All he wanted to do was look for his teeth and then lay down and sleep.

This make me think of a question....How many people here carry any kind of first aid stuff with them when they ski? I don't anymore, but thinking I might carry a small pouch in a pocket with some bandaids, gauze, a little tape, moleskin, etc. Especially since most of my skiing is now done with the wife and kids.

I saw at Pats Peak this weekend that they monitor channel 9 - 11 on FRS radios. I thought that was pretty cool. Any other mtns doing that?

 

[Bandit2941]

I saw at Pats Peak this weekend that they monitor channel 9 - 11 on FRS radios. I thought that was pretty cool. Any other mtns doing that?

I've always thought ski patrol should monitor a channel on FRS. This way if you're hurt or you come upon an accident, you don't have to go searching for patrol. The channel should be for ski patrol purposes only, but the problem is there will probably be too many idiots that will use the channel for their own talking and mess it up.

 

[dmc]

Just do what we do when we see a bad accident while on the chair...
Yell out to the chair in front to notify ski patrol and pass it up the line to the liftie who can call...

 

[bigbog]

...an example of what could/will happen when racers are allowed to practice on an "open" trail. Racers need to be given the same trails they race on, to practice on....while marked off!...and that's it, no running on other trails REGARDLESS of how busy the resort is.... Reckless endangerment by the racer, not the ski area...
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...as a former racer, i fully understand and support a racer's right to carve up some high speed arcs during free time to work on their technique....
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Any Freetime....ridiculous. Kids who want to advance their hockey skills get up at 4-5am to get ice time at rinks. Then, their slapshots aren't threatening anyone....
You're not going to tell me that racers, with skis, boots, & apparel expenditures over a few years....come from poor families.
With lighting and with the appropriate lenses, they can practice at those times...and have them do some homework in the afternoons.... I think designating practice times can solve some problems....and the racers will be a little less timid at attacking a trail knowing there aren't beginners straying onto groomed steeps.
Just where is one supposed to learn steeper terrain if they can't take those initial runs down a black trail....
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[riverc0il]

bigdog, you snipped my comment before an important statement:

that said, i don't like to see practicing racers creating unsafe trail conditions.

to restate and clarify, if a resort is busy and the trails are packed, then going full out can create unsafe trail conditions.

lots of college racers in the MA area practice nights during the week at blue hills, nashoba, wachusett and other such local hills. great for drilling slalom gates. horrible for laying out GS turns in which typical runs are 1-2 minutes and a solid 1000 foot vertical drop. designated practice times for these conditions are hard to come by and cost money.

You're not going to tell me that racers, with skis, boots, & apparel expenditures over a few years....come from poor families.

i wouldn't say any one that is "poor" skis ever, but certainly not everyone that skis is fabulously well to do as KV would say.