Does the "skiers code" need to be updated?

[dlague]

All true but as long as beginners and parents are enabled to use the Skier Responsibility Code as some sort of shield to allow them to do whatever the F they want as long as they are in front of someone on a trail - this whole thing is just BS...

We all know what to do.. And how to avoid people.. Well - many of us do here..

Why is this coming back to parents and their kids! There are people of all ages that violate the code and people of all ages who abide by it. In fact, there people of all ages that get annoyed by it and people of all ages that annoy others with it!

 

[dlague]

Oh and there people of all ages that have no clue!

 

[Bene288]

Why is this coming back to parents and their kids! There are people of all ages that violate the code and people of all ages who abide by it. In fact, there people of all ages that get annoyed by it and people of all ages that annoy others with it!

I'm guessing you're a parent. No one is pointing a finger at you personally. It's just an unofficial statistic that parents will more often than not ream out someone for getting to close to their little bundles of joy while they were actually in the wrong.

 

[CoolMike]

I would add to the code the following:

Snowboarders are people too and they should be treated with respect.

Sometimes it gets old when geezers joke with me about 'that crazy thing strapped to my legs' while chatting on the chair lifts.

 

[C-Rex]

I'm happy enough knowing I do what I can to be courteous to others on the hill. If I take a risk and it goes bad I'll accept responsibility and apologize. If someone downhill is just plain in the way, I have no problem letting them know as tactfully as possible. And if someone gets all huffy with me when I didn't do anything wrong, I have even less of a problem telling them where to shove it.

 

[dlague]

I would add to the code the following:

Snowboarders are people too and they should be treated with respect.

Sometimes it gets old when geezers joke with me about 'that crazy thing strapped to my legs' while chatting on the chair lifts.

Good one!

 

[dlague]

I'm happy enough knowing I do what I can to be courteous to others on the hill. If I take a risk and it goes bad I'll accept responsibility and apologize. If someone downhill is just plain in the way, I have no problem letting them know as tactfully as possible. And if someone gets all huffy with me when I didn't do anything wrong, I have even less of a problem telling them where to shove it.

+1

 

[steamboat1]

I'm guessing you're a parent. No one is pointing a finger at you personally. It's just an unofficial statistic that parents will more often than not ream out someone for getting to close to their little bundles of joy while they were actually in the wrong.

Or it's a statistic you just dreamed up in your head.

 

[Bene288]

It's the general consensus and observation out of every group of people I've skied with, a big group and some of them parents themselves. I think that's enough for a small poll. Seven or eight times out of ten, the guy getting reamed out on the side of the trail is at the hands of a parent with small children. That's a statistic in my mind. No one is attacking you, and I'm not attacking the whole blanket of parents. But that is the general findings I've gathered in my years of skiing.

 

[snoseek]

Can confirm: Parents in general (not all, chill), are dicks about protecting their precious little crotchfruit. God forbid you pass on an expert groomer and scare little billy. This is a weekend/vacation week thing mostly though, most parents know better I assume. It's the spores training the next generation of spores...

 

[dlague]

I for one would not ream anyone out! I may not like something but we all have moments like regardless! People who choose to argue with some one at a ski area are hot heads - just my opinion before someone jumps on my sh@t! My kids are all grown up for the most part but when they were 5,6,7 or 8 even damn straight I would protect them! A 30-40 pound kid does not stand a chance against a 150-200 pound skier or rider if a collision were to happen! Case and point - the lawsuit that is happening at Jay Peak!

 

[Bene288]

I for one would not ream anyone out! I may not like something but we all have moments like regardless! People who choose to argue with some one at a ski area are hot heads - just my opinion before someone jumps on my sh@t! My kids are all grown up for the most part but when they were 5,6,7 or 8 even damn straight I would protect them! A 30-40 pound kid does not stand a chance against a 150-200 pound skier or rider if a collision were to happen! Case and point - the lawsuit that is happening at Jay Peak!

I totally agree with you. At least kids at that age for the most part take falls pretty good. I did anyway. All I'm saying is that many parents jump the gun and wig out on someone when it's not warranted. Maybe it's just a natural reaction to protect your kids, I don't know because I don't have kids. We ALL have to remember, though, that skiing and snowboarding is a sport, and does carry some heavy risks, even on beginner slopes. I'm not familiar with the lawsuit at Jay.

 

[catskills]

I would add to the code the following:

Snowboarders are people too and they should be treated with respect.

Agree I would add:

Skiers, knuckle draggers, and freeheelers all need to respect one another and just get along. Your are on vacation. Chill out and be happy.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.