Bene288
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My girlfriend and I headed out to Gore this morning, got there at 8:20 or so and was greeted by beautiful conditions and blue bird skies. We spent the morning doing runs like Hawkeye, Hulabaloo, Open Pit etc. The snow was very soft but still easy to carve. It was skiing very fast, we were having a great time. Fairly warm at maybe 40* F and slight winds.
Around 11:00, we decided to head down the the Northwood Lodge for a late breakfast. We took Twister down. It was skiing very well. Snow was like skiing on sugar. Toward the end of the trail there is a large ridge that drops way off. You can't see a thing below it. Of course you can probably guess what happened. Two people laying down in the middle of the trail directly under the wall. Not hurt. It was a girl and her boyfriend and she was obviously a beginner, but was not trying to get up too quick. Just taking her sweet ass time. I had to jump left to avoid these people, meanwhile my girlfriend had to cut sharp right to avoid me. She couldn't avoid me and these jerks laying down in the trail and we got tangled and took a fairly easy spill. We were both fine, and sort of laughed it off until we looked at our gear. My brakes got bent, no big deal. But her ski had a complete core failure. Pictures to come. I don't understand how it could have happened without being defective. She hit nothing, her skis came right off like they were supposed to.
At this point I was FUMING. She was crying, it was just a bad situation. I was about to hunt down the people laying down in the, but eventually calmed down. We went to guest services to file an accident report just in case Blizzard needed it for warranty work. I cannot say enough nice things about the Gore staff. They were so helpful and made sure we were alright. This woman filed our report was explaining that Gore has had an influx of real beginner skiers this season due to other mountains not operating to full capacity. She said that accidents were up quite a bit from previous seasons. She was very nice and offered us a free lift ticket for the troubles. I thought that was a great gesture and tells me that Gore values their regular skiers. She took us to the demo center and they even offered half rate on demos. The girlfriend was pretty frazzled and we just opted to leave. I don't blame her. Her skis were shattered and she had a bad feeling for the rest of the day.
I cannot understand the complete lack of common sense of some people. They should really make you take some kind of test before being allowed on the lifts (I don't think they have common sense tests). This is not the only time this has happened to us. We were skiing very safely. I frequently look behind me when I ski, especially on wide cruiser trails, she was a good bit behind me but built up some speed at the previous drop in. We landed as safe as possible and did what we had to do to avoid killing ourselves or the schmucks laying down watching clouds. I understand the downhill skier has the right away, but you need to constantly be aware even if you have the right away.
Oh well, we're safe, and it's a blessing in disguise. Her skis could have failed on a steep trail covered in rocks, instead it happened on a very wide trail with incredibly soft snow.
Around 11:00, we decided to head down the the Northwood Lodge for a late breakfast. We took Twister down. It was skiing very well. Snow was like skiing on sugar. Toward the end of the trail there is a large ridge that drops way off. You can't see a thing below it. Of course you can probably guess what happened. Two people laying down in the middle of the trail directly under the wall. Not hurt. It was a girl and her boyfriend and she was obviously a beginner, but was not trying to get up too quick. Just taking her sweet ass time. I had to jump left to avoid these people, meanwhile my girlfriend had to cut sharp right to avoid me. She couldn't avoid me and these jerks laying down in the trail and we got tangled and took a fairly easy spill. We were both fine, and sort of laughed it off until we looked at our gear. My brakes got bent, no big deal. But her ski had a complete core failure. Pictures to come. I don't understand how it could have happened without being defective. She hit nothing, her skis came right off like they were supposed to.
At this point I was FUMING. She was crying, it was just a bad situation. I was about to hunt down the people laying down in the, but eventually calmed down. We went to guest services to file an accident report just in case Blizzard needed it for warranty work. I cannot say enough nice things about the Gore staff. They were so helpful and made sure we were alright. This woman filed our report was explaining that Gore has had an influx of real beginner skiers this season due to other mountains not operating to full capacity. She said that accidents were up quite a bit from previous seasons. She was very nice and offered us a free lift ticket for the troubles. I thought that was a great gesture and tells me that Gore values their regular skiers. She took us to the demo center and they even offered half rate on demos. The girlfriend was pretty frazzled and we just opted to leave. I don't blame her. Her skis were shattered and she had a bad feeling for the rest of the day.
I cannot understand the complete lack of common sense of some people. They should really make you take some kind of test before being allowed on the lifts (I don't think they have common sense tests). This is not the only time this has happened to us. We were skiing very safely. I frequently look behind me when I ski, especially on wide cruiser trails, she was a good bit behind me but built up some speed at the previous drop in. We landed as safe as possible and did what we had to do to avoid killing ourselves or the schmucks laying down watching clouds. I understand the downhill skier has the right away, but you need to constantly be aware even if you have the right away.
Oh well, we're safe, and it's a blessing in disguise. Her skis could have failed on a steep trail covered in rocks, instead it happened on a very wide trail with incredibly soft snow.
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