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[thetrailboss]

honestly that is a better option than just being a total asshat to the kid and then bragging about it on a Killington locals Facebook group.

So this surfaced on the Ski the NE FB group. It was quoted. Apparently the orignal post was quickly deleted. I have to hope that this was a piece of fiction and meant to be satire. However, if it wasn't, then it sounds like the skier might have been concussed and certainly needed help. One is not required to give aid to someone else (unless in a collision), but it's basic human decency to help someone.

 

[djd66]

If true, that guy is a complete asshole. I can't imagine ever doing something like that. Personally I am the exact opposite on the hill - if I see someone who's in trouble or needs help, my natural instinct is to offer help. And then to post it with your name attached,... wtf? Unfortunately, this seems to be the world we live in.

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

NGL, I'm surprised it generated as much chatter as it did here. It was so over the top, just screamed fake to me right away.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Apparently you've never been to Killington

 

[kbroderick]

. One is not required to give aid to someone else (unless in a collision), but it's basic human decency to help someone.

Vermont's Good Samaritan law does require that you provide assistance if you encounter someone exposed to "grave physical harm", per https://legislature.vermont.gov/sta...:~:text=(a) A person who knows,March 22, 1968.)

 

[letitsnow1]

Superstar opens Saturday, canyon too

 

[Rob Katz]

damn, im going friday. that woulda been so cool. maybe ill poach something last run.

 

[thetrailboss]

Vermont's Good Samaritan law does require that you provide assistance if you encounter someone exposed to "grave physical harm", per https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00519#:~:text=(a) A person who knows,March 22, 1968.)

Well. I’d say that was this case.

 

[cdskier]

Superstar opens Saturday, canyon too

So much for the unfounded concern about it being behind schedule and something being wrong...

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

Apparently you've never been to Killington

It has nothing to do with Killington. If you're inclined to stop and ask someone if they're ok then you're probably not going to just blow them off if they say they need help. If you really don't care then you don't stop in the first place. Seems like common sense to me, which is why it came across as fake...

 

[jimmywilson69]

Ill give you that


Like someone said maybe give them the ole snow spray but why stop.

Then again a lot of people are assholes in this world so nothing surprises me anymore. Including that scenario playing out 100% like it did including the internet bragging about it

 

[joshua segal]

One of the things I love about Killington is that they have trails open that most ski areas would choose not to do so. A sign posted at the top says, "Thin Cover", and if you want to take it, you do so at your own peril. On Nov. 25, the West Glade (Upper Rim Run) with more brown than white was open. Pipeline was similar with the added open water bar to jump near the bottom. I was surprised to see Catwalk open from the top. I climbed up to see a field of saplings sticking up about a foot above the snow. I would have categorized the trail as unskiable. I mostly sideslipped my way down to just below where it crossed the Peak Stairway. I suspect that I made less than 5-turns and categorized the trip down as more of an adventure that as a run. I felt good that I at least made it down without a fall and grateful to Killington for their caveat emptor approach.

 

[Smellytele]

One of the things I love about Killington is that they have trails open that most ski areas would choose not to do so. A sign posted at the top says, "Thin Cover", and if you want to take it, you do so at your own peril. On Nov. 25, the West Glade (Upper Rim Run) with more brown than white was open. Pipeline was similar with the added open water bar to jump near the bottom. I was surprised to see Catwalk open from the top. I climbed up to see a field of saplings sticking up about a foot above the snow. I would have categorized the trail as unskiable. I mostly sideslipped my way down to just below where it crossed the Peak Stairway. I suspect that I made less than 5-turns and categorized the trip down as more of an adventure that as a run. I felt good that I at least made it down without a fall and grateful to Killington for their caveat emptor approach.

You think this because you usually ski at vail owned resorts.

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

a lot of people are assholes in this world so nothing surprises me anymore.

Yeah, agreed

 

[joshua segal]

You think this because you usually ski at vail owned resorts.

Last time I checked, Vail did not own Killington.

 

[jaytrem]

You think this because you usually ski at vail owned resorts.

Mount Snow will be interesting this year. They were pretty liberal with the "thin cover" openings for as long as I can remember. Recently not so much.

 

[thetrailboss]

Last time I checked, Vail did not own Killington.

(That’s not what he said)

 

[thebigo]

Last time I checked, Vail did not own Killington.

That is the point.

 

[joshua segal]

Mount Snow will be interesting this year. They were pretty liberal with the "thin cover" openings for as long as I can remember. Recently not so much.

I skied Mount Snow quite a bit when it was under Peak Resort ownership. At the time, I assumed that Ski Patrol decided what trails were open and after a number of fully skiable runs, visible from a chairlift were closed, I made a comment on one of the forums about "the wimpy Patrol" (before I was a Patroller). To my surprise, I received a response from them indicating that it was not their decision.

You think it's just the big corporate areas that no longer open trails that we would have called "prime/excellent skiing" in the 1970s? Waterville Valley, Cannon, and many other Indies either don't open these trails; or if they do, they flatten the moguls when the going gets tough. It's not a "Vail thing".

I remember being at an advanced PSIA bump clinic. The instructor at the start of the clinic asked, “Is there something you would particularly like to learn?”
I replied, “Yes.” Pointing to the Cascade Headwall at Killington, I asked, “What do you do when you come to icy moguls with knife edges like that?”
He replied, “That’s easy. You pick a different trail.” That being said, it was open for those willing to try it. In my younger days, I wasn't smart enough to take that advice, but I do now!

 

[drjeff]

I skied Mount Snow quite a bit when it was under Peak Resort ownership. At the time, I assumed that Ski Patrol decided what trails were open and after a number of fully skiable runs, visible from a chairlift were closed, I made a comment on one of the forums about "the wimpy Patrol" (before I was a Patroller). To my surprise, I received a response from them indicating that it was not their decision.

You think it's just the big corporate areas that no longer open trails that we would have called "prime/excellent skiing" in the 1970s? Waterville Valley, Cannon, and many other Indies either don't open these trails; or if they do, they flatten the moguls when the going gets tough. It's not a "Vail thing".

I remember being at an advanced PSIA bump clinic. The instructor at the start of the clinic asked, “Is there something you would particularly like to learn?”
I replied, “Yes.” Pointing to the Cascade Headwall at Killington, I asked, “What do you do when you come to icy moguls with knife edges like that?”
He replied, “That’s easy. You pick a different trail.” That being said, it was open for those willing to try it. In my younger days, I wasn't smart enough to take that advice, but I do now!

Guessing the much more litigenous society we live in now vs many decades ago, has much to do with what at times may seem like being very conservative with rope drops