Not another run-in with ski patrol...Blue 3/8...hero snow..empty

[campgottagopee]

Something is sriously wrong at Blue----I know and have met so many NSP in my day and most of those guys are the coolest dudes on the hill---just have have a hard time understanding the whole attitude thing.

 

[hardline]

I'm sure as the day goes on, I'll think of someother stuff that is bothering me about this. If you get the chance, mention to them that I'm highly debating if I should support Blue next year, or save some cash and go to MC.

i have been having a great year mc. they cab has been running a little funny but i have never waited in line more than a min.

 

[gorgonzola]

Can you guys give me some advice on how I should approach the management at Blue mountain??? I want to be very polite and considerate but would like to get my point across. I really hope they give me 10 minutes and actually listen to me as opposed to the ski patrollers who just talk over me and get flustered. I just want to get this resolved so I can go on with my life.

Uhhh I'd probably start with an apology for bein such a ............ :dunce:

I agree with most of the posts that the BMSP is out of control but a big part of it is a result of certain behaviors on the mountain.

you guys aren't really victims in this case....

 

[SkiDork]

I don't know if this has been said before, but here's a question: If it had gone this way, could the whole thing have been avoided?

SP: Do you know how fast you were going down Challenge
GSS: Not sure
SP: Pretty damn fast, if you hit a tree you could die
GSS: Isn't Challenge a Double Diamond..extremely difficult run for experts only
SP: Yes but you shouldn't ski that fast
GSS: Oh, yeah, OK cool. Sorry about that dude, I'll try to slow down in the future. Thanks.

Or would he have still come at you? You sorta fanned the flames a bit...

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Uhhh I'd probably start with an apology for bein such a ............ :dunce:

I agree with most of the posts that the BMSP is out of control but a big part of it is a result of certain behaviors on the mountain.

you guys aren't really victims in this case....

Me and Root are victims..I was harrassed for skiing Challenge the way I always ski challenge..and chased into the parking lot..maybe you should talk to your buddy Hans and see if the patrollers will lighten up..since even you feel that BMSP is out of control..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I don't know if this has been said before, but here's a question: If it had gone this way, could the whole thing have been avoided?

SP: Do you know how fast you were going down Challenge
GSS: Not sure
SP: Pretty damn fast, if you hit a tree you could die
GSS: Isn't Challenge a Double Diamond..extremely difficult run for experts only
SP: Yes but you shouldn't ski that fast
GSS: Oh, yeah, OK cool. Sorry about that dude, I'll try to slow down in the future. Thanks.

Or would he have still come at you? You sorta fanned the flames a bit...

Sure, but Joel was so rude to me that it was impossible for me to keep my cool..anyway I'll file an official complaint about him with management later this afternoon..hopefully he gets a talking to and is more cordial to paying customers..

 

[gorgonzola]

Me and Root are victims..I was harrassed for skiing Challenge the way I always ski challenge..and chased into the parking lot..maybe you should talk to your buddy Hans and see if the patrollers will lighten up..since even you feel that BMSP is out of control..

maybe you should talk to him.... oh wait you did and insulted him and and his family in a profanity laced tantrum in public and on online

 

[AtomicSkier]

maybe you should talk to him.... oh wait you did and insulted him and and his family in a profanity laced tantrum in public and on online

Get over it Mike...it wasn't you or your wife

 

[deadheadskier]

What series of events has gotten the patrol to where they feel the need to slow so many people down now? The videos were a joke.

I'd feel equally as frustrated as you Steeze.

 

[RootDKJ]

Sure, but Joel was so rude to me that it was impossible for me to keep my cool..anyway I'll file an official complaint about him with management later this afternoon..hopefully he gets a talking to and is more cordial to paying customers..

Not mention that Joel was so unstable about this, he felt the need to chastise GSS for TWO lift rides up the mountain, after they had already shook hands and agreed to disagree on the matter.

 

[gorgonzola]

Get over it Mike...it wasn't you or your wife

yea and it's a good thing

it was in front of my wife and children though - real class acts

what i can't get over is you guys acting like like that and whining about how the patrollers are picking on you......waaaahhahahhhhhhaaaaaa

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

yea and it's a good thing

it was in front of my wife and children though - real class acts

what i can't get over is you guys acting like like that and whining about how the patrollers are picking on you......waaaahhahahhhhhhaaaaaa

Mike if Johann would have treated me and Jeff with respect..he would have received respect..it's great that you care about Johann Buckley enough that you lose ski buddies over it...Grow Up!!!

OK I'm heading to Blue...

 

[RootDKJ]

OK I'm heading to Blue...

If I didn't have a presentation to give in class tonight, I'd head out there with you.

 

[campgottagopee]

Is Gorgonzola ski patrol at blue??

 

[from_the_NEK]

I just re-watched this one which I believe is more rediculous than the other video (the guys in the other video are apparently idiots and don't help their situation).
Anyway, I don't know if anyone else noticed this: Between the 11 and 14 second mark, the skier continues on down the trail past the speed trap and effortlessly carves around a snowboarder who is sitting on the ground. However, a member of the over-eager pursuit group (looks to be a guy filming on a snowboard) proceeds to run into said seated boarder! Who's being the danger to others on the slopes here? The guy who can apparently ski rather well and is not displaying ANY problems with control or a posse of 4+ patrollers and their film crew escort standing in the middle of the trail?
I have a feeling participating in this show has resulted in over-inflated patrollers' egos. Do they feel that real life needs to imitate a stupid reality show which likely has anything resembling common sense edited out of it?

 

[RootDKJ]

I have a feeling participating in this show has resulted in over-inflated patrollers' egos. Do they feel that real life needs to imitate a stupid reality show which likely has anything resembling common sense edited out of it?

I think you've nailed it. Life imitating TV for the patrollers who didn't get any airtime. This problem has exacerbated since BMSP's 15 minutes of fame on TruTV. I've been skiing at Blue for the past 5 years and never witnessed anything like Joel yelling at GSS for skiing fast down Challenge. I've taken some questionable runs down Paradise and never been chased into the parking lot before. Heck, last year, I was skiing with a patroller for a bunch of runs, right before the mid-day grooming. He said to me, "Paradise is about to re-open, do you want to take the safety check run down it with me? So a bunch of other patrollers, myself and a few others did a super-highspeed run down right as the rope was dropped.

Depending on how Blue responds to GSS, and myself on my next visit, I will be looking at taking my money, friends and family elsewhere next year.

 

[SKidds]

Those videos are a joke........as I would now categorize the whole mountain. However, the picture in my mind of pursuit patrollers with flashing lights on their helmets is quite amusing. We should all go there and play Smokey and the Bandit on skis............

 

[deadheadskier]

I can fully respect and appreciate slow / family zones, but telling someone to slow down on even a single diamond is laughable to me.

Someone going 10 miles and hour who is out of control could be of far greater danger than someone going 50 who actually knows what their doing.

 

[gorgonzola]

Is Gorgonzola ski patrol at blue??

naahh, on any given day i'd totally agree that some of the ski patrol at blue are outta hand with the keystone kopppers routine regarding slow skiing trails. like any other area most BMSP are good guys with a few exceptions that are multiplied by the whole truTV crap - brings out the worst in people.

the only reason i chimed in at all is that there are definately two sides to the specific chain of events in this thread and as far as i'm concerned gss and ajeff deserve what ever they got coming to them for their actions on the mountain. i don't consider people that act the way they did to a patroller friend in front of my kids "buddies"... done - no flame war here. root sorta got caught in the crossfire - sorry, hope to get some more runs with ya man

 

[campgottagopee]

naahh, on any given day i'd totally agree that some of the ski patrol at blue are outta hand with the keystone kopppers routine regarding slow skiing trails. like any other area most BMSP are good guys with a few exceptions that are multiplied by the whole truTV crap - brings out the worst in people.

the only reason i chimed in at all is that there are definately two sides to the specific chain of events in this thread and as far as i'm concerned gss and ajeff deserve what ever they got coming to them for their actions on the mountain. i don't consider people that act the way they did to a patroller friend in front of my kids "buddies"... done - no flame war here. root sorta got caught in the crossfire - sorry, hope to get some more runs with ya man

Gotcha-----I hear ya on the 2 sides to every story......