Should ski instructors be allowed to cut the line when they're not in a lesson???

[MarkC]

duplicate post - sorry

 

[MarkC]

This morning at Blue mountain there was a group of about 10 ski instructors who kepts cutting in front of the whole line which was pretty long. They weren't giving a lesson or anything just skiing around for fun. Should they be allowed to cut the line when they're not giving a lesson? I called the one guy out for blatently cutting in front of me and a few hundred others and he looked at me like I was trying to ruin his day..bunch of bullsh*t..

What is a liftline? I am not trying to diss your home mountain but Blue might be the root of the problem.

 

[ccskier]

No way, are they allowed to. Here is another spin, a few weeks ago my buddy ran to the car to get something, I stood in line at the red chair at Jay, did not get in the singles line, waited with the crowds. By the time I got up to the front to be waived through, he was running up to the lift, I told the lifty he was with me and the shit storm hit. I don't see any wrong with it, I had been holding his spot for him. The liftie made him sit there and wait. Kinda bs if you ask me.

 

[MarkC]

No way, are they allowed to. .

Most mountains will not let this happen. As stated earlier there is a chance that they were on official mountain business. Either way if it appeared to a regular like GSS that it was BS it is very bad PR for the mountain, especially for a newb that is going to shell out some $$ on a weekend like this one.

 

[hardline]

got to the ski school director first and in a clam voice explain whats happening. if he srugs you off go to the director of maketing and pull up this thread and explain you will keep on letting the public know whats going on and i bet you it will never happen again.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

No way, are they allowed to. Here is another spin, a few weeks ago my buddy ran to the car to get something, I stood in line at the red chair at Jay, did not get in the singles line, waited with the crowds. By the time I got up to the front to be waived through, he was running up to the lift, I told the lifty he was with me and the shit storm hit. I don't see any wrong with it, I had been holding his spot for him. The liftie made him sit there and wait. Kinda bs if you ask me.

What is the general consenses about saving spots in the liftlines for buddies? I'm not a big fan of it but I've done it before...one person cutting in front of a few people to catch up to his buddy is nothing compared to 11 ski instructors constantly cutting a line of 100+ people..

 

[WJenness]

What is the general consenses about saving spots in the liftlines for buddies? I'm not a big fan of it but I've done it before...one person cutting in front of a few people to catch up to his buddy is nothing compared to 11 ski instructors constantly cutting a line of 100+ people..

When it isn't very busy and your buddy has to pass a group or two, no big deal... but when it's busy, wait for your group outside the queue... that's my rule of thumb anyway.

-w

 

[tjf67]

This morning at Blue mountain there was a group of about 10 ski instructors who kepts cutting in front of the whole line which was pretty long. They weren't giving a lesson or anything just skiing around for fun. Should they be allowed to cut the line when they're not giving a lesson? I called the one guy out for blatently cutting in front of me and a few hundred others and he looked at me like I was trying to ruin his day..bunch of bullsh*t..

I would imagine you get discounted head stones for your family. Its called a perk. YES!!

 

[gmcunni]

I don't think instructors without a class should be cutting the lift line but on the list of things that annoy me regarding lift lines in general it is pretty low on the list. I'm much more irritated by "groups" that ride the singles line and then muscle their way in line so they ride as a group! no problem with them taking up the single slots but when they come out in a group of three and then simple cut off the people in line it really pisses me off.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I don't think instructors without a class should be cutting the lift line but on the list of things that annoy me regarding lift lines in general it is pretty low on the list. I'm much more irritated by "groups" that ride the singles line and then muscle their way in line so they ride as a group! no problem with them taking up the single slots but when they come out in a group of three and then simple cut off the people in line it really pisses me off.

I agree with you there..you can't have your cake and eat it too as they say..and I was at Blue today and didn't feel like going into the Main Lodge to talk to people from Ski School about line cutting..since it was Tuesday, I pretty much skied onto the lift 75% of the time with my longest wait being about 15 chairs.

The race team kids whose parents pay alot of $$$ for the race program should be allowed to cut the line, people in lessons or in the freeride program should be allowed to cut the line..Ski Patrollers regardless of whether they are responding to an accident or just free skiing should be allowed to cut the line because they need to be on the mountain..but free skiing instructors should not be allowed to cut in front of large..I'm talking hundred to five hundred people long liftlines just so they can bomb another run and cut the line again..probably lapping some of the people in the process. It's unfair and there are so many instructors who do that and on the double chairs..fail to merge because heaven forbid a chair of civilians should seperate them from their buddies...

I could write a book about ski etiquette..it's important..I get in trouble for skiing fast on an empty run with slow snow and unwaxed skis..all I need is a headband, a blue jacket and a Pocono shuffle and I can do whatever I want..wow..

 

[mattchuck2]

If they were truly "freeskiing", then they shouldn't be allowed to cut the line.

But if they were in an instructor's clinic, then I think that they should be allowed to cut the line. At our mountain, instructors only get paid when they teach. Any time they spend clinicing is time that they are taking themselves, for free, simply because they want improve their skills as instructors. Their time is usually pretty valuable (instructing is not the most lucrative of jobs, but it does require a lot of time - something that doesn't mesh well with the real world jobs that a lot of instructors keep on the side). I don't see anything wrong with letting instructors to the front in they are doing this kind of training.

 

[freezorburn]

I'd say they can cut if they allow you to kick them in the A$$. Otherwise No F'in way. Back of the line.

 

[gmcunni]

what's the feeling on other mountain workers using the instructor line? ambassadors, guest service, generic workers (ones with official mountain jackets)?

i was a little P.O.'d today to watch "Guest Services" folks cut the line repeatedly.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

what's the feeling on other mountain workers using the instructor line? ambassadors, guest service, generic workers (ones with official mountain jackets)?

i was a little P.O.'d today to watch "Guest Services" folks cut the line repeatedly.

They should have to wait in the regular line..the instructor line is for instructors..if the sign on the instructor line said ambassadors, guest service and generic workers..it would be different..

 

[o3jeff]

what's the feeling on other mountain workers using the instructor line? ambassadors, guest service, generic workers (ones with official mountain jackets)?

i was a little P.O.'d today to watch "Guest Services" folks cut the line repeatedly.

The instructors are the worst, when there is a group of them they will go right over the front of your skis and not care while you are trying to alternate so they can ride the chair behind their friends, this has happened to me twice this year by the a'hole snowboarder with the big afro at Sundown.