Simple Act of Kindness

[Ski Diva]

I've found a couple cell phones and a blackberry on the trails. I left the cell phones at the bottom of the lift. I called the owner of the blackberry (there was ID) and left it at a pre-arranged spot. Didn't mind doing it.

Last season I lost my season pass on the mountain and thought I'd seen the last of it, but someone actually turned it in. Have no idea who it was, so if you're out there, THANKS!

 

[Harvey]

This is not exactly the same... but last year I was skiing in the Straightbrook trees at Gore. I moved over to skiers far right, to do that outdoor thing that guys can do easier than girls. When I got back down to the Quad, I realized when I sat down on the lift...that I'd left my butt bag, with digi camera, a few hundred bucks, credit cards, car keys to a locked car etc. etc...in the spot where I stopped. (Before that I never realized my butt bag and contents were worth so much.)

I rode up and skied the exact same run...to the same spot... and there it was...with ANOTHER skiers tracks...new tracks...right next to it...someone found it...and left it right there. Made my whole weekend.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

This is not exactly the same... but last year I was skiing in the Straightbrook trees at Gore. I moved over to skiers far right, to do that outdoor thing that guys can do easier than girls. When I got back down to the Quad, I realized when I sat down on the lift...that I'd left my butt bag, with digi camera, a few hundred bucks, credit cards, car keys to a locked car etc. etc...in the spot where I stopped. (Before that I never realized my butt bag and contents were worth so much.)

I rode up and skied the exact same run...to the same spot... and there it was...with ANOTHER skiers tracks...new tracks...right next to it...someone found it...and left it right there. Made my whole weekend.

I'm glad it was still there Harv, but if I saw it there I wouldn't just leave it, I'd bring it to lost and found. It could have been awhile before you realized what you did. Maybe someone would find it that wouldn't do the right thing. Tuff call, just sayin.

 

[Trekchick]

From my trip to MRG a few years back...(copied for Epic)

Mad River Glen and Karma,

Mad River is one of those rare places on earth where the cosmic tumblers sync more often than they do not. Some might recall, when I was there 2 years ago, I lost my car keys...on the mountain. Not only that I lost keys on the mountain, but it was a powder day. Due to powers stonger than Ullr, my keys were found and returned to me. The gentleman (lift operator) who found them also refused a reward and simply said that he was glad he could help.

Fast forward two years to today. My son and I were skiing down liftline (which were EPIC bumps I may add) and someone from the lift yells down to me…”I think that is a wallet over there”, and sure enough it is. Since my son and I were on our way down to meet up with a buddy, who is a ski patrol at MRG, I put it in my pocket and head down. We get to our meet point a few minutes early for our 11:30 meet, so I open the wallet to see if there is any ID. Sure enough there is, (name held) he is from Nashua NH and there is a bunch of Credit card receipts and six $50.00 bills. $300.00 is a lot of money for anyone to loose, but the credit cards and ID are the stuff that is a bear to replace. I give the wallet to Ski patrol who brings it in to Lost and Found.

Ty and I finish up skiing at 2ish and we head in for lunch and to pack for our 7+ hour drive home. I stop and check in at lost and found and the wallet was yet to be claimed. I then get in line for lunch and as I am to pay for Ty and my lunch the cashier (who is also the Lost & Found) says, “You are the nice man who turned in the wallet, no charge for your lunch and thank you very much”

I really hope my new friend realizes that he doesn’t have his wallet before he heads back to New Hampshire. Mad River Glen, it truly is a magical place to ski and spend time at. And remember, pay it forward.

Original thread... http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/54294/mad-river-glen-and-karma

I remember that story from when you originally posted it...
I wonder if/when the guy realized his wallet was gone.

 

[Trekchick]

I've lost a cell phone on the first day of a ski vacation at Copper Mountain. It was a weird situation and I put it in a pocket that I would not normally put my cell phone durning lunch, which totally slipped my mind when I went back out to ski.
I was not thrilled but I also didn't get terribly upset about the loss.
A friend who was with us said, "Oh no you lost your phone. That is going to wreck your whole trip"
I said, "Uh, No. A broken leg would wreck my whole trip. A lost cell phone is a minor inconvenience."

I called my phone and changed my voice mail message with an announcement like this.....
You've reached Tricia's cell phone. She lost me somewhere in the enchanted forest at Copper, never to be found. Please call her husband's phone if you'd like to get in touch, ###-###-####.

I got a lot of laughs from friends who called my phone, and my trip was a whoot!

 

[tcharron]

Skiing one morning last season when I realize my cell phone is missing. I’m kinda pissed cause I have no idea where it dropped out of my pocket. About 20 minutes later my friend (last person I called on it) gets a call telling him that he’s found my lost phone. The finder agrees to meet me at the mid station lodge at WF.

He’s an early 20 something guy and I tell him thanks a million and tell him if it was the end of the day I’d buy him a beer, since it wasn’t would he take $10 so I could buy him and his friend a round in case we didn’t cross paths later? He wouldn’t have it. We just said good-bye and off he went.

Getting that phone back made my day. Anyone ever do you a good turn like that on the mountain?

Actually, 2 years ago at Crotched. And I didn't even know about what they did for a week.

So it's Friday night, and I'm getting everything packed up for Sat morning. And I start to freak out when I realize.. My Ski boots are *missing*. I'd just gotten them, with boot brandy new boot heaters and all. I *scour* the house, all the cars. Nada.

So for giggles, I called Crotched, where I'd been on Monday night, and ask, with NO expectations, if someone happened to leave a pair of ski boots in the lodge. The response was, 'Maaaaayybeeeee.. What kind of boots? Why don't you come to the office and we'll chat'. So I figure I'll pop over, hoping that perhaps I'd left them by the lockers or something.

So I'm chatting with a person in the office, and I say I'm looking for a pair of *red* M100's. She looks at me funny, and goes into the back room. She comes back out, 'Nope, no red boots'. I'm crushed, but she asks some more. 'Are you sure they where red?'. So I think back. 'Well, they MIGHT be grey'. Yea, that got a funny look. 'Ok, look, I just got them, and I know there's some red and grey on there. But I use the second slot on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th buckles, and the third on the 2nd. They're new, but they should be a little scratched up at those settings. The boot heaters are held into the liner with ductape. They'll be a little gouge by the right boot toe where I dropped them on my sharped skis. She smiles a little, goes BACK into the back room, and comes out with my boots.

Apparently, some teenager had brought them in to the lost and found the night I left. He'd found them next to two *empty* parking spaces, one of which I'd been parked in before leaving.

I figured if I'd left them in the lodge, they where as good as gone. But the kid who saw them out there was a great guy and brought them back in and turned them in. I wish I knew the kid so I could buy 'em a ticket or something..

 

[billski]

i've only found wallets with limited amounts of cash in them, so i keep the cash as a lesson for the owners to pay more attention so they don't some day lose a big wad of cash.

it's a good deed. in a way.

Boo hiss!

 

[billski]

The crowd I ski with, self included tends to lose things.
- Wallet left on the Wildcat lodge table turned into guest services
- Stowe Season Pass fell off in gondi, turned into lift attendant
- Keys fell onto lodge floor (lanyard broke), turned into guest services
- Pole left in snowbank next to car - never found.