dblskifanatic
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I do not know the context of this whole story and not sure if it is told accurately but was on FB and this was posted there today - I will leave it like that but did seem harsh.
Today was a bad day unfortunately. Two of my friends and I decided to go to Jay Peak today which is not the mountain to be on this spring. The customer service rep when I was activating my pass was curt and rude. I get it though, lots of people and it's been a long season. After my pass was activated we took 4 runs. One up the bonnie, one on the taxi, one on the flyer and finally one on the jet. Now my friend who I was skiing with is a racer and went too fast on the straight long trail. There are signs that said no straight lining which I failed to see along with him. This is his fault and he did not try and hide the fact. However, upon our second ascension on the Jet we were stopped at the top by a patroller named Jeff. He wouldn't say his last name. He said that there was no straight lining the jet and that my friend was going too fast.
You know what Jeff, you were probably right. He did need to slow down. Jeff told us all to slow down despite the fact that me and our second friend were making nice turns the whole way and finished our runs after our hot headed buddy. Next he asked for our passes. Odd request, but hey, we are 23 years old and borrow passes all the time. So we give them to him expecting everything to check out but we were mistaken again. Jeff told us that we were done skiing for the day because of the speed violation. Again, only one guy was going too fast. A simple "slow down" would have worked. We, after all, are understanding people. But no, pulled all three of our passes on the spot. When we reached the bottom of what was our last run and sought out someone who could fix this problem.
To the head patroller, I get it. I'm sorry I got mad but you were in the wrong and you know it. We got no warning. We got no "slow down." Just three pulled passes for one guy straight lining the second half of a run. Which, the guilty by affiliation thing is a little suspect to me. That said, please if you are skiing Jay Peak be cautious that you don't go too fast as every person on the patrol squad is really afraid of this. Furthermore, based on the discussion I had with the patrollers there has been a real problem with people falling and getting hurt because people are going too fast. Now, I don't know how they prove the correlation between people going fast and other people getting hurt but I'm not here to argue that. What I am here to say is that if you are a college kid/young professional and a confident skier you should stay away from Jay unless you would like to be highly scrutinized. At least, that was my experience.
Finally, to Jay Peak. It's been a ride. I grew up skiing you along with Burke. I am saddened to see you succumb to the pressures of corporate ski culture. You lost 3 customers today and I wish that weren't so.
Today was a bad day unfortunately. Two of my friends and I decided to go to Jay Peak today which is not the mountain to be on this spring. The customer service rep when I was activating my pass was curt and rude. I get it though, lots of people and it's been a long season. After my pass was activated we took 4 runs. One up the bonnie, one on the taxi, one on the flyer and finally one on the jet. Now my friend who I was skiing with is a racer and went too fast on the straight long trail. There are signs that said no straight lining which I failed to see along with him. This is his fault and he did not try and hide the fact. However, upon our second ascension on the Jet we were stopped at the top by a patroller named Jeff. He wouldn't say his last name. He said that there was no straight lining the jet and that my friend was going too fast.
You know what Jeff, you were probably right. He did need to slow down. Jeff told us all to slow down despite the fact that me and our second friend were making nice turns the whole way and finished our runs after our hot headed buddy. Next he asked for our passes. Odd request, but hey, we are 23 years old and borrow passes all the time. So we give them to him expecting everything to check out but we were mistaken again. Jeff told us that we were done skiing for the day because of the speed violation. Again, only one guy was going too fast. A simple "slow down" would have worked. We, after all, are understanding people. But no, pulled all three of our passes on the spot. When we reached the bottom of what was our last run and sought out someone who could fix this problem.
To the head patroller, I get it. I'm sorry I got mad but you were in the wrong and you know it. We got no warning. We got no "slow down." Just three pulled passes for one guy straight lining the second half of a run. Which, the guilty by affiliation thing is a little suspect to me. That said, please if you are skiing Jay Peak be cautious that you don't go too fast as every person on the patrol squad is really afraid of this. Furthermore, based on the discussion I had with the patrollers there has been a real problem with people falling and getting hurt because people are going too fast. Now, I don't know how they prove the correlation between people going fast and other people getting hurt but I'm not here to argue that. What I am here to say is that if you are a college kid/young professional and a confident skier you should stay away from Jay unless you would like to be highly scrutinized. At least, that was my experience.
Finally, to Jay Peak. It's been a ride. I grew up skiing you along with Burke. I am saddened to see you succumb to the pressures of corporate ski culture. You lost 3 customers today and I wish that weren't so.
