Treeskier
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Then there is Caution
I am understanding that trails are rated per area. Figuring that 33ish % is flat/beginer 33% intermedite and 33% black dimond. Then divide the pitch up and walla you have your trail ratings. I personally think that this is a good marketing ploy but not great for traveling guests. In such I also believe that under certain weather conditions a blue or green can quickly become a black. And add bumps to a normaly flat blue turns into a black, especially if you add ice to the mix. I do feel MTs often do the right thing and post at the chair that " today xxxx trail is not a blue but for experts only. Out west in Tahoe a lot of the areas posted a daily printed trail map showing which trails had snow making and or grooming the night before. Quite informative but in that vain they could easly add trail difficulty of the day. IE bumps on XXX blue trail. Soon that will be uploadable to our phone/PDAs . Which on the other hand if you are at a large place like MT Snow and you are with a group, but can only slip away for few key runs, it would be great to know if there where any bump runs and where they where.
I like the breakdown signs I've seen and where pointed out like a blue square with a Black Dimond in the middle. Then there is caution. That degree of pitch/obsticals beyond a double black dimond. I would put Paridice at Mad River, Stairstep at Jay and even though it is very small the skiers right of Rip Cord woods at MT. Snow. When you add required drop offs and trees then that should go beyound Double Black Dimong it becomes Caution! Like out west.
I am understanding that trails are rated per area. Figuring that 33ish % is flat/beginer 33% intermedite and 33% black dimond. Then divide the pitch up and walla you have your trail ratings. I personally think that this is a good marketing ploy but not great for traveling guests. In such I also believe that under certain weather conditions a blue or green can quickly become a black. And add bumps to a normaly flat blue turns into a black, especially if you add ice to the mix. I do feel MTs often do the right thing and post at the chair that " today xxxx trail is not a blue but for experts only. Out west in Tahoe a lot of the areas posted a daily printed trail map showing which trails had snow making and or grooming the night before. Quite informative but in that vain they could easly add trail difficulty of the day. IE bumps on XXX blue trail. Soon that will be uploadable to our phone/PDAs . Which on the other hand if you are at a large place like MT Snow and you are with a group, but can only slip away for few key runs, it would be great to know if there where any bump runs and where they where.
I like the breakdown signs I've seen and where pointed out like a blue square with a Black Dimond in the middle. Then there is caution. That degree of pitch/obsticals beyond a double black dimond. I would put Paridice at Mad River, Stairstep at Jay and even though it is very small the skiers right of Rip Cord woods at MT. Snow. When you add required drop offs and trees then that should go beyound Double Black Dimong it becomes Caution! Like out west.
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