riverc0il
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Faster response time by patrol is complete hogwash. Which is faster: Tower 13 or halfway down liftline. NEITHER patrol still needs to ski the same distance down from either the top of the lift or a patrol shack to get to the victim.
Your analogy to interstate highway does not equate because you can reverse direction on an interstate highway if you are a cop by using a cut back. And if you are a cop off the highway, you need to know whether to go north or south. You can't pick up or down directions in skiing. We have an actual ski patrol member above stating that upper/lower doesn't matter. Its all about trail count.
I don't think big vertical mountains like Sugarbush are as much of a problem. When a trail reaches a major merger with lots of splits, I think a new trail name (or upper/lower if it must be done) are appropriate. Cannon and Wildcat both use upper, middle, and lower designations for continuous trails that merge and break off. I find this acceptable practice and this would help patrol as a patrol could be mid-mountain and be able to make it to a 'lower' trail. Not to mention it is just easier for guests to remember. At a place like Cannon, Upper, Middle, and Lower Cannon are all very distinct. But again, that is 2k vert of "trail" with two major merger locations in which multiple trails split off. We aren't talking Superstar Headwall, Upper Superstar, Middle Superstar, Lower Superstar here.
Your analogy to interstate highway does not equate because you can reverse direction on an interstate highway if you are a cop by using a cut back. And if you are a cop off the highway, you need to know whether to go north or south. You can't pick up or down directions in skiing. We have an actual ski patrol member above stating that upper/lower doesn't matter. Its all about trail count.
I don't think big vertical mountains like Sugarbush are as much of a problem. When a trail reaches a major merger with lots of splits, I think a new trail name (or upper/lower if it must be done) are appropriate. Cannon and Wildcat both use upper, middle, and lower designations for continuous trails that merge and break off. I find this acceptable practice and this would help patrol as a patrol could be mid-mountain and be able to make it to a 'lower' trail. Not to mention it is just easier for guests to remember. At a place like Cannon, Upper, Middle, and Lower Cannon are all very distinct. But again, that is 2k vert of "trail" with two major merger locations in which multiple trails split off. We aren't talking Superstar Headwall, Upper Superstar, Middle Superstar, Lower Superstar here.