JD
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From a resort message board....
"Last Saturday we head straight up North Lynx to hit our favorite SB run. A friend got there first and dropped in the traverse too low, understandable with all the snow and no tracks. We all follow, and end up having to do some serious trail breaking to get to and through the traverse. It's really hard work in all that snow, we had a pretty big group, maybe 8 in all, some faster than others. Early in the traverse 2 late 20ish, 30 ish guys fell in at at the back of the posse and follow us to the end of the traverse. In all it's probably 15 minutes of hard slogging - ther're in the back the whole way, chatting away, which at that point was fine.
UNTIL. We got to the opening and as we were rezipping, etc they scooted around us and poached the untracked run. We called bs, but they went on and skied what we'd worked so hard to reach. Now there was still plenty of untracked, and it may have been the best run I've ever skied here, but it was a really offensive move on thier part we thought. We were really looking forward to having a conversation with them at the bus stop but they got a lift before we got out. Quite honestly it was very lucky for them they did, because my bud who broke trail most of the way is very large and was very steamed, as were the other 3 guys.
As fate would have it, the Mrs and I headed to Ellen, and who do we end up in line next to other than these 2 dicks. I lit in to them a bit and suprisingly they elected not to ride the lift with us. One of the guys said 'what were we supposed to do, wait?'. I told him since we were a big group all he needed to do was ask to play through or go find somewhere else back there since we were the first group into Slide Brook that day and there was plenty of other untracked, all of it in fact.
So, folks, righteous poach or bad karma inducing dick - head move?
By the way, one of the gents wore a lime green jacket and his bro sports a blue coat and has a beard.
ps. Maybe the best part of this is that later in the day I heard not one, but 2 regulars around here say they 'were first in and it was awesome, etc...' I admire skiers who leave no tracks.
Aggro bullshit. Makes me laugh. On a day that should have been full of powder love, someone still finds a reason to hate, then bitch at someone in the lift line. The sense of entiltilement is mind blowing.
That is all.
"Last Saturday we head straight up North Lynx to hit our favorite SB run. A friend got there first and dropped in the traverse too low, understandable with all the snow and no tracks. We all follow, and end up having to do some serious trail breaking to get to and through the traverse. It's really hard work in all that snow, we had a pretty big group, maybe 8 in all, some faster than others. Early in the traverse 2 late 20ish, 30 ish guys fell in at at the back of the posse and follow us to the end of the traverse. In all it's probably 15 minutes of hard slogging - ther're in the back the whole way, chatting away, which at that point was fine.
UNTIL. We got to the opening and as we were rezipping, etc they scooted around us and poached the untracked run. We called bs, but they went on and skied what we'd worked so hard to reach. Now there was still plenty of untracked, and it may have been the best run I've ever skied here, but it was a really offensive move on thier part we thought. We were really looking forward to having a conversation with them at the bus stop but they got a lift before we got out. Quite honestly it was very lucky for them they did, because my bud who broke trail most of the way is very large and was very steamed, as were the other 3 guys.
As fate would have it, the Mrs and I headed to Ellen, and who do we end up in line next to other than these 2 dicks. I lit in to them a bit and suprisingly they elected not to ride the lift with us. One of the guys said 'what were we supposed to do, wait?'. I told him since we were a big group all he needed to do was ask to play through or go find somewhere else back there since we were the first group into Slide Brook that day and there was plenty of other untracked, all of it in fact.
So, folks, righteous poach or bad karma inducing dick - head move?
By the way, one of the gents wore a lime green jacket and his bro sports a blue coat and has a beard.
ps. Maybe the best part of this is that later in the day I heard not one, but 2 regulars around here say they 'were first in and it was awesome, etc...' I admire skiers who leave no tracks.
Aggro bullshit. Makes me laugh. On a day that should have been full of powder love, someone still finds a reason to hate, then bitch at someone in the lift line. The sense of entiltilement is mind blowing.
That is all.
