Extremely debatable, Ski the East used to have the freeride tour which was on the east coast so your not dropping 30 plus foot cliffs. It would all come down to the type of terrain, skill and weather could play a factor. Just have different terrain based on skill level like USASA comps have jumps side by side so if you cant hit the large jump (usually on the left side of the knuckle) you hit the smaller jump on the right side. Take an all mountain area and divide it so the less skilled skiers don't go near any huge cliffs etc. Make the criteria however you want with sectioning off the specific area or area's for that specific heat of riders. Then for the higher level heat take the ropes down and open up the terrain based on whatever criteria. You would need some way of demonstrating you belong in the big boy heat.
This is one of the biggest problems I see with both action sports and skiing is that there's no tryout's similar to those that team sports have which is good and bad. Back in the day it wasn't necessary as everyone would just send it since no one gave a shit about lawsuits, insurance etc. It was all about fun and if someone got hurt that's what happens. Now that times have changed there need's to be a "vetting process" so mountains don't have to deal with some dipshit showing up to a Big Air, Rail jam, slope comp, All mountain etc "going for broke" and destroying themselves. For smaller comps/events I don't think this should be a priority but for bigger comps on larger features and larger terrain this definitely needs to happen as it will make mountains more open to the idea of hosting events/competitions.
Since you signed the wavier and also bought the lift ticket the mountain isn't liable but they still don't want to go through the hassle of dealing with you based on lawsuits and insurance. There needs to be a system that gives the mountain/event holder prior background information on each competitor. Thus the mountain knows the competitor is suited to be in the competition which takes risk away from both the competitor and the mountain. There need's to be some sort of criteria made that the event holder would look at prior to the event but unlike FIS/ and other governing bodies this would not require massive fee's memberships etc. All the fee's/memberships etc are a complete bullshit scam that's in "their" best interest with them profiting and also making them control the comp scene/ entire market. They have all the U.S Team spots and run the point systems etc plus keep costs high in order to profit and keep out the riff raff so skiing stays exclusive which is most bullshit part. End Rant.
