Ski Etiquette

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californiagrown

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So this is a repost thread, but i figured its a new season, with new skiers/members and a running list of good etiquette that should be practiced on the hill should be made.

Plus its always good to be reminded so if a situation arises on the hill, maybe it has been covered here.

-If you are going to put the bar down, ask everyone on the lift if they are okay with it. Its a rhetorical question, and you are going to put it down anyways, but its nice to ask.

- when passing closely along a cattrack or traverse yell "on your left/right"

-Feel free to light one up on the lift or gondola but make sure to ask everyone else if they are okay with you doing it. Its not fair that others have to put up with your second hand smoke.

-If you are involved in a collision stop, make sure each of you are okay, makes sure everyone has all their stuff, and all equipment is still working. check in a gain with everyone on their health and offer to get ski patrol. Apologize for the collsion and/or hurting the other person(not for causing the collision), and go on your way.

-If you see beers or a backpack stashed in the trees, you DO NOT NEED TO INVESTIGATE. stay the fuck away from someone else's lunch.

-the only people who think the snowboard-skier beef is still alive are either gapers, or douchebags in real life.
 
that bar thing is a huge deal for me. As a taller dude I can't tell you how many times I've been clocked in the head with somebody just ripping that thing down.
 
13243340:Humps said:
that bar thing is a huge deal for me. As a taller dude I can't tell you how many times I've been clocked in the head with somebody just ripping that thing down.
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I don't ask people if they want the bar down.....

but then again I don't have any bars..
 
13243340:Humps said:
that bar thing is a huge deal for me. As a taller dude I can't tell you how many times I've been clocked in the head with somebody just ripping that thing down.
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Got beamed in the head today by some girl, smashed that bar down while I was putting my poles under my leg...ouch.
 
an etiquette lesson beat down is needed at my home mtn, Mount Snow.

Our singles line gets fucking ridiculously crowded like most Mtns. The worst part is crews of 5-10 kids will cut and push their way in front of lots of ppl already in line. and then just stare at you like "wat?"

Like their fucking time on the mountain is more important than other skiers and they can't be inconvenienced to wait like every1 else. Lets fix this shit rant over
 
13243431:THEE_wizard said:
More people need to call their drop at the top of lines. No one does thins anymore.
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It's because we as skiers have all become rather shy and don't want to call drop only to be snaked by someone better than us and feel bad.
 
13243498:SKIU4EA said:
Like their fucking time on the mountain is more important than other skiers and they can't be inconvenienced to wait like every1 else. Lets fix this shit
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fix it? high speed rope tow. Minnesota has had this figured out for over a decade.
 
13243498:SKIU4EA said:
an etiquette lesson beat down is needed at my home mtn, Mount Snow.

Our singles line gets fucking ridiculously crowded like most Mtns. The worst part is crews of 5-10 kids will cut and push their way in front of lots of ppl already in line. and then just stare at you like "wat?"
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I think this is where you're going. Singles line is for FUCKING singles, so it is up to the first person in that line to make sure their is never an empty spot on a chair going up. Also I'm not sure how other mountains deal with this but it is ok for you to duck under the line rope if somebody in front of you missed their chance
 
If it's crowded, check over your shoulder before carving across the trail. We all know how frustrating it is trying to get past someone and having them just turn into you.

Of course, the people who need to know this most won't be on this site.
 
A quick revision of safety bar etiquette if you're in Europe: The bar comes down immediately, and always, no questions asked. Be ready for it. For Europeans, riding without the bar down is like skydiving without a parachute.
 
13243340:Humps said:
that bar thing is a huge deal for me. As a taller dude I can't tell you how many times I've been clocked in the head with somebody just ripping that thing down.
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I've almost lost my gopro a few times due to people slamming the bar down. Thankfully I always have it tied on, but it can be irritating as it always cracks the mounts.
 
Not exactly a etiquette thing but when people snow plow all the way down a run they weren't skilled enough for... i prefer my snow on the hill, not pushed to the bottom.
 
13244207:WiscoSkiing said:
Not exactly a etiquette thing but when people snow plow all the way down a run they weren't skilled enough for... i prefer my snow on the hill, not pushed to the bottom.
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Well this is stupid, that kid snowplowing down his first red was probably stoked as anything at the bottom.

Just let people do their thing mannnnn.
 
13244224:aggrosquid said:
Well this is stupid, that kid snowplowing down his first red was probably stoked as anything at the bottom.

Just let people do their thing mannnnn.
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im talking about when people go down the black diamond and snow plow straight down, get out of control, then eat shit. If this happens clearly they shouldn't be on that run.
 
13244064:ESB said:
A quick revision of safety bar etiquette if you're in Europe: The bar comes down immediately, and always, no questions asked. Be ready for it. For Europeans, riding without the bar down is like skydiving without a parachute.
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huh i didn't know that. sorta surprising when most other aspects of euro skiing reflect the "im not your mother, do whatever you want but it's your ass if you get in danger" mentality over there e.g. fewer roped off zones and signs in front of cliffs
 
When hitting a rail, actually wait for the person in front of you to hit it and ride away rather than both of you hitting it at the same time. You never know what the kid in front of you is gonna try. I can't tell you how many times I have fallen on a new trick and I look up and theres 3 guys sliding it at the same time and either bailing out or almost running over me. Can you really not wait that long to hit a rail?
 
13244288:AidanCski said:
When hitting a rail, actually wait for the person in front of you to hit it and ride away rather than both of you hitting it at the same time. You never know what the kid in front of you is gonna try. I can't tell you how many times I have fallen on a new trick and I look up and theres 3 guys sliding it at the same time and either bailing out or almost running over me. Can you really not wait that long to hit a rail?
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In a similar note to this, if you are hiking a single rail in the park, people who are flowing through have right of way, don't expect me to screw up my flow so you can hit one feature. Not necessarily you, but I see this a lot
 
Don't toss your empties off the lift.

I've become more aware of who's behind me when I toke. Mom and a kid on a the chair behind... I'll just wait a run.
 
13244253:RubberSoul said:
huh i didn't know that. sorta surprising when most other aspects of euro skiing reflect the "im not your mother, do whatever you want but it's your ass if you get in danger" mentality over there e.g. fewer roped off zones and signs in front of cliffs
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The bar is there for kids or long rides, I can't see why you shouldn't use, although in M'urricah the only thing it has going against it, is that it takes away Muh Freedoms!
 
13244440:omnidata said:
The bar is there for kids or long rides, I can't see why you shouldn't use, although in M'urricah the only thing it has going against it, is that it takes away Muh Freedoms!
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oh yeah i don't always use it but for long rides or when other people are on the lift im more than happy to use it.

im just surprised that it's always a rule over there when usually the skiing rules seem to trend more nanny-ish over here than there
 
-Stay clear from those who are learning.

-On a crowded day in the park call your drop.

-Keep away from features that you have no intent on hitting.

-Stop and help if someone near you crashes and no one is there to help them. (can't tell you how many crying children with bloody noses I have came across alone.)

-On the subject of children, if they appear lost of confused please help them.

-Don't cut across the ski racers coarse (They don't like that).

-If someone loses a piece of equipment up hill, grab it (This really applies when you are above 7,000 feet)

-As tempting as it may be, stay out of roped off areas (That's just one more thing for ski patrol to worry about).

-The groomer has the right-a-way, and when push comes to shove will probably win.

-Keep your pass visible.

-Don't be that person who feels a 6 seat chair is all for you.
 
13244253:RubberSoul said:
huh i didn't know that. sorta surprising when most other aspects of euro skiing reflect the "im not your mother, do whatever you want but it's your ass if you get in danger" mentality over there e.g. fewer roped off zones and signs in front of cliffs
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Yeah it's weird, but it's so. It doesn't really correlate with the laissez-faire attitude elsewhere on the slope. But if there is a safety mechanism in place, that safety mechanism will be used. I definitely had to get used to that bar always coming down as soon as the chair leaves the ramp.
 
If you are seated on the left side of the chair make it clear that you need to go right, and will "go long" to do so.

When kids are on the same trail as you, treat them as though they are radioactive. Slow down and stay the fuck away from them. No need to be charging that gnar gnar blue groomer when kids are right there.
 
If you are seated on the left side of the chair make it clear that you need to go right, and will "go long" to do so.

When kids are on the same trail as you, treat them as though they are radioactive. Slow down and stay the fuck away from them. No need to be charging that gnar gnar blue groomer when kids are right there.
 
Only every skied Europe but I always put the bar down, I like to rest my feet on it.

But also I wish more people realised if your stopping before every feature, then someone coming from uphill has right of way. Nothing worse that finding a queue of people half way down.
 
On a normal trail, the downhill skier has the right of way. Also, look uphill when merging trails.

There is nothing worse than when you are minding your own business and some asshole comes barreling through the run and rocks you like a QB getting blindsided.

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1) When talking shut up

2) When talking to lifties, make they're lives easier

3) While moving your head and or eyes to watch PROOOSSSS, only move your eyes, and make sure you have mirrored lenses when doing so.

4) If your head is heavy, let it be

5) If you get caught smoking pretend the patrol are cops

6) If you get crap from the over-protective mom who is putting the bar down on the lift for her kid(s), whether you get hit or not, just tell the kid to do a duboppcork7bluntopphandunderflip. He'll know what to do next run.

7) If you hate on the park crew you are officially stupid.

8) If you see a trick/friend or something you like, yell as loud as possible so the next time you see the trick/friend or something you like it's just that much better:)

9) Never use to word etiquette in the park

10) Make people feel good about their skiing, even if that person is that kid pizzaing over the lip on the xgames course. They do not deserve the hate which is reserved for places like threads on ns.
 
13243334:john18061806 said:
Never call last run.
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Fucking did this yesterday without even realizing what i was doing...

On the way down I kept telling my self "i'll take another run" even though I wasn't.

You always have to be safe
 
as much as we all hate gapers on the inside, be nice to them in person, especially when there are parents around rocking down the park with their little kids climbing up the lip of that rail. there were a few kids going through the hike park at my hill last weekend and the park kids there don't mind and a kid who was hiking up actually helped push the kid up the lip so he could ski down and his parents were clearly happy about it.

Just try to give the park a good reputation since its an olympic sport now and therefore is super important to all those adults that just started hearing about it.
 
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