The Kindest Act You've Seen or Experienced on the Hill

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What are the kindest things a random shredder has done for you or others on the hill?

During a trip to Utah this January an Alta lifty was taking his last run down and saw me aimlessly digging for my lost GoPro and brought a metal detector up for three straight days and looked for it after I had gone back to Bozeman.

Or the week before that when a random lady on the bus at Schweitzer gave me and 3 friends a ride home after the bus broke down miles from our car in her tiny electric car with all our gear. Our skis literally touched both the front and back window.
 
Dude with a big Mercedes van gave 5 of us a lift up LCC when there was 2 feet of snow and they were literally checking tire tread depth.

I myself usually bring liqour for myself and give beers to lifties
 
Wiggled my way into one of my fav pow stashes on the mountain only to find a guy chillin there. At first I was bummed that someone found my stash, but then he offered me a J with a gentle nod and we both went on our ways.

No words, just beautiful generosity in a serene environment.
 
When someone's like hey let's ski together is a dope feeling, especially in a county where most people speak French on that part
 
I'm a WFR and early season at the bird some jerry fainted from the altitude in the tram and I didn't do anything about it bc there were ski patrollers at the summit. Whenever there are little kids that yard sale tho I feel bad cuz we were all there and I always collect their shit. Got a thank you from pep fujas's wife.
 
14038482:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
Dude with a big Mercedes van gave 5 of us a lift up LCC when there was 2 feet of snow and they were literally checking tire tread depth.

I myself usually bring liqour for myself and give beers to lifties
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Giving a beer to the liftie should be a normal practice amongst skiers.
 
Always help your fellow rider out wether it is a beer, a lighter, a let’s go make a few runs together, or just help pick up the yard sale.... we have all been in need at one time or another so always try to help. Good thread!
 
Out at Hood this year, a snowboarder was doing a front board on a down tube. He caught an edge and slammed his head on the snow. He proceeded to have a seizure on hill for about 10 seconds before coming back to reality. While extremely confused as to what was going on and where he was, my buddy (who had wilderness training experience) performed a full evaluation on him to make sure nothing serious was going on. We proceeded to call ski patrol and help get the snowboarder down the mountain.
 
14038585:Ginger_Drew said:
Out at Hood this year, a snowboarder was doing a front board on a down tube. He caught an edge and slammed his head on the snow. He proceeded to have a seizure on hill for about 10 seconds before coming back to reality. While extremely confused as to what was going on and where he was, my buddy (who had wilderness training experience) performed a full evaluation on him to make sure nothing serious was going on. We proceeded to call ski patrol and help get the snowboarder down the mountain.
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My best friends parents are doctors and hes seen some bad shit on skis happen to friends and everytime he sees a crash he has like PTSD but also runs to them no matter who and makes sure their heads good and everything. Great guy 10/10
 
14038599:Titus69 said:
My best friends parents are doctors and hes seen some bad shit on skis happen to friends and everytime he sees a crash he has like PTSD but also runs to them no matter who and makes sure their heads good and everything. Great guy 10/10
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Biggest thing is to WEAR A HELMET. Dude who fell probably would have had a minor concussion at worst had he had one on. Scary stuff man
 
14038601:Ginger_Drew said:
Biggest thing is to WEAR A HELMET. Dude who fell probably would have had a minor concussion at worst had he had one on. Scary stuff man
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Some employers require you to wear a helmet in any sort of activity such as skiing depending on the position you have with them. I know this because I went through it with my employer a few years back after wrecking my BMX and needing stitches on my head. I was warned to wear a helmet or I could lose my job.
 
14038611:oldmanski said:
Some employers require you to wear a helmet in any sort of activity such as skiing depending on the position you have with them. I know this because I went through it with my employer a few years back after wrecking my BMX and needing stitches on my head. I was warned to wear a helmet or I could lose my job.
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Its pretty standard at the big-name resorts owned by companies like Vail, Powdr, etc. that lifties or all on-mountain staff are required to wear helmets and especially if you'll be skiing on ride breaks or during your lunch. It was definitely recommended for lodging/food and beverage workers to wear them but we never really were required seeing as any time we skied was on our own terms/free time. Last I heard, Some of the Vail entities even had to check employees ski/snowboard gear and pass it off as "Good or bad" and was required in order for you to work your position. You'd have to use shitty loaner gear otherwise or wouldn't be able to work unless you came across good skis or whatever, at least what some of my friends had to deal with as lifties at PC in the recent years.
 
I used to always ski with a dece amount of bacon strips in my pocket to share with whoever I ended up on the lift with and lifties n shit. Bacon for everyone
 
i lost my ski one time a ways up the hill and some kid grabbed it for me, i gave him a ripped up dolla bill
 
jerry dad following young boarder through the park, decides to snake a DFD rail i was hiking with my dad. the jerry beefs and smacks head on rail goes out cold. We stay with the guy and sought out help.
 
Got a couple of good ones:

I broke my collar bone at Brighton. I was in trouble since my arm wouldn't work and I had driven myself up there. I also had a joint in my wallet that was in my back pocket. Convinced that if I went to the doctor they'd send me to jail because Utah yet unable to reach my back pocket given my enfeebled state, I ran around and yelled at people until, at last, some chivalrous young men understood my distress and came to my aid. I explained the gravity of my situation: I would surely be deported back to my homeland of Colorado if the authorities located the marijuana. One of them said "This doesn't have to be weird" and proceeded to fish the wallet out of my pocket. As a token of my goodwill and in fear of going to the doctor high, I bestowed the joint upon them. With the exception of my collarbone, everyone won in that situation.

Crashed hitting a cliff at A basin and lost a ski. It was a fat powder day in January and the ski didn't turn up despite my best efforts and some help from ski patrol. I left my number with the mountain ops people and in July they called me up to tell me they retrieved the lost ski after 6 months of being buried.
 
Maybe 5 years ago I was going down a mellow glade run when I saw a young kid (maybe eight years old) looking for a ski in the deep powder. I stopped and helped him and after maybe 10-20 minutes we were able to find it. He thanked me, so I kneeled down and told him, "if you keep on skiing hard and believe in yourself, you will really go places." He nodded and skied away.

That child's name? Tom Wallisch.
 
no specific incident but just general helpfulness from good park skiers to those that want to get better at park. Last week at timberline there was a lad who was clearly nervous and apprehensive to try their first rail, There was this group of park skiers that asked if he wanted help and taught him the basics of getting on a rail. Everyone cheered when he fell, but lapping by the rail you could see him hiking it. I was afraid to get into park because my local park is right under a chair lift, i didnt want to be seen falling and hurting myself. I now wish that there had been some support net from other park skiers at that time. I would have started park much earlier than 16 years old if there had been someone or a group to help me get started. Now, i try very diligently to be positive and assist those beginning skiers
 
This year I saw this young kid that had lost his ski and pole pretty far up the slope so I got it for him and helped him put it back on.
 
When I broke a bunch of ribs. As I lay there waiting to breath again, the rest of my season flashing before my eyes. Some lady comes up to me and starts poking me all over and asking lots of stupid questions and all I could say was fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck................
 
Wicked deep day at canyons like 6 years ago dude whips out a bag of bacon in the lift line and was sharing it with people. Shout out to that guy I think about that all the time
 
14038500:LukeTheWaffle said:
When someone's like hey let's ski together is a dope feeling, especially in a county where most people speak French on that part
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This I can totally relate to. Went solo a couple days this year far from home and it was really nice/cool to be able to ski with complete randos all day.

Witnessed nice deed? Saw a snowboarder at Wolf Creek this year on a pow day, trudging it down the mountain. He lost his board on the chairlift. Figuring I could maybe spot that popsicle as I rode the lift up, I scoured the land. No avail. The next day, I saw a skier carrying a snowboard down that he found buried in snow near the top. Pretty nice of him considering all the freshies he had to give up to bring that board down. I wonder if the snowboarder ever got his board back...
 
My friend and I spotted some license under the lift first chair up this spring when the snow was icy af. Waited a lap to see if someone would get it and then skied down and gave it to the liftie
 
14038986:OCoffey said:
My friend and I spotted some license under the lift first chair up this spring when the snow was icy af. Waited a lap to see if someone would get it and then skied down and gave it to the liftie
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I found multiple season passes this season, always hung them up at the nearest lift/gave to a liftie.
 
Digger @ Hood let the group finish a piff so we could hit a flat rail before shraking, all time
 
I found a phone on Aspen Mountain where the two valleys converged into one trail. Somehow it wasnt cracked from somebody skiing over it considering it is a congested area. I gave it to a gondola operator at the bottom. Hope he found it.
 
At Whitewater on the tripple chair; a snowboarder handed me a beer on the way up! I sparked a doobie for him in exchange. You wont be seeing this much anymore....
 
14040094:GeorgeWBush said:
forgot about the time at brighton when we didn't have enough cash for passes and these randos leaving at noon gave us their passes for the day
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Dood...

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14040094:GeorgeWBush said:
forgot about the time at brighton when we didn't have enough cash for passes and these randos leaving at noon gave us their passes for the day
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This year for Frank at Alta I was just sharing a pass with a friend until these two old sisters had a day pass I could take when I was just asking randos, cost me my homies last 2 Busch's but the party started from there on.
 
14040133:Titus69 said:
This year for Frank at Alta I was just sharing a pass with a friend until these two old sisters had a day pass I could take when I was just asking randos, cost me my homies last 2 Busch's but the party started from there on.
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seems like a fair price
 
I am from Seattle, and I was visiting Australia in August a few years ago and skied at Perisher. I guess I sliced a hole in the outside of my pants when I crashed in the park on the last run, and I didn't realize that my wallet fell out. I made it all the way to my car and found out someone had picked up my wallet and had been following me down the run, and walked a long way into the parking lot to return it to me. Very kind.
 
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