Good Patroller Bad Patroller

[summit]

Good Patroller: Poaching Wayback Quad liftline on North Peak at Keystone (of course I went through the trees, didn't cut the closure rope) and a patroller boards past me and several others and gives us the thumbs up. Run was fun though if you didn't know where the rocks were from skiing it a lot it might have sucked.

Bad Patroller: Came up Wayback Quad at 1500 (closing time for Outback Express which Wayback gets people out of) and there is a rope on the top catwalk between the main part of North Peak where all the slopes are as well as Santiago lift and the patrol shack separating that from the way down to Outback (South Peak). Totally flat. The closure sings face away from me to prevent people coming off Santiago lift from coming to the side of the rope I was on and heading towards Anticipation and Spillway down to Outback. I skate under the rope towards all the slopes and a patroller starts screaming at me to "turn around now and go back the other way! right now! or else! turn around now! go!" I am rather dumbfounded as I watch people come off Santiago lift right next to this numbskull on the side of the rope I am now on. So turn around and go back into the closed area as ordered and I bomb the ONLY slope left to me... Prospector (shitty blue-green groomer)... come up Santiago lift and look for the prick patroller but he is gone.

[Dr. Crash]

Originally posted by SummitCo 1776
Good Patroller: Poaching Wayback Quad liftline on North Peak at Keystone (of course I went through the trees, didn't cut the closure rope) and a patroller boards past me and several others and gives us the thumbs up. Run was fun though if you didn't know where the rocks were from skiing it a lot it might have sucked.

They better give you the thumbs up. What is it with patrollers that make them think they can close a slope and ski/board it anyways? If it's skiable, don't close it, dammit! And if you close it, respect your own rules.

drC

[Samwich]

I was at Whistler a couple weeks ago, and we built a decent sized booter in an out-of-the-way area. I was trying to perfect my blincolns (corked weirdish lincoln) off of it, and eating a lot of shit. I stood up off one of my wrecks and looked up the hill to see a patroller talking to my friends with exagerrated hand motions and a lot of yelling. I was too far away to hear what he was saying, but it didn't look good. From my experiences at Crystal, I thought he might be looking to pull some tickets. I hiked up to see what was what, and it turns out that he was yelling because he was stoked on the amazing ski day he had been having. He then asked if he minded if he hit our kicker with us. Super cool. He was doing a sweep at the end of the day and when he said it was time to go, he told us all to follow him and showed us an almost untouched stash. Why can't all patrollers be like that? They shouldn't be police, they should be there to help.

Although, i guess there are people that need policing, even among the skiing/riding community.

[summit]

Originally posted by Dr. Crash
They better give you the thumbs up. What is it with patrollers that make them think they can close a slope and ski/board it anyways? If it's skiable, don't close it, dammit! And if you close it, respect your own rules.

drC

i agree 1000000000%

i think the closure rope was a deterrant move in this situation to prevent gapers from accidentlyt wandering where they shouldnt while peopel who knew where they were going (ie, those who had skied it before or ridden wayback to survey the terrain firsst) could cut the trees below the closure.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Dood, its Keystone.

[bluewood_skier]

Originally posted by Samwich
I was at Whistler a couple weeks ago, and we built a decent sized booter in an out-of-the-way area. I was trying to perfect my blincolns (corked weirdish lincoln) off of it, and eating a lot of shit. I stood up off one of my wrecks and looked up the hill to see a patroller talking to my friends with exagerrated hand motions and a lot of yelling. I was too far away to hear what he was saying, but it didn't look good. From my experiences at Crystal, I thought he might be looking to pull some tickets. I hiked up to see what was what, and it turns out that he was yelling because he was stoked on the amazing ski day he had been having. He then asked if he minded if he hit our kicker with us. Super cool. He was doing a sweep at the end of the day and when he said it was time to go, he told us all to follow him and showed us an almost untouched stash. Why can't all patrollers be like that? They shouldn't be police, they should be there to help.

Although, i guess there are people that need policing, even among the skiing/riding community.

thats awesome man...there need to be more patrollers like him.