Replying to Blue Mountain Patroller Called Me a Stupid Idiot
So I'm riding at Blue this friday, and I decide I want to end my day doing some nice pow underneath the 6 chair at the north end. There's a few fun drops, some fresh snow, and plus not a lot of people ride in there cause they have it closed off.
Now, I understand that its a run that is closed off. They're worried about liability and such. I just get frustrated that in Ontario, they have to close off every single feature that is not in the terrain park. There's so much fun stuff you can ride, but they close it off. They can't just put a warning sign up instead. I thought part of the contract when purchasing a lift ticket was accepting the possibility of injury or death or whatever.....yet they put up all these safeguards! Its not that bad out west, but i guess its cause people can ski properly and there aren't all these people trying to do shit they can't handle.
So I try to enter the run (which I do almost every time I'm up there) and somehow I get caught by a patroller I didn't see (which is funny cause I totally thought I looked around to make sure I wouldnt get caught...i'm an idiot)...he gives me this huge lecture on how its closed off because there are trees and branches that could impale a "stupid idiot" like myself and he doesn't want to ruin his day to save some stupid idiot that killed himself.
So alas, I'm just complaining because if there is good snow, it seems that its rare you get to ride it out East because they need to close it off....you never know what lurks underneath that powder! Perhaps there's a mountain with rocks and such under that snow!
Ugh, anyway. just a rant. fuck i wanted to ride that run.
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