Replying to Crested Butte
So I would first like to say that yes this is in a way a rant for a season that was not all it was cracked up to be. Because of the management and ski patrol at crested butte. Never until this season have I had my pass be threatened and I had it happen 4 times this season at the butte for stupid things. Or maybe it was just the people in this valley having their heads in the ground and not realizing there is skiing outside of here. . This year I moved to Gunnison so I could ski all the time and go to college. The ski resort is crested butte. A mountain that prides it self in it’s “extreme” terrain. Well this year they also got a sponsorship through DC that was supposed to make their park one of the top 10 in the country. Good laugh. Their park is about the same size as the medium parks everywhere else in the area. And the “superpipe” is the biggest joke I have ever seen. Which brings me to my frustration. Yesterday at the butte 3 of my good friends got their passes pulled and banned for life because they took a box from the side of the jib park that was taken out and set it up in front of a kick that was already there. Now don’t get me wrong. I don’t think it was the best decision, but the park crew at cb is not very good and generally are lazy and not on top of things. Such was the case with this box. I give them credit, they try, but they still are not to good at what they do. Most features are usually sketchy for one reason or another. When we got there at noon yesterday they had 2 jumps for rails sitting there with nothing to hit because they decided to pull out the boxes for some reason. My friends just pulled a box in front of one of those old kicks and started sessioning it. They were skiers and boarders. So I ask you all. What’s wrong with that? To me, that’s just a fun session. I was on my down to hit it when they got them pulled. Do you think that there is justification for banning them for life? I don’t think it does, If anything they should have just been told to put it away. I believe at least. I also don’t think it does much for the image of the mountain either. Which out side of the butte does not have the friendliest of images. The guy who pulled their passes, is the mountain manager h-bomb. So basically the biggest guy at the resort. I don’t know about you guys but I feel that when someone like that is getting on kids for trying to have some fun, idk. It makes me not want to be here anymore. It makes me think why do other people have to ruin other peoples fun just because it is not what you do. I know the mountain manager is not the most liked person and seems like a park hater. Does anyone else think it just sounds to convenient?
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