Writing a formal letter to my ski hill- Advice?

Find out who is in-charge for whatever your concerns are. It'll seem more personable. Consider not using words like "good-times", instead, find something a little more appropriate and somewhat "professional".

Other than some other little grammatical errors, I'd say your off to a great start.

Dear Birch Hill Recreation Area Staff,

                To start off with, I, Adam Shilling, have skied your hill for the past three or four years, along with plenty of my friends. We have had an unfathomable amount of fun and good times out there, and we would jus t like to say thank you for the facilites and good environment you have set up for us.

                In the past couple of years we have started to progress towards freestyle skiing/snowboarding, and have started to hit more jumps and rails in your terrain park. After landing (and crashing) countless times on your jumps we have a pretty good feel for them. The way the jumps are constructed are honestly too flat. When people land they have so much force coming straight down that it causes much pain and discomfort to absorb all of that momentum with your body. However, with steeper landings and a defined knuckle, these problems could be avoided, making for an incredibly nicer jump with virtually the same amount of snow. However a steeper landing would take more of that downward force out of the initial impact and let you ride out much cleaner.

At the beginning of the season there were the 2 main jumps, and the first one was beautifully constructed. It had a not incredibly poppy lip, a defined knuckle, and a steep landing.  The second however had a very poppy take off and a flat landing, so like earlier described it would hurt very much  to land.

What should be done is the landings need to be steeper and longer. If you make a defined knuckle (the area where the angle changes from up to down) you will then be able to make a steep landing which will help cause less injuries and more fun.

As a side note: There are many advanced riders that ski/snowboard at your hill. You really do have the best park in Alaska. However alongside your jumps being very flat, they are also very small for more advanced riders. The Step-Up at the bottom of the hill is by far the biggest jump but because the ramp is so flat and the landing is so flat, your airtime is just as much as a smaller jump. People would be much more satisfied if there was a larger jump, preferably 30+feet (ramp to knuckle).

If there are any laws or regulations that are keeping this from happening I apologize, for I was not aware of said restrictions. But if not, I really think the Cat driver and the rest of the staff should really consider these ideas, because I think they would be in the best interest of all the park riders here at Birch Hill. I would also be incredibly willing to assist or further explain ideas in person.

Less important suggestion: putting up more rails

Thank You For Listening,

Adam Shilling

(907) 322-2320

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Sounds really good..... one stupid little thing.....

the "2" in "2 jumps"  should be changed to "two"  (numbers less then ten are spelled out more than 10 are left numbers ie. 2367)