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One time I was night skiing at good old jiminy peak, and it was pretty late so the park was starting to close up. I went to check if the park was open, and it was topped up, but some gaper at the top (who I presumed was ski patrol) said they were fixing a lip and I could go in. I duck the rope and hit some of their shitty features with my friend and we sit at the top of the jump line (one small shitty jump) and my friend drops in. On the knuckle was a snowboarder who worked park crew, and as soon as my friend went off the jump he threw his rake at the jump, nearly missing my friend, and preceded to go apeshit, saying something along the lines of "YO HOMIE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN THE PARK?! ITS CLOSED MOTHER FUCKER NOW I HAVE TO GO FIX ALL THE LIPS YOU FUCKED UP! GET DOWN HERE SO I CAN PULL YOUR PASS!" Well needless to say I wasn't having any of his bullshit, I tucked into the jump, Ollie's his rake and gave a hearty "fuck you!" As I co tapped over the jump and rode away. He chased after me for a little but but I got away. Then lapped the park again before he could get back up. Good times.
at Keystone, I almost got my pass pulled, for skiing down an open run. There is a bypass to get to the park, and it goes down a blue run. On one side of the run, they made kind of a skiercross course, with little jumps, rollers, and banked turns, and I hauled ass through that, because it was fun. there was a rope down one side so that if you were on the run you couldnt cross over, and vice versa. it was open on the top and bottom.
I rounded the corner, about to turn to go to the park, when I see a yellow guy, with a huge grin on his face yell to his partner "We got one!" then signal for me to talk to him. here's what happened.
me: 'whats up?'
yellow guy: 'what are you doing over there?'
me: 'skiing.'
yg: 'thats closed. why the hell were you over there? let me see your pass'
at this point i was kinda freaked out because i had a warning already and thought he was gonna pull my pass (more on that later)
me: 'sir, the run is open at the top. i have done nothing wrong'
he didnt believe me so he made me hike up to prove that it was open. then he accused me of opening it, but let me ski away.
Earlier in the season, i got an official warning for speed checking and spraying a tree as i exited the park.....
Keystone told me that since i didnt know their names, they cant do anything about it. neither of them were wearing a nametag.
from my earlier thread.... https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/727878/
at my home hill i was taking some inverts to snow. (didnt really stomp any) and i was yelled at by one of the elderly ski patrollers. and i just asked him why we cant practice inverts when we have an airbag for learning new tricks and he clipped my ticket. so i just got my employee pass for the day, lulz.
You just got to get friendly with them and Sam, the old lifty at the bottom. They are all locals/volunteers on the Mt. Abram ski patrol so if you go there enough and share a good 20 minute chailift ride (assuming it doesn't break down while you are riding it in which case it takes longer) witht hem you are okay. Literally I've cut ropes right in front of them and dropped "the cliff" when it has been closed while they rode on the chairlift above me and they don't give a damn. I didn't know anyone had ever actually gotten their pass pulled at Abram.
As for passes pulled, I was skiing at Killington on a powder day last year with a buddy of mine and we had been cutting a rope all day on closed trails. We were going down one run and we start freaking out because we see a middle-aged guy on the trail in a red jacket, black pants and a backpack. When we get down to him he pretends to be ski patrol and starts yelling at us for cutting ropes. My friend and I are shitting ourselves thinking we are going to lose our passes. Then he cracks the biggest smile and tells us that he is just kidding with us, he was just some local also cutting the ropes. It was probably one of the best pranks I have gotten pulled on me.
Lol, my mountain is way too strict. Pass was banned for like 3 weeks and had to talk to owner and manager guy, and then almost got fuuuuucked so many other times.
A couple years ago at breck my friend and I ducked a rope and ski patrol chased us down on a snowmobile and asked us what the hell we were doing. Played it off like we were stupid and told him we didn't realize the trail was closed and he just told us to be more careful and not let it happen again.
I blacked out drunk and fell over in the bathroom while peeing. I walked out adn asked security where my skis were and they took me to ski patrol where I vomitted everywhere. They took my pass for 2 weeks and I had to write them a letter to get it back.
As we get more snow, I figured I'd refresh this thread:
How to not get your season pass pulled while still having fun:
1. Make friends with people; all it takes is saying hi to lifties, saying hi to patrol, and just being nice in general. If you're known around the mountain as a friendly good person, you are much less likely to get your season pass pulled than an unknown guy.
2. Ski in control. Patrollers are good enough skiers to see who is in control and who isn't. If you're bombing down an icy run backseat, they will immediately recognize you aren't in control, and are a liability to those around you. Vice Versa, if you are in control, they will recognize that too. I've had laps where my friend and I were boosting sidebooters to the moon on blue squares, but when patrol caught up with us at the bottom, they just said, we can tell you guys know what you're doing, but dial it back just a bit around the other skiers for us please. Also, patrollers at Snowbird are pretty nice overall.
3. Don't duck ropes, if you duck a rope, you literally have no defense other than, well shit you got me, and hope the guy is in a nice mood, which brings me to point 4.
4. If you are caught/pulled over/crashed into someone, don't be a dick. Apologize profusely if you were in the wrong, and say, I'm sorry for whatever, it won't happen again, it's my fault. Patrollers are much more likely to give that guy a warning than the guy who yells, "HEY WHAT THE FUCK MAN, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!". If you don't believe you were in the wrong, wait for patrol to finish speaking, and then make your point. No one likes being interrupted, and he's much more likely to take what you say seriously if he sees that you can listen first. I've explicitly told patrollers before, I don't think I was in the wrong here, and this is why...
5. If you do run into someone who is truly being an absolute power freak and seems absolutely positively intent on pulling your pass despite you being completely reasonable, you have 2 options:
Option 1: Ask to speak to a supervisor or someone like that, offer to walk down the hill with your skis off with him so he doesn't think you'll run, and then you can explain the situation to someone who is much more reasonable.
Option 2: Book it. If you have a place where you can ski out of the resort and get back to the road, drop some layers, and do it. It's much cheaper to get a different set of outerwear and ski the rest of the year than it is to lose your season's pass and not ski. (Use this option only if he hasn't scanned your pass yet, and only in the case of last resort) If you follow the above steps, you will almost assuredly not have to do this, and keep in mind that if you are at any real mountain, there will definitely be a patroller who skis far better than you can.
This is good. But i'm confused about where I add in the crying.
BigPurpleSkiSuitAs we get more snow, I figured I'd refresh this thread:
How to not get your season pass pulled while still having fun:
1. Make friends with people; all it takes is saying hi to lifties, saying hi to patrol, and just being nice in general. If you're known around the mountain as a friendly good person, you are much less likely to get your season pass pulled than an unknown guy.
2. Ski in control. Patrollers are good enough skiers to see who is in control and who isn't. If you're bombing down an icy run backseat, they will immediately recognize you aren't in control, and are a liability to those around you. Vice Versa, if you are in control, they will recognize that too. I've had laps where my friend and I were boosting sidebooters to the moon on blue squares, but when patrol caught up with us at the bottom, they just said, we can tell you guys know what you're doing, but dial it back just a bit around the other skiers for us please. Also, patrollers at Snowbird are pretty nice overall.
3. Don't duck ropes, if you duck a rope, you literally have no defense other than, well shit you got me, and hope the guy is in a nice mood, which brings me to point 4.
4. If you are caught/pulled over/crashed into someone, don't be a dick. Apologize profusely if you were in the wrong, and say, I'm sorry for whatever, it won't happen again, it's my fault. Patrollers are much more likely to give that guy a warning than the guy who yells, "HEY WHAT THE FUCK MAN, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!". If you don't believe you were in the wrong, wait for patrol to finish speaking, and then make your point. No one likes being interrupted, and he's much more likely to take what you say seriously if he sees that you can listen first. I've explicitly told patrollers before, I don't think I was in the wrong here, and this is why...
5. If you do run into someone who is truly being an absolute power freak and seems absolutely positively intent on pulling your pass despite you being completely reasonable, you have 2 options:
Option 1: Ask to speak to a supervisor or someone like that, offer to walk down the hill with your skis off with him so he doesn't think you'll run, and then you can explain the situation to someone who is much more reasonable.
Option 2: Book it. If you have a place where you can ski out of the resort and get back to the road, drop some layers, and do it. It's much cheaper to get a different set of outerwear and ski the rest of the year than it is to lose your season's pass and not ski. (Use this option only if he hasn't scanned your pass yet, and only in the case of last resort) If you follow the above steps, you will almost assuredly not have to do this, and keep in mind that if you are at any real mountain, there will definitely be a patroller who skis far better than you can.
Had my pass clipped at A Basin when I was like 14. Had a speed warning from earlier that season. Ducked a rope like 10 ft in to send a side hit (at the red X)
They got me right when I ate shit on a box in the park lol. It was May and 3pm, so I didn't really worry too much about it.
larilinesignHad my pass clipped at A Basin when I was like 14. Had a speed warning from earlier that season. Ducked a rope like 10 ft in to send a side hit (at the red X)
They got me right when I ate shit on a box in the park lol. It was May and 3pm, so I didn't really worry too much about it.
You shoulda knocked the clown who clipped your pass out with the snow skate.
A few years ago on opening day, Timberline setup a mini hike park on the Bruno chair which is right next to the parking lot and in front of the lodge. My friend had a season pass that he pre-purchased online, but hadn’t walked into the lodge to pick it up yet. Anyways, we were having fun hiking rails and then a liftie walks down the hill checking passes. Gets to my buddy who casually says, “ I have a pass, just havent picked it up yet”. Liftie says, “prove it”, so they walk into the lodge together to get the pass. Homie picks up his pass, and boom, it gets pulled for 2-3 weeks for hiking rails without a pass.
There is only one power-tripping liftie at Tline who would do this. I’m sure locals could guess his name.
DeebieSkeebiesAre "No Inverts" still a rule at smaller hills back in the Midwest and East Coast?
Theres still some old signs under the park chair at Bittersweet but have not seen or heard of any enforcement for a few years. Plenty of folks getting upside down when theres a jump built.
r00kieTheres still some old signs under the park chair at Bittersweet but have not seen or heard of any enforcement for a few years. Plenty of folks getting upside down when theres a jump built.
dude nice. i remember moving from MI to UT and being absolutely mindblown that anything goes in the parks here haha.
JAHnA few years ago on opening day, Timberline setup a mini hike park on the Bruno chair which is right next to the parking lot and in front of the lodge. My friend had a season pass that he pre-purchased online, but hadn’t walked into the lodge to pick it up yet. Anyways, we were having fun hiking rails and then a liftie walks down the hill checking passes. Gets to my buddy who casually says, “ I have a pass, just havent picked it up yet”. Liftie says, “prove it”, so they walk into the lodge together to get the pass. Homie picks up his pass, and boom, it gets pulled for 2-3 weeks for hiking rails without a pass.
There is only one power-tripping liftie at Tline who would do this. I’m sure locals could guess his name.
I ski at a little 200ft tall hill in Ohio. One time ski patrol tried to take my pass because I was hitting a set of rails like 150ft uphill from this kid who was downed. It was frigging ridiculous, they even swung at me with their poles and told me to "sit" like a dog when I skied past them
