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Most Asshole Thing That Ski Patrol Has Done To You

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*JDBP*
Posts: 312 - Karma: 2,006
Clipping My Pass For Being Too Drunk.

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Oct 30 2013 10:13PM
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SHHAARROON
Posts: 273 - Karma: 234
most ski patrol are unpaid voulenteers unless you live outwest and have been with the patrol for like 10 years
Oct 31 2013 1:06PM
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Daph
Posts: 5978 - Karma: 5,009
when they went to pull my ski boot off of my shattered leg they took the shell off and then the liner so they had to tug on my snapped tibia, fibula and femur TWICE.

but really, they fucking killed it with my injury. they responded super quick and were professional as hell. some of them even came to the hospital to check up on me. ski patrol homiez are the best homiez.
Oct 31 2013 1:09PM
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,549
Donations keep us all in check man.
Oct 31 2013 1:16PM
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No.Quarter
Posts: 5257 - Karma: 16,962
I had a really close save after coming off a windlip and having rocks below me, i was able to ski it out and a patroller gave me a high five. I didn't want his fucking high five so I told him to fuck off because i am supposed to hate patrollers.
Oct 31 2013 1:18PM
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,549
Yeah I'm going to stop you there. I'm going to give you an example here. In all of Park City Mountain Resort's long history, there have only been 3 deaths as a result of avalanches. Awesome, right? Yeah problem is, those 3 deaths were a result of another person, up top, poaching a closed area, triggering an avalanche that killed the 3 people that were down in the open part of the bowl.

The fuck head that triggered the slide was fine.

So, no, there aren't people that can poach safely. If its closed, its closed for a damn good reason (east coast its not as clear cut).
Oct 31 2013 1:19PM
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*JDBP*
Posts: 312 - Karma: 2,006
The Beer Rule IS A Beautiful Thing.
Oct 31 2013 1:20PM
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Fromunda_Cheese
Posts: 37 - Karma: 58
Had a friend that was wearing boots that he'd gotten from another kid

They were rental boots from our resort and he had his own skis

Lifty noticed and called ski patrol over

He got arrested for having stolen property

Still had us all over for a party afterwards
Oct 31 2013 1:29PM
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No.Quarter
Posts: 5257 - Karma: 16,962
Your friends sound fucking retarded
Oct 31 2013 1:32PM
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Spiri7o
Posts: 2163 - Karma: 1,100
I've always been friendly with all the patrol
Oct 31 2013 1:35PM
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Rogge
Posts: 5773 - Karma: 3,930
Saved a bunch of peoples lives by dangerously controlling heavy avalanche terrain.

Fucking assholes...
Oct 31 2013 2:01PM
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Mama.
Posts: 3066 - Karma: 2,607
This. I don't have a single bad story about patrollers. I know several pro patrol guys at baker and they don't even tell me to slow down anymore.
Oct 31 2013 2:02PM
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ChargeTheTrees
Posts: 129 - Karma: 5
just stay away from south dakota, all of you would hate it. most of the fun i get out of skiing is loosing ski patrol. all our "patrollers" are absolutely horrible at skiing. but i guess the most dick thing they have ever done was when i was about 12 i was hitting a c box and caught and fell straight to my shoulder which broke my collarbone idk anyway the dumb motherfuckers put me in those shitty sleds, took me up the mountain and when the snowmobile stopped he kinda forgot a nigga was dragging by a rope with slack tied to the back, slowed down way to fast and i just slammed into the back of the sled. otherwise I'm not gonna hate on big mountain ski patrol dudes, yeah they can all be assholes but they do still serve a purpose no doubt.
Oct 31 2013 2:34PM
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first_rodeo
Posts: 2385 - Karma: 7,781
i dropped a beer getting onto the lift. i didnt pick it up in fear of falling over

SKI PATROL BEHIND ME PICKS IT UP AND RETURNS IT TO ME ON THE HILL


#bromleymountainlove
Oct 31 2013 2:45PM
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ndye
Posts: 3756 - Karma: 7,094
the biggest patrol dicks are generally east coast and midwest resort patrol who power trip hard and dont do anything more dangerous then testing out a mellow 15 degree tree run.

All the respect in the world for patrollers who have heavy real responsibilities and often see gnarly injuries. And also, I have had nothing but good experience with patrollers except for one experience at Lost Valley in Maine. Got a pass clipped for skiing switch, slowly i might add on an empty run.
Oct 31 2013 2:50PM
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Casey
Posts: 7849 - Karma: 24,317
Once me and my brother took a wrong turn out of bounds, ended up way too low and had to hike out 3hours as it started to get dark I called my friend at the lodge to let him know we were alive, no need to call patrol we'll be fine, well he called them anyway and they skinned out to make sure we were alright. They were super cool about it didn't even lecture us about fucking up. I really like patrol never had an issue with them being dicks to me.
Oct 31 2013 2:54PM
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Davin
Posts: 669 - Karma: 354
My friend and I went to hunter mountain NY for the first time. We had never been there before and as we were getting on the lift these two patrollers pulled us out of line. We are like yeah can we help you? They go if you EVER pull that little stunt you did on the lift yesterday again you will never ski here. I look at him and said you definitely have the wrong person it is our first days here. Hes like no I know it was you two and I see you here all the time. Im like alright man here look at this day pass. He looked at me with a pissed off face then left. Never even apologized... like what?
Oct 31 2013 3:02PM
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CJ_S
Posts: 543 - Karma: 312
There's a reason why ski patrol is out there, it's to help us. Sure some of them might be douches but the same is true when they're looking at us.
Oct 31 2013 3:06PM
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NH_OPERATOR
Posts: 1070 - Karma: 2,883
Ive only ever had ski patrol talk to me once or twice about skiing switch, trying to tell me its dangerous. I then proceed to flash my staff pass and inform them that I am instructor. They then leave me alone as I stare them down skiing switch down the hill away from them.
Oct 31 2013 3:17PM
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*JDBP*
Posts: 312 - Karma: 2,006
I Ski At Windham (Right Down The Road) And That Is Weird Because The Hunter Patrol Has Always Been Pretty Nice To Me. The Patrol Let Me Ski At Hunter For Free Once.
Oct 31 2013 3:30PM
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ChaseW
Posts: 267 - Karma: 177
was skiing opening weekend up at big sky and decided to follow the lift line to meet 6 patrollers at the bottom yelling at us for going down a closed run. got a free snowmobile ride to the bottom later to find out that the newb patroller forgot to put up the rope and signs showing that the run was closed. never even said sorry when they were in the wrong
Oct 31 2013 3:52PM
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PearTree-Prod
Posts: 116 - Karma: 882
So me and my friends decided to race down the hill and since it was during the school week nobody was at out mountain and we basically had the whole slope to are self. Well it turns out that ski patrol didnt think that and as we were getting back in line for the lift this guy calls us over and he says that we can either get are passes pulled or run halfway up a double black diamond which was pretty steep. The funny part was one of my friends had to run up and he didnt even race down
Oct 31 2013 3:55PM
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CheddarJack
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 7,380
They closed off a dangerous avalanche zone so I couldn't ski my favorite part of the mountain. What dicks.

Loljk #eastcoastprobz
Oct 31 2013 4:20PM
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shocker611
Posts: 2599 - Karma: 423
haha I can't even imagine if they started clipping passes at Brighton for drunk skiing. They'd lose half their pass holders on gaper day alone.
Oct 31 2013 4:46PM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 132
I made it a point to hit the park as much as I could when I patrolled...my excuse was that it made kids like us more ha
Oct 31 2013 5:00PM
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Casey
Posts: 7849 - Karma: 24,317
Ski patrol tried to clip my pass because they said I was too drunk.. I was like, first of all this is a bar, and second of all, if I'm passed out naked face down in a tree pit... I consider that a bar.
Oct 31 2013 5:26PM
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YoungJ
Posts: 447 - Karma: 883
it took 25 minutes for patrol to meet me at the bottom of mt snow when i cut open my inner lip and blood was pouring out,,,Ive been yelled at for going down a 'closed trail' --- a trail that someone labeled to be closed but never put the ropes up,,, yelled at for going switch but i just flash my instructor pass and tell them im practicing
Oct 31 2013 5:29PM
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PM4FreeJiberish
Posts: 447 - Karma: 3,533
Two years ago I was getting ready to hike up from the lift to do some backcountry. They were closing the gate in like 20 or 30min so I started hiking. As I am nearing the top I look back down to see a ski patrol hiking very fast behind me. He ended up passing me and closing the gate 5min before I got to the top. what an A$$ hole.
Oct 31 2013 5:32PM
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shr@gler
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Oct 31 2013 5:36PM
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Benson.
Posts: 2739 - Karma: 3,787
Haha that's actually really fucked up, why didn't he just tell you to turn back?
Oct 31 2013 5:43PM
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PM4FreeJiberish
Posts: 447 - Karma: 3,533
idk man, I mean i get he probably didnt want to have to wait for us to ski down but still. He said hi to us and everything as he passed.
Oct 31 2013 5:49PM
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JonasJuhler
Posts: 347 - Karma: 1,351
In all seriousness, You Have Got To Stop Doing That. My brain is not letting my read without weird confusion
Oct 31 2013 6:34PM
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WyattShapperd
Posts: 113 - Karma: 158
Someone called the ski patrol to come pull a bunch of my friends and i's passes because we took food trays from the day lodge and ran up a run and tobogganed down on them. Another person came less than a minute before the patrol got there and told us they were coming because they overheard the call, so we got away pretty fast. Most of the trays were broken so we just threw them in the woods.
Oct 31 2013 6:56PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
Wow, you must really suck at skiing.
Oct 31 2013 6:59PM
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C-Wal
Posts: 185 - Karma: 1,370
ski patrol in france are awesome, they usually leave you to do your own thing, only ever been told off for having a few too many drinks and getting a bit rowdy which is fair. Really helpful when you need it too.

Oct 31 2013 7:30PM
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bgeskior
Posts: 463 - Karma: 1,552
got my pass clipped on tuesday for going too fast, wasnt even going that fast
Oct 31 2013 7:56PM
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skibumb2929
Posts: 1119 - Karma: 1,475
damm puts shit in perspective
Oct 31 2013 8:16PM
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,549
THATS WHAT I SAY. Their argument is we "kill the vibe" which is bullshit for "liability"
Oct 31 2013 9:09PM
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.Asain-Skiier
Posts: 3708 - Karma: 977
AT keystone I got a bunch of people to bum rush the park when they closed it down for the day. I got caught and the guy said he was going to take my season pass. jokes on him I only had a day pass. But still, taking someones season pass for ducking a rope??? that's a bit unreasonable.
Oct 31 2013 9:24PM
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JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,176
I've never had problems with ski patrol. I rode a lift with one and he gave me like his whole life story after high school about his experience ski bumming and then becoming a patroller. So I think they're all pretty cool.
Oct 31 2013 9:24PM
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chacha33
Posts: 959 - Karma: 4,163
Yelled at my friend for dropping his pole after he ate shit hard on one of their shitty jumps he didn't respond because he was winded and gasping for air. They almost pulled his pass but he puked on one of their skis It showed those fuckers
Oct 31 2013 9:24PM
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LemmiwinksVT
Posts: 156 - Karma: -17
Can someone make another joke about how they're assholes because they are doing avy control. Really, please do. It keeps getting more and more hilarious; especially when posted by someone with an orange or green name.
Oct 31 2013 9:33PM
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CART.__.
Posts: 848 - Karma: 597
fuck lost valley man....

-went there last year
-wanted to mess around.
- base depth report on their website: 40"
- actual turned out it to be like 3"
- talked to manager
- wanted some sort of refund
- was a total dick
- gave up
- went home
- not going back
Oct 31 2013 9:47PM
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Protest
Posts: 37 - Karma: 253
I generally just avoid ski patrol, one time me and my friend jumped off the lift and they yelled though. But I mean who hasn't jumped off the life...
Oct 31 2013 9:52PM
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Shredsterr
Posts: 2090 - Karma: 6,930
Me because the only place at a safe height to do so at my mountain is covered in rocks.
Oct 31 2013 9:54PM
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mehregan15
Posts: 780 - Karma: 753
do they work harder then you?
Oct 31 2013 9:54PM
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AndrewUtter
Posts: 225 - Karma: 1,083
Made me kick down a kicker in the woods that I spent 2 hours making
Oct 31 2013 10:17PM
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CrotchKiller
Posts: 9037 - Karma: 6,943
hahahahahahahahahah


"100 times harder than you have ever worked in your life."

what utter bullshit
Oct 31 2013 10:31PM
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Beaansss
Posts: 301 - Karma: 985
The people that patrol slow zones are the only annoying people, other than that its chill.
Oct 31 2013 11:00PM
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guacashmole
Posts: 74 - Karma: 373
Legit
Nov 1 2013 12:49AM
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CHIDDY.G.
Posts: 228 - Karma: 185
They took my pass away for "speeding" the day before the last day of the season. dicks
Nov 1 2013 12:50AM
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