Replying to People who shouldn't be in the park
First off let me say that everyone on the mountain is entitled to ski where ever as long as they're not endangering others. But i think some people need to stay out of the park, or the mountains need to do a better job educating people on the dangers and the ettiquette involved with park skiing. I'm talking about the run of the mill skier who thinks it's fun to take their family through the park. I find it very frustrating as they're endangering everyone (especially themselves). Several times i've had to mark off a jump and tend to a injured skier who had no idea how big the jump was they were going off.
I think park skiing is very similiar to a surfing lineup. In surfing, you don't just paddle out to an expert break and go for waves, because they'll own you, or someone will take care of it for you. But in surfing there's a clear code of ettiquette that every begginning surfer is taught or should be taught.
We've all read the skiers code, but it's not park specific. I think parks should be better marked and in low traffic areas. Kirkwood probably has the best regulation, you have to buy a pass ($5 for the season) to ski the totally roped off superpark. This keeps all the people who aren't in the park to ride park, out of the park.
So that's my little rant, i'm not sure what can be done, but i think the issue needs to be addressed better.
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