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.CJ.Same with Mt. Hood Meadows and Ski Bowl, they need to learn what wax is.
dyerI almost did a tomahawk once bc of this. I might talk to one of them next time I'm up there or bring my own BSD wax and better up all the rails.
TheSkierGuyIs it just me or are all the features super sticky? Coming from bear mountain the rails were always so slick, why cant KEYSTONE PUT SOME WAX ON THEIR DAMN RAILS
.CJ.Same with Mt. Hood Meadows and Ski Bowl, they need to learn what wax is.
funkynuggzif the rail is sticky then next time around jus bring some wax and do it your self, or hike back up or next time thru see test it out.
.CJ.I haven't been to Ski Bowl in a while so I'm not sure if they have gotten any better. As for Meadows, most of the rails in forest park are fine, but the down part on the dfd and the end of the down shotgun in shipyard needs a nice lube up.
Swandog7Warmer temps bring sticky rails. Could be the environmental situation. From where IM from whenever it get real warm after its been fairly cold it gets real sticky
Queen_SelassieGo to Copper instead. Rails slide smooth and no crowds. The park set up is insane right now too!
T.L.Resorts do not wax rails. Most of the time a sticky rail is because of environmental factors that can't be controlled like humidity and temperature. The most they might do is give it a quick spray down with PAM or some other type of cooking spray.
T.L.Resorts do not wax rails. Most of the time a sticky rail is because of environmental factors that can't be controlled like humidity and temperature. The most they might do is give it a quick spray down with PAM or some other type of cooking spray.
CoreyTrevorSame, I literally have nearly eaten shit
T.L.Resorts do not wax rails. Most of the time a sticky rail is because of environmental factors that can't be controlled like humidity and temperature. The most they might do is give it a quick spray down with PAM or some other type of cooking spray.
Queen_SelassieGo to Copper instead. Rails slide smooth and no crowds. The park set up is insane right now too!
ndyeWait wait wait, have you been riding Copper? Hit me up sometime! Too easy to get trapped with gapers on the lift over here
MarcuntusJust a thought - Bear mountain temps average 50 degrees throughout the entire season. No sticky rails here.
Btw for anyone thinking of making the trek to so cal, bear mtn is SO much fun right now
ndyeRails do get sticky because of environmental factors, 100% true, but when the rails at copper get sticky, park crew has blow torches and some form of wax that they use on features to grease them up.
Maybe someone can back that up for me, but its quite the scene when they are waxing different rails. We used to use rub on wax for many of our rails at my home hill too. MANY park crews will do this.
Source: Eyes and working on park crew and having waxed rails.
ndyeWait wait wait, have you been riding Copper? Hit me up sometime! Too easy to get trapped with gapers on the lift over here
BortyI've honestly never really heard of this.
If you clean your rails properly in the off season you can get rid of a lot of stickyness. Just wire brushing, then flap discing them smoother. Some places don't paint the rails after that and leave them bare metal.
Idk, if the rails are cleaned well enough, I don't think there's a need for wax but I guess different people do different things.
I've heard of(and have done) throwing some silicone spray on boxes before. In the spring if theyre getting sticky.
Big_MtnSki bowl has been slacking lately... Maybe its because the rails didn't get used last season. Meadows has been pretty shitty too. No issues at Timberline though.
TheSkierGuyHell yeah it was so good to be home! The rails at bear are too fun, honestly love the set up of CO resorts but the rails are just too damn sticky to do anyyyything
Marcuntushaha i'm gonna guess that you're the infamous trevor? I don't know you personally but I was riding around with tanner and travis and they were swapping stories. Hope you're killing it out there!
ndyeIts big at Copper, if a rail is sticky and noticeably so for a number of people, it will only be a matter of a couple laps before park crew is there waxing the rail. We rarely had to do it back east, but it really does make a world of difference for a high traffic park.
BortyInb4 OP has razor sharp edge and is hitting rails on race skis or something.
MinggIf you see someone on park crew, let them know. Odds are they are unaware so just let them know. From my experience, they want to give you guys a fun park so if something isn't right they will do what they can to make it better!
Jbreschagreed, yet to find a park crew that won't help out
MinggDamn. I don't know why that got so downvoted... I know a lot of parks don't wax or anything. But if a rail is wearing down wrong and just naturally sticky, I'm sure the park guys want to know so they can fix it or put a different feature in. But complaining about it online gets you nowhere. At least let them know so they can do something about it... damn, I don't know whats so wrong with that?
