Ski Etiquette and Courtesy

-eREKTion-There's a lot of pretty basic ski etiquette that we all observe; don't snake people, don't use lips as jumps, don't cut the lift line, etc. But there's still a lot of things that happen on the mountain that piss me off. Mainly, I hate when upper mountain lifts aren't running (wind, weather, whatever) and people decide to traverse as high as they can across the faces just to get ~10 turns. Then the top opens and there's massive fucking traverse cuts through the runs. The wind holds in Mammoth makes this especially egregious and sometimes there's 2ft wide traverses across the hill. Like, just fucking wait and hour and actually enjoy the top of the mountain when it opens. Nobody thinks your 10 mom carves are cool.

What are some other unofficial rules that skiers should follow?

mystery3Also please don't litter. Anywhere. Ever. It should be punishable by public flogging in my opinion.

DIRTYBUBBLEIf you use the singles line as a group when the lift line is long:

1. FUCK YOU for slowing down the singles line

2. You are a fucking moron because the group line moves just as fast when it’s not clogged with you stupid assholes

BigPurpleSkiSuitI rarely get pissed on the mountai, but my big one is people blocking my passes especially on a traverse. I ski faster than most, so I usually will pass people by going around them on the traverse. I have noticed some people try to block me passing them. I hate this and if you're doing this I will push you over. I always say: coming up on your left left left left or right right right right and then you purposefully move to block me. Most notably I took out a few snowboarders who did this on road to Provo rope drops on powder days. I always made sure to pass under them so they can hold their line and they still tried to drop down on me to prevent me from passing. So I just held my edge and pushed back, two points of contact are easier to balance on than one.

nelesonCorck etiquette should be established. It pisses me off watching people get away with looking at their toes and calling corcks. Its like saying a straight air is a backflip. Like whats the fucking point learning corcks properly when you could just spin a seven and call it a dub. Everyday there are millions of questionable corcks done when are we as a community going to stop this retarded action and bring back proper tricks.

CLQIf you want to listen to music, bring headphones not a speaker. Even if the I like the song you’re playing, it still sounds like shit.

cultraraStill got on the chair with them and went to the back of the line next time.

CLQIf you want to listen to music, bring headphones not a speaker. Even if the I like the song you’re playing, it still sounds like shit.

seanahue.people stepping on my tails in liftlines drives me insane, and usually leads to a solid tail slap back on their noses so they get the point.

on the other hand, i step all over the tails of people not understanding what "merging" means in the lift line, or race teams that understand the concept perfectly well, but think they don't have to abide by it (exception: actual event days).

call it a double standard, whatever, if you don't understand what i mean i'll probably be stepping on your skis soon ;)

CLQIf you want to listen to music, bring headphones not a speaker. Even if the I like the song you’re playing, it still sounds like shit.

SavageBiffResorts that close at 430 fuck them I didn’t come to spend money at your resteraunts

Mtuhockey33+1 for people ramming their tips into my tails in line. One way ticket to me being a dick to you. Especially if you have rentals. Fuck you.

One thing that will always piss me off is ski instructors that take their kids into places they shouldn’t and then have them traverse coast to coast. I don’t normally have problems with everyday skiers / jerry’s cutting my line off but if there’s a ski instructor with a class, 9/10 times he’ll cut my line and tell me to “slow down” 🙄

Crust_StationI was coaching at nationals this year and there were these parents watching slopestyle from in the park instead of the designated viewing area and these fucks literally called ski patrol on a group of snowboarders that were ripping through the park. I guess one of them got sprayed and that ruined their day. Fuck people in parks that dont belong in parks.

SendyMcSendyfaceI rode a few times with one guy this year, on our shitty 190' local hill. If the people in front of us didn't have exactly 4 people in their line, and nobody was joining them, he'd loose his shit. Screaming, and cursing at the people in front. Like jesus christ chill man, you don't have to roast the asian dude that's just trying to get his kids on the chair in front of his whole family. So what if you are 15s later to the top? Riding with him was fucking embarrassing. I ditched him after he started trying to pick fights with the other locals. Has anyone else seen dudes like this?

SavageBiffIf I ever see your east coast hating ass I’m following you around with the loudest speaker playing the dumbest fucking song until I shove you into a tree dick

SavageBiffFuck ski school skipping the line that’s bs!

CLQI will just go off piste and ski pow, you won’t be able to catch me since you don’t know how to ski powder.

-eREKTion-There's a lot of pretty basic ski etiquette that we all observe; don't snake people, don't use lips as jumps, don't cut the lift line, etc. But there's still a lot of things that happen on the mountain that piss me off. Mainly, I hate when upper mountain lifts aren't running (wind, weather, whatever) and people decide to traverse as high as they can across the faces just to get ~10 turns. Then the top opens and there's massive fucking traverse cuts through the runs. The wind holds in Mammoth makes this especially egregious and sometimes there's 2ft wide traverses across the hill. Like, just fucking wait and hour and actually enjoy the top of the mountain when it opens. Nobody thinks your 10 mom carves are cool.

What are some other unofficial rules that skiers should follow?

Segsxithis one is especially important in the backcountry

I don’t know how much more clear I would have to make myself but people Please educate yourself on avalanche safety, enter the BC with the right equipment, and always be aware that there are plenty of other people nowadays that have the same idea as you do (some of them are complete BC Noobs). This causes for congestion and potentially dangerous situations.

Etiquette and courtesy is really common sense. Common Sense can be the difference between Life and Death in the BC. You’d be surprised the amount of people I’ve came across in the BC and sidecountry who don’t have beacons, who Can’t ski good at all, and who are completely unaware of how stupid they really look and sound.

That brings up another point don’t retaliate at someone who is trying to help you. You are not as good as you think you are, nobody is and there is always something new to learn. So don’t be a dick if someone tells you that you can use some improvement

DominatorJacquesI'm glad you asked for some other things. cuz you sound like a whiner over nothing right here.

theabortionatorI hate that some runs end up being a "right of passage" or something like that. OOOO we didn't a bunch of blacks, oooooo we wedged down the steepest trail on the mountain.

SavageBiffYou could never outski me
Hopefully u can make it to the highland bowl or Corbett’s we can comp there 💵 or maybe we could try something actually steep if your bony little legs are as strong as your ignorant mouth

^hate this people like this guy sad lil shmucks

-eREKTion-And you don't have any pet peeves about antics on the mountain, zen master?

patskis22what are corcks

big.loveHate me too if you want, but the attitude represented in your statements is repulsive. I hope you're just a keyboard worrier or drunk or something; not like this in real life, especially while on hill.

DlonettiParents/ski instructors bringing little kids into the park to learn the basics of skiing. Like go to the bunny hill it’s not fun trying to get laps when you got a 5 year old and their jerry dad snow plowing down the park at 3 mph and then of course they have to practice using the tow rope and they end up falling and stopping it

SavageBiffand pull your pants up

CLQI will just go off piste and ski pow, you won’t be able to catch me since you don’t know how to ski powder.