Replying to My Issue With My Home Mountain Park Crew

Just to preface – I haven’t worked on a park crew before. If I am completely off base, feel free to tell me.

At my home mountain, the park crew gives updates via social media about the conditions of the park. On a particular day, I went up skiing, assuming that the park was a go since they hadn’t given any updates.

The previous 2 days, it snowed about a foot, but I assumed they would have dug out some rails at least for us night shredders to hit.

When I arrived, they had closed off every feature. Snow was caked on rails, on takeoffs, etc. Not even one feature was open.

I politely asked a park crew member if I could dig one rail out myself, do their work for free. I just wanted to ski some rails, man. With my work schedule, I don’t get pow days anymore. Park skiing is my mental outlet now, I love it.

But I was denied and cussed out by this park crew member (why, btw. I didn’t say anything rude at all LOL)

In the mountain biking scene, if a trail needs maintenance, 99% of the time, you can fix it up yourself. Patch up trails, sweep dirt jumps, etc… people appreciate that.

Why can’t the park skiing world adopt this? If someone wants to genuinely help and create more fun for others and themselves, why is that a problem? Liability is no longer a relevant excuse.

Anyways, hope my rant makes sense. I’m guessing there are guys on NS that work on park crews that handle things better than this other dude did, and I appreciate all your hard work and give you all major props!!

Cheers