Replying to 1 am blueberry thought

Just got home and plopped down at the counter to eat some blueberries and had some thoughts I’ve been meaning to put out there.

Why do rails have paint like on the sides of them. Clearly they were painted at one point but the whole top area of every rail is missing the paint where skis make contact with it. Like that’s exactly what’d you’d expect, skis and boards knock off any paint they contact. But like, how does a rail get like that, surely you can’t grind a rail with a coat of paint right on top unless if it’s freezing cold. Maybe u can and I’m just tripping, but if anyone with park crew experience can explain this please share.


ps - I had a really good burger for dinner