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Unusually formal signs for ordinary stuff remind me of NFL referees who announce penalties like they were a judge pronouncing a death sentence--and they are happy to take their sweet time doing it.
Another one from Palisades--"Push to operate door". Not a power assisted door either. Most places would just say "push" although to be fair half the people will pull.
This is the equivalent of a " Beware of Dog" sign . If you have a vicious dog that escapes and bites someone a good lawyer will point out you knew your dog was vicious because you posted the sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Close the damn trail if it's dangerous
It’s not that cut and dry. Some of the steep stuff softens up as the day goes on and has been really fun lately. But people get in over their heads or ski too fast when they should dial it back. Same shit happens on powder days too, which is why patrol usually doesn’t open the palisades on the weekend, for example. Not really a fan of closing terrain, some of it is always dangerous regardless of conditions. I’m pro personal responsibility in that sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by AirheadD8
That is why my signs say: Dog On Premises.Quote:
Originally Posted by AirheadD8
Ooof.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
It’s so sad that is a kt22 sign. In February.
But yeah, carnage is nasty.
I feel bad for anyone with a compound fracture. Or any fracture.
A heads up sign is good.
But my first thought was that if the sign isn’t there, I can charge Mach looney? And then sue.
Fuck lawyers. The world needs more dentists.
Ha! I like this...Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Gaper quoteQuote:
Originally Posted by AirheadD8
It’s insane how many people willingly pass right by a “Beware of Dog” sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by powdrhound
I have one of those and even laminated my own little sign in addition that says “Delivery People. Please leave packages outside the gate. Dog in Yard”
aaaand they still fairly regularly just stroll on through and then are outraged when Baxter ambushes them.
When did you work at Sugarbush? I worked there in kids' ski school the winter of '01 - '02.Quote:
Originally Posted by babybear
Lol I have never heard that before. I'm stealing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Our dear friend Buster sez:Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
There's louder, there's chowder, and there's powder.
Or, say, eastern skiers only.Quote:
Originally Posted by AirheadD8
I’ll take the bait and point out that there is nothing on the east coast (inbounds) like chute 75 when it’s slick. We get plenty of shit fuck conditions out here too… unfortunately more frequently these days. They closed it because someone died there 2 weeks ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Oh, just ribbing you. And, I have to admit, I was making very selective choices on steeps when I was there a month ago, so now it has to be really interesting off a groomer on anything steep. But, I always get a kick out of hearing western skiers complain about "ice".
Having spent years in both the midwest and the east, I'll put a PNW ice storm and skiing up against anything.
Yeah, I can testify about Chute 75. I got hurt on a powder day--following rain, when the snow had slid off the upper half, leaving an ice base. And my son got hurt ski cutting Rock Garden next door in dust on crust conditions. Neither run was closed either time. And we're talking water ice--not west coast "ice".Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
Light Towers at Palisades Tahoe can be really sketchy like that
Ha, not sure if you follow the Tahoe thread but I just posted yesterday about my friend and I having to side slip down the top portion of light towers earlier this week. Late afternoon and we thought it might have softened up. We were wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Self Jupiter
Was riding the padded seats a few weeks back with a younger guy who had just moved from Pennsylvania. He was marveling at the awful conditions that were worse than anything he had experienced back home and asked me if there was anywhere with decent snow. I told him to try International, but be careful at the top pitch, lower down the snow is better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
I did a lap and came back around. He was still standing at the top.
East coast doesn't get refrozen avalanche rubble as far as I know either.
I didn’t invent the phrase loud powderQuote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
Actually saw or heard it on a daily snow report once I moved to New England.
It makes me laugh. Powder. Real powder. It’s never loud.
The other New England phrase is velvet. That’s the shit under a snow gun.
Alpental is one of the few, if not only places I have seen legit blue ice. And look at my username.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
The 3 plus feet of wet concrete on top wasn't so great either, tbh. Being pointed downhill but not moving was odd.
No, I'm sure it's a great area on weekdays when I'm not a total gaper with foggy goggles.
Anyway, is everywhere dry right now? This sucks. I have no work or gf and instead of snow, it sunny and 45+.
Obviously, I should have been more insistent on getting to to sacrifice noods to Ullr.
I’ve mostly heard velvet used in reference to snow in Alaska.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
After reading this my Quote is not a gaper quote now ? Trail should have been closed ?Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Maybe it's a staffing thing ? Putting signs up vs have someone actually see if a trail is safe ?
I agree that the ice here in the west has never touched the eastern equivalent of iciness (that doesn't look like the correct spelling to me but i'm told it is)
but I would also probably exclude Washington/PNW from my above generalization. they get rain like VT does
little before that. '97-'00Quote:
Originally Posted by mogul5480