"GAPER" goes mainstream

[road trip]

NY Times Article on Baldface Lodge, BC

We dodged through glades of hemlocks tinseled with moss. Some seemed to shift and materialize without warning at the tail end of a swooping turn. Others occasionally drew one of us, head first, into the suffocating tree wells that form in deep snow around their trunks (hence the need to ski with a partner). On each run, both Ramin and our "tail gunner" guide skied with a pack containing shovels and avalanche probes, as did one other member of our group. Baldface was not a vacation aimed at "gapers," as some skiers term anyone who is hesitant or fumbling.

[glademaster]

Saw the article in print. Good stuff, very well written and unlike most mainstream media coverage of skiing, it wasn't dumbed down to the point of being painful for a knowledgable skier to read. It sure as hell made me wanna book a trip to Baldface, and it did the same thing to my dad, now if only they let people under 19 cat ski there.

[iceman]

They "occasionally" fell into tree wheels? What's the definition of "occasionally"? Every half hour or so?

[Aldo]

They "occasionally" fell into tree wheels? What's the definition of "occasionally"? Every half hour or so?

That's what I was thinking as I read it. I'm sure the guide was the one who leaked the phrase to them. I can see it now at the bar afterwards;
" This freaking reporter and his gaper friends were falling into every treewell they passed, it was ridiculous!"

[ulty_guy]

JONG can't be far away!