The Ten Commandments

[AltaPowderDaze]

i ran across this again the other day. take note:

http://www.pawprince.com/pawprince/w...s/ten_nots.htm

[powderdave]

"FOUR SCORE AND A FEW YEARS AGO, our Forefathers and Foremothers foreskinned upon thy powder."


"foreskinned" - does that involve snow? And, can women "foreskin" powder too?

[aspenskibum]

5) Thou Shall Not Willingly Cross Thy Neighbors Tracks
Unless by previous agreement, like 8’ing tracks, skiing over the top of someone’s fleeting artwork is bad manners, doubly so if you biff. Find fresh lines if you have to, or spoon if you must. Punishment? Cross a track, break your Mother’s back. It’s that simple.

this is retarded

[bcrider]

5) Thou Shall Not Willingly Cross Thy Neighbors Tracks
Unless by previous agreement, like 8’ing tracks, skiing over the top of someone’s fleeting artwork is bad manners, doubly so if you biff. Find fresh lines if you have to, or spoon if you must. Punishment? Cross a track, break your Mother’s back. It’s that simple.

this is retarded

Why?

When you’re in the backcountry there is typically no reason to cross anyone else’s tracks due to the abundance of untracked snow.

Skiing over someone’s tracks in the bc is bad etiquette and bad style…not to mention a very gaperish thing to do. If you must cross the tracks due to route selection at least ollie or bunny hop it.

[StroupSkier]

Why?

When you’re in the backcountry there is typically no reason to cross anyone else’s tracks due to the abundance of untracked snow.

Skiing over someone’s tracks in the bc is bad etiquette and bad style…not to mention a very gaperish thing to do. If you must cross the tracks due to route selection at least ollie or bunny hop it.

What is the line is one of those retarded ones where they skied a few turns, each in varying radius, crossed the slope after they picked up speed, made a few more, slightly wider turns trying to control speed, followed by a bombhole where that didn't work, and finally a wide swath of scraped snow where they snowplowed the rest of the way down?

Then can we cross their tracks?

[Woodsy]

only if you bunny hop to switch
those are great and should be posted at trailheads around the US.

[aspenskibum]

it seems to me you'd have a ginourmous stick up your ass if you let a great day in the bc be ruined by someone crossing your tracks. especially since that person is probably your freind anyways. also, i thought the point of skiing was to enjoy skiing, not to make pretty little tracks.

[bcrider]

it seems to me you'd have a ginourmous stick up your ass if you let a great day in the bc be ruined by someone crossing your tracks. especially since that person is probably your freind anyways.

Who said anything about letting it ruin a killer day in the bc???
We were just talking about how its kinda bad form and a jong thing to do.

also, i thought the point of skiing was to enjoy skiing, not to make pretty little tracks.

Part of the enjoyment in bc skiing is looking back at the artwork you and your frinds leave on the giant, white canvas. Resort skiing is probably different since this concept would be impossible to instill in a liftline full of jongs and gapers.

[marshalolson]

unless there is a reason to cross someones tracks, don't cross them.

[cj001f]

Part of the enjoyment in bc skiing is looking back at the artwork you and your frinds leave on the giant, white canvas. Resort skiing is probably different since this concept would be impossible to instill in a liftline full of jongs and gapers.

When I see someone from Utah right don't cross other peoples tracks I think of:

aka backcountry powderfarming

there aren't many things on that list that bother me. Uncourteous yes, bother no.
#1 on my list would be have a clue
#2 keep your party under control. This includes pets and people.

[addict]

That photo's got some crazy uproute skintracks!

[AltaPowderDaze]

like this:


we're not really that up tight around here. for the most part i could care less about who crosses my track since i usually take up the whole chute to ski. when i'm going slow and making nice turns, then i take offense to someone gaping up my art. the rest of the time i'm just happy to be floating thru the snow.

[Toby]

I'd hate to be the one to screw up a turn and mess up that pattern. Then again, it'd be kinda cool to come along and lay some fat GS turns right through the middle of it .

[AltaPowderDaze]

I'd hate to be the one to screw up a turn and mess up that pattern. Then again, it'd be kinda cool to come along and lay some fat GS turns right through the middle of it .

yeah, that's what most people with no skill would do.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Nice APD, I may try and contact Andrew and see if I may be able to borrow some of that. I'm working on some signage for the forest service to display at some of the more popular trailheads around here.

[Meathelmet]

like this:

Where the hell was that article about that guy? Was in the net or couloir or where? It was hillarious. We people are weird.Luckily.


Number eleven should be: "If you unload you´r previous nights taco in the wild, make sure the next unloader dont follow your tracks to the sacred place and step on it. Instead,mark it with a small cone (1-4 feet high) of snow, so the next plodder does not get some bogaboos on his boots and bindings.It sucks.Literally."

[粉末雪]

Isn't it a six-pack for each track crossed?

[slim]

This thread is fucking stupid.

[粉末雪]

This thread is fucking stupid.

Wassa matter, Slim. You ain''t into spooning?

[AltaPowderDaze]

This thread is fucking stupid.

thanks for contributing.


there is a real message in this thread but some either choose to focus on the trivial or are just too

fucking stupid

to get it.

[altagirl]

unless there is a reason to cross someones tracks, don't cross them.

That's fine. I just don't understand being particularly upset about it if it happens. Personally - if you want to cross my tracks, go right ahead. I could care less.


Today's skintracks were just about all postholed. And that does certainly suck. I could also add - if there are people skinning up behind you, and you decide you're going to stop and say, have lunch, you could pull off the track instead of blocking it.

[cj001f]

there is a real message in this thread

Enlighten us then. Aside from be considerate is there any other message in the laundry list of ills?

[AltaPowderDaze]

Enlighten us then. Aside from be considerate is there any other message in the laundry list of ills?

6) Thou Shall Not Knowingly Ski Down Upon Thy Neighbor
Risking your own life is one thing, but endangering others with avalanches from above is totally irresponsible. The only exception to this is if they have broken Suggestion #3 and poached your line.

8) Thou Shall Not Ski Without Thy Proper Equipment
Showing up without a beacon or shovel endangers not only you, but your partners as well. Remember the Six P’s – Proper Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.




i don't know why i bother. now i remember why i took a break from this place. looks like it's time for another.

[cj001f]

6) Thou Shall Not Knowingly Ski Down Upon Thy Neighbor

8) Thou Shall Not Ski Without Thy Proper Equipment

I don't know why i bother. now i remember why i took a break from this place. looks like it's time for another.

Jeez. I thought both of those fell under "be considerate" albeit with a bit more weight than crossing thy neighbors skin tracks

[slim]

This thread is fucking stupid because:

You should be focusing on your safety and the safety of those around you while you're in the backcountry... not on how some other dude is stepping over the lines of your backcountry etiquette fest.

If some guy crossing your track or peeing next to the trail rains on your parade then I have no idea how you get through the tumult of regular life.

That list reads like the greens rules at a fucking country club. What's needed, besides safety and fun, is, as cj said, common courtesy. Anything beyond that is simply a punch-list for a bunch of prigs to bitch about.