Best Gaper qoute of the weekend?

**old goat** · 02-10-2022, 04:36 PM

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.

**AirheadD8** · 02-10-2022, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Lol.

That’s fucked.

The lawyers made them put up that sign.

But. If they take it down for good conditions and someone slides on firm and hits a tree. Then they are more liable than if they never had a sign.

So.
That sign will be up every day.

And now it means nothing.

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.

Close the damn trail if it's dangerous

**TahoeJ** · 02-10-2022, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by AirheadD8

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.

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.

**powdrhound** · 02-10-2022, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by AirheadD8

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.

Close the damn trail if it's dangerous

That is why my signs say: Dog On Premises.

**Core Shot** · 02-10-2022, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Well, we've had a few fatalities and severe injuries around these parts over the last few weeks. That sign is right when you get off KT-22 but basically all of the runs on the west face are closed because patrol was tired of picking up body parts. I'm sure they put it up not the lawyers - it can start to be traumatizing dealing with carnage on a daily basis. But people will find a way - on Monday there was a bad compound leg fracture (and blood trail) at the bottom of Granite Chief and they had to fly him out of there.

Ooof.

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.

**TahoeJ** · 02-10-2022, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Fuck lawyers. The world needs more dentists.

Ha! I like this...

**old goat** · 02-10-2022, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by AirheadD8

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.

Close the damn trail if it's dangerous

Gaper quote

**babybear** · 02-10-2022, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by powdrhound

That is why my signs say: Dog On Premises.

It’s insane how many people willingly pass right by a “Beware of Dog” sign.
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.

**mogul5480** · 02-10-2022, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by babybear

when I worked at Sugarbush they made us use the term “packed frozen granular” for icy conditions [emoji23]

When did you work at Sugarbush? I worked there in kids' ski school the winter of '01 - '02.

**yeahman** · 02-10-2022, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

LOUD POWDER.

Lol I have never heard that before. I'm stealing that.

**oftpiste** · 02-10-2022, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by yeahman

Lol I have never heard that before. I'm stealing that.

Our dear friend Buster sez:

There's louder, there's chowder, and there's powder.

**Benny Profane** · 02-11-2022, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by AirheadD8

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.

Close the damn trail if it's dangerous

Or, say, eastern skiers only.

**TahoeJ** · 02-11-2022, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Or, say, eastern skiers only.

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.

**Benny Profane** · 02-11-2022, 08:48 AM

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".

**Buster Highmen** · 02-11-2022, 09:08 AM

Having spent years in both the midwest and the east, I'll put a PNW ice storm and skiing up against anything.

**old goat** · 02-11-2022, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

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.

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".

**Self Jupiter** · 02-11-2022, 09:29 AM

Light Towers at Palisades Tahoe can be really sketchy like that

**TahoeJ** · 02-11-2022, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by Self Jupiter

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.

**californiagrown** · 02-11-2022, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Having spent years in both the midwest and the east, I'll put a PNW ice storm and skiing up against anything.

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.

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.

**Core Shot** · 02-11-2022, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by yeahman

Lol I have never heard that before. I'm stealing that.

I didn’t invent the phrase loud powder

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.

**stuckathuntermtn** · 02-11-2022, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Having spent years in both the midwest and the east, I'll put a PNW ice storm and skiing up against anything.

Alpental is one of the few, if not only places I have seen legit blue ice. And look at my username.
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.

**stuckathuntermtn** · 02-11-2022, 03:04 PM

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.

**TahoeJ** · 02-11-2022, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

I didn’t invent the phrase loud powder

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.

I’ve mostly heard velvet used in reference to snow in Alaska.

**AirheadD8** · 02-11-2022, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by old goat

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".

After reading this my Quote is not a gaper quote now ? Trail should have been closed ?
Maybe it's a staffing thing ? Putting signs up vs have someone actually see if a trail is safe ?

**babybear** · 02-11-2022, 07:54 PM

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

Originally Posted by mogul5480

When did you work at Sugarbush? I worked there in kids' ski school the winter of '01 - '02.

little before that. '97-'00