ski activities/stuff you're just not into

NELSBEER

Peak Season Weekends & holidays are behind many of the problems. They put holes in otherwise wonderful ski seasons.

Beginner areas, Terrain Parks and separate racing pods I don't use much, but favor tremendously for the type of traffic they move off the 'regular' trails.

E.g. Cannon's focus on racing at Mittersill gets panned a lot, but a patrol friend says it is night and day, when Mittersill opens the racers move over and leave the main mountain to regular skiers.

When I worked at Killington 50+ years ago we had a little Sunday evening tradition of sitting on the summit with a cold beer watching the string of red taillights winding Southward over the hills to the city, leaving 'our' hill for us for 5 more days. 5/7's isn't a bad ratio of good days, unless your taillights are in the parade heading south.

Cannonball

NELSBEER;c-50328 wrote Beginner areas, Terrain Parks and separate racing pods I don't use much, but favor tremendously for the type of traffic they move off the 'regular' trails.

^^^^ This!! Very surprised to see so many negative responses about terrain parks. They are one of the best inventions in the history of skiing in terms of isolating wild skiers away from the rest of us.

JimK

Cannonball;c-50329 wrote
NELSBEER;c-50328 wrote Beginner areas, Terrain Parks and separate racing pods I don't use much, but favor tremendously for the type of traffic they move off the 'regular' trails.
^^^^ This!! Very surprised to see so many negative responses about terrain parks. They are one of the best inventions in the history of skiing in terms of isolating wild skiers away from the rest of us.

I'm not anti-park, I just don't use them. If they bring young people to the sport I'm good with that. The one complaint I've heard about them (not from me) in the mid-Atlantic is that some resorts devote a ton of resources to build multiple parks and half pipes at the cost of blowing snow on regular ski trails. Non-park users resented that. Perhaps not coincidentally, a number of ski areas in my home region have dialed back their park programs in recent years.

Treilly

JimK;c-50332 wrote
Cannonball;c-50329 wrote
NELSBEER;c-50328 wrote Beginner areas, Terrain Parks and separate racing pods I don't use much, but favor tremendously for the type of traffic they move off the 'regular' trails.
^^^^ This!! Very surprised to see so many negative responses about terrain parks. They are one of the best inventions in the history of skiing in terms of isolating wild skiers away from the rest of us.
I'm not anti-park, I just don't use them. If they bring young people to the sport I'm good with that. The one complaint I've heard about them (not from me) in the mid-Atlantic is that some resorts devote a ton of resources to build multiple parks and half pipes at the cost of blowing snow on regular ski trails. Non-park users resented that. Perhaps not coincidentally, a number of ski areas in my home region have dialed back their park programs in recent years.

Here in the Mid-West parks tend to bring in a lot of people. Most places have a devoted rope tow to the park so the lift lines tend to not be so bad, also more people means more dollars to the ski area

lotsoskiing

JimK;c-50332 wrote
Cannonball;c-50329 wrote
NELSBEER;c-50328 wrote Beginner areas, Terrain Parks and separate racing pods I don't use much, but favor tremendously for the type of traffic they move off the 'regular' trails.
^^^^ This!! Very surprised to see so many negative responses about terrain parks. They are one of the best inventions in the history of skiing in terms of isolating wild skiers away from the rest of us.
I'm not anti-park, I just don't use them. If they bring young people to the sport I'm good with that. The one complaint I've heard about them (not from me) in the mid-Atlantic is that some resorts devote a ton of resources to build multiple parks and half pipes at the cost of blowing snow on regular ski trails. Non-park users resented that. Perhaps not coincidentally, a number of ski areas in my home region have dialed back their park programs in recent years.

The huge amount of snowmaking bothers me, since often there are a ton of trails not yet covered when they are hammering away at the park. But, if it pays the bills, then it's their prerogative.

What really bugs me (and bugged me more when my kids were small) is when the park skiers/riders access the park via other terrain, usually at high speed, often backwards, barely missing other folks on the slopes. Places with designated park lifts are great, as they reduce the potential collisions.

Treilly

lotsoskiing;c-50335 wrote
JimK;c-50332 wrote
Cannonball;c-50329 wrote
NELSBEER;c-50328 wrote Beginner areas, Terrain Parks and separate racing pods I don't use much, but favor tremendously for the type of traffic they move off the 'regular' trails.
^^^^ This!! Very surprised to see so many negative responses about terrain parks. They are one of the best inventions in the history of skiing in terms of isolating wild skiers away from the rest of us.
I'm not anti-park, I just don't use them. If they bring young people to the sport I'm good with that. The one complaint I've heard about them (not from me) in the mid-Atlantic is that some resorts devote a ton of resources to build multiple parks and half pipes at the cost of blowing snow on regular ski trails. Non-park users resented that. Perhaps not coincidentally, a number of ski areas in my home region have dialed back their park programs in recent years.
The huge amount of snowmaking bothers me, since often there are a ton of trails not yet covered when they are hammering away at the park. But, if it pays the bills, then it's their prerogative.

What really bugs me (and bugged me more when my kids were small) is when the park skiers/riders access the park via other terrain, usually at high speed, often backwards, barely missing other folks on the slopes. Places with designated park lifts are great, as they reduce the potential collisions.

At least in Metro Detroit when they blow snow they will only make a couple of small features when they first open, and after they are fully open they will build the bigger terrain park. I personally have no use for the terrain park, but if it is done the correct way they don't bother me.

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