I-Am-Patrol 0 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I am interested to knowing about your thought about ski patrol at different resort and your experience. Where resort has good policy and where has bad policy you thought. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Why not just bring up these 2 topics you started Start Here Then go here Link to post Share on other sites
I-Am-Patrol 0 Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 I thought previous thread was big and many discussion already, so started new one. This time different resort opinion is asked for. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Actually I didn't notice much patrol at all this last season. Then again I was generally being a good boy... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Patrol dude, I like the black uniforms and the storm trooper helmets. A real friendly uniform. Aside from the front, I like the way you dudes drive the snowmobile up the mountain and come back with smei-corpses. Something I'd not do for a living. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Black uniforms? Can't remember seeing any black. (Maybe Kagura?) But you want a color that stands out from the snow surely. You have a big problem with ski patrol for some particular reason thursday? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 scouser, Not at all. I have a healthy respect for what they do. I always get out of their way. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 The ones I have seen have often been wearing very bright and look like they have come straight out of the 80s. Link to post Share on other sites
snosurf 0 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I was surprised when I went to Niseko. I was expecting to see hundreds of ski-patrol all over the place confiscating lift passes and generally causing havoc. But that was not the case. I ducked under several ropes for about 4 and a half weeks yet did not even hear as much as a whistle from anyone! Also going up the Ace 2 lift over the permanently closed supercourse (due to large cracks), I noticed many many tracks through the prohibited area. I didn't risk entering the supercourse (as tempting as it was). I found that as long as you avoided dangerous areas or permanently closed areas, the ski patrol were very reasonable and of absolutely no hinderance to me. I suppose all in all i was disappointed I didn't get told off once during my whole trip! As I said, I ducked a lot of ropes! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Are they really lenient in Niseko? I suppose they have to be. Don't want to stop that huge influx of (unfortunately but we'll put up with it rope-ducking) (gay) gaijin. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by BagOfCrisps: Don't want to stop that huge influx of (unfortunately but we'll put up with it rope-ducking) (gay) gaijin. Yah you know those rope duckers All battin for the other team Link to post Share on other sites
snosurf 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 No, I duck ropes. I don't bat for the other team. Those who bat for the other team bend over to get under a rope. It's all about the technique. I'll be happy to wear the tag of a fag for making calculated decisions to go into roped-off areas that presented no risk but the promise of fresh, deep powder. Whatever Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I think there are some crossed wires here, best to defuse before it blows up. Although it sounds like it, he wasn't calling you a fag, he was referring to an earlier assertion of mine in another thread that Niseko is very popular with the Australian gay community as a ski holiday destination. Nothing more was meant by it (I assume). Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 > Are they really lenient in Niseko I don't know whether they are all that lenient it is just that there is a lot more open terrain in Niseko so the need/issue of rope ducking isn't what it can be at other places. The couple of times I've been to Niseko it seemed that most of the areas (most mind, not all) were roped off for a pretty obvious reason. Snosurf - some of those tracks on the super course might have been mine. You missed out on a great run if you didn't duck that particular rope. Kagura is lenient about rope ducking. It's almost as if the ropes aren't there. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 snosurf, that one time I saw the patrol confront anybody was when I was going up on Ace 2 and the lady has just ducked under the rope to the Super course. Aparently there had been an avalanche or something a week earlier. Link to post Share on other sites
snosurf 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 ok no worries, it's all good. I read your post about niseko being a gay 'mecca' for aussie skiiers. It was funny! Yeh rag doll, i have to say i'm jealous. supercourse was tempting when the winds came up, but any other time i know i could find lines with deeper, fresher pow. thursday, i saw similar incidents to you. I also heard that they created a roadblock at the bottom of supercourse one day and were catching a whole bunch of naughty people. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 the patrol are definitely not a hindrance at Niseko. But I really dig the uniform when you come across one. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 there is always a risk when the patrol dont control the terrain. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Whats the uniform like there then? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 If I remember correctly, it's all black with the WW2 German helmet. I could be wrong and the German helmet may have been in Korea. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I think you're making it up. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 And I thought you wouldn't notice. Link to post Share on other sites
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