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I noticed that a few places got poached at sugar sunday night and I got to wondering about what would happen should someone get caught skiing out of bounds or on closed slopes?

Do they usually clip your ticket on the first offense? Who's had this happen?

They left the closed sign up for the bowl and ect. at Wolf to keep the rookies away. But they had people skiing thru the trees, down catwalk roads, under the lift tower, everywhere and listening to the patrol chatter, they were kinda looking the other way.. The Bowl was sweet Sunday morning. And this morning as well.. I love that place when it's all the way open

Yep, that is a bad sin. Number 6 on the big list of sins. Gotta understand the process. After the mountain closes, the patrol sweeps the mountain for stragglers. Problem is, when you go out of bounds, it becomes a problem if you get injured. You may not get spotted, especially at night. This could lead to a more serious problem, hypothermia. Last night on Beech it was in the single digits.



With that said, typically your pass gets cut on the first offense.



Ken

How long does it take to sweep a NC resort? 10 minutes? No joke.. I'm being serious.

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Believe it or not, I have spent up to an hour on a busy weekend. Typically though about 15 minutes. Don't forget about all the folks that get to the end of the day and decide they are ready for the top, and end up walking off. If you run into a bunch of accidents on sweep, it can get longer.



Pull bamboo markers, pull the signs, put up the toboggans, run the snowboarders out of the freestyle area, help little Johnny find dad, call for the snowmobile for a walker, look for car keys and cell phones, help someone get up to a house on the slope that missed last chair, etc.



Ken

Not a smart idea to ski out of bounds in an area that has less than 100" total snowfall in a season. Downed trees, tree trunks, roots, rocks are all just inches under the snow. Not worth the risk. If you want to ski the trees go out west. If you can't afford skiing out west, then you sure as h e l l can't afford to get injured while skiing some sketchy trees.

I agree fresh Pow, it would have to snow 2 feet for me to poach anything in NC, during early season you can see all the hidden hazards that could destroy your equipment or worse your legs.



Thanks for the reply TNKen, I appreciate the Ski Patrol, you guys really put up with alot.

Yeah, a lot of crap sometimes. And then a day like Sunday makes it all worthwhile. Fantastic snow, and too boot, we did not work a single accident on the slopes during day session Sunday. I thought that was pretty remarkable considering all the people trying to do hockey stops in 12" of powder.



One thing to remember, out west, if you decide to poach, most places will have you arrested on the spot, hauled off, and there is a big fine that goes along with it. Here you typically jeopardize yourself and the folks that come to get you, out there, who knows how many people are in harms way.



Ken

TNKen wrote:
One thing to remember, out west, if you decide to poach, most places will have you arrested on the spot, hauled off, and there is a big fine that goes along with it. Here you typically jeopardize yourself and the folks that come to get you, out there, who knows how many people are in harms way.



Ken



I never said to poach out west, I was saying that if you want to ski the trees, then go out west. Usually trails are closed for good reasons, and I would not recommend skiing them. That is my personal opinion.