“Do you know how fast you were going through that slow zone son?”
Vail Resorts, as of mid-January, has ramped up their playing nanny on the hill.
The on hill “police” have started dishing out speeding tickets to people going “too fast”.
What is too fast you ask?
It is really up to that person playing cop that day.
Who are typically going fast, BUT, in control?
Experienced skiers and snowboarders (and the occasional gaper that think bombing a run is the bees knees).
Who is more likely to catch flak from ski patrol and get one of these speeding tickets?
I think you might answer that for yourself.
It’s a rather interesting concept and hasn’t gone without backlash from season pass holders.
Local reports regarding speeding tickets are as follows:
Ducking ropes huh?
I can say that this also holds true at my home mountain.
Ironically, a fence was placed in front of it the next day.
A thread popped up on January 26th discussing this ordeal.
Here are some of the responses:
