PSA: Tech Tip, How to Use a Ski Rack in Two Easy Steps.

[David Chaus]

Wait --- you step OVER them?

I find some satisfaction stepping right on them. I'm also using my poles for balance and sometimes the tips of my poles "rest" on the top surface of the skis that are strewn about.

You could just take the time to turn them all over so the bases are up. Then offenders can’t easily find their skis. This works best when the snow is a little soft as the bindings can dig into the snow and the ski bases are flat.

 

[markojp]

Stepping on a top sheet with ski boots, you’ll find yourself on the ground.

Wait a minute, i thought gripwalk sorted that all out!!!

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

Wait … what about the ski straps?

 

[dbostedo]

Wait … what about the ski straps?

I never use one except for walking to and from the car/bus/shuttle/condo.

 

[fatbob]

There is a solution. Simply needs public minded citizens to throw one of each pair into some hideous kerplunk pile.

 

[PinnacleJim]

I've skied Killington, Pico, Keystone, and Loveland so far this season. Only resort I saw people leaving skis in the snow and not using the racks was at Loveland. They did have signs indicating where to leave them and that seemed to work.

 

[Andy Mink]

I get it when the racks are full or aren't out but then leave them off to the side somewhere.

These are the same people who don't put carts in the corral.

 

[cantunamunch]

I am guessing this is because they weren't staffing their ski check, and/or don't have enough racks. Here's the fence and snow in the morning... around lunch time, a lot of that area between the patio and fence was full of skis.

The other way to look at it - it was to keep the people on the terrain park runout from whizzing through standing crowds.

Keeping unattended skis behind the fence is a secondary objective.

Have you been to 7S much of late? This is very much a 7S style crowd management idea, transplanted via VR.

 

[Zirbl]

Good luck anyone thinking of skiing in Italy.

 

[Scruffy]

I don't know. That sounds good, but I kind of worry about my skis in the rack.
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Yeah, they were coming in hot, but didn't they lose it skiing into some skis on the ground.

 

[SlideWright]

A twist to this was Friday where I put my skis in a rack to have a beer with friends. When heading out I could not find the ski rack much less my skis, which threw me for a loop. Then I see them thrown together with a bunch of others on a smaller rack. Someone had moved all of the skis from a couple racks which were then moved 100 feet away and were empty. WTF?

 

[AltaSkier]

You mean these are people's skis they want back? I always thought they were tributes to the snow gods during low tide years. Probably should stop burning them... Ooops.

 

[cantunamunch]

A twist to this was Friday where I put my skis in a rack to have a beer with friends. When heading out I could not find the ski rack much less my skis, which threw me for a loop. Then I see them thrown together with a bunch of others on a smaller rack. Someone had moved all of the skis from a couple racks which were then moved 100 feet away and were empty. WTF?

LOL, I was at a ski area where all the RFID gates and at least one ski rack were mounted on snowboards

 

[dbostedo]

all the RFID gates and at least one ski rack were mounted on snowboards

Finally, they found a good use for snowboards.

(I don't believe that, but it was too easy... )

 

[mikes781]

I don't know. That sounds good, but I kind of worry about my skis in the rack.
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I think they may need to rewatch Phil’s video on how to use a ski rack. They don’t quite have it down yet.

 

[MikeHunt]

Put your skis in a rack and they're just a target for ski rack battering animals

 

[David Chaus]

…and then she got up (miraculously) and proceeded to leave her skis on the snow.

This is after she came in too hot, was scrubbing speed to do a hockey stop but ran over a pair of skis on the snow.

 

[snwbrdr]

Not just Bay Area people ... it is an epidemic all over. Lazyness and lack of consideration for others. If you want to park your skis and not use the racks, fine. But don't leave them in front of the racks blocking them so other have to step over them.

Just step on them and do your best to damage them without hurting yourself. That will teach them.

Or if you're feeling petty, pick up some random ski (not the set, but just one of them), and relocate them somewhere else.

 

[Tricia]

True story.....
At Aspen several years ago, we watched a woman ski up to the door of the restaurant, click out of her skis and just walk in, leaving her skis and poles RIGHT THERE!
Phil picked them up and put them in the rack.
I bet she spent some time looking for her skis when she came out.

I thought.... maybe she had to pee really bad.

 

[AltaSkier]

I just wear mine into the restaurant or bar.