 Poster: A snowHead
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I am quite surprised about what has been written about falls especially when accompanied by loss of skis/poles etc. My experience (in France, Italy, Andorra and Canada) has been that nearly always other skiers pick up the kit and reunite it with their owner. (Sorry this is fairly off-topic but I thought an interesting discussion point.)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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seems to me most people are happy to help out when someone leaves a ski of pole or hat further up the slope.. except perhaps youngsters who are too busy laughing and the 'stackees' mishap 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'd always make a point of yelling out "on your left" or "on your right" when passing on a cat track, and equally, if I hear someone else saying it, I will try to give them a bit extra room.
My nearest collision this season was nowhere near a collision, but was quite funny for me...
I was skiing down to a lift in Big Sky, and had been trying to do carved 360s. I saw this one opportunity, which looked like the right angle of slope to do it. It involved turning round a clump of trees in the middle of the run. As I was coming up the slope, there was a guy coming down, who hadn't been looking ahead. There was plenty of room for me to pass him going in the opposite direction, but when he finally did look where he was going, and saw me going the "wrong way" he did a double take, and looked really confused as I went past him.
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Wear The Fox Hat, and to think we thought you went round in circles all the time!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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In all the times I've skied (only in Canada) if someone falls or happens to leave something further up the slope. People always stop to lend a hand and check they are OK.
Etiquette there is very good no pushing in queues, skiing over someone else’s skis is something I've never experienced and most everyone tries to make sure that others know they are coming on smaller runs as WTFH describes.
Only experience I've had of irateness (is that a word?) was on the ski out from Sunshine. This is fairly narrow in places and you need to take care if passing someone. A young lady on a board ended up buried in a snow bank as she tried to pass me. I was doing some very slow regular turns (just having a nice cruise at the end of the day) and she never alerted us to her presence. We stopped to render help and she was adamant that I was to blame. I'm not sure she felt any different even though the rest of my party explained normal procedure and that she should have given a shout.
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antoeknee, Yeah, I remember that long Sunshine ski out - as a first timer it was a little un-nerving having people pass you at high speed.
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Beginer skiers/boarders scraping all the snow away on slopes that are too difficult for them, honestly why do they bother?
Snowboarders sitting down on the downslope of a table top on a skier/boarder cross track.
People who pull the bar down to quickly on a chair lift without announcing that they are about to do so.
People skiing over my skis in the queue.
People pushing in.
People overestimating their abilities and holding back the lesson.
Victor Meldrew
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bucking bronco, Let me know where you are skiing this winter and I will do my best to avoid you 
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bar down to quickly on a chair lift without announcing that they are about to do so.
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Actually I'm sure my helmet has been of far more benefit to me against this hazard than traditional riaks. I don't know what fear drives people to yank the bar down before they've even left the loading area.
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and a look to see if the other folk are in the way wouldn't go amiss
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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push in right at the front..?
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I have stood on other peoples skis in a lift queue. Its going to happen in a busy queue. If you apply a very sticky bandage to the ski tops then come the end of the season the skis should be really pretty to look at. Also if you leave the skis in a protective bag during the ski season then the bases will also be in mint condition to look at during the summer.
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You know it makes sense.
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Frosty the Snowman, Take your point completely, i myself don't care two nickles about my top sheets, it's not like they are part of the functionality of my ski. Sadly, other people do care - and i am in the habit of upgrading (or just replacing) my equipment every year or two years, and if they my skis are badly scratched i will get a lower price for them. Whilst this may not matter to many people, i don't have lots of money and buy stuff based on the assumption that I can resell it for a % of it's original price. If you could possibly educate everyone that it doesn't matter what the tops of ur skis look like that would be great, but until then, i'll carry on frowning at people who deliberately skate over my top-sheets cos each time they do i know it's a couple pounds less i'll be receiving.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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What annoys me.
People taking the whole width of a narrow cat track when they could just slide straight. I'm on a board so if I lose speed on a flattish track manouvreability etc declines signifiicantly. Even more frustrating is when people walk or skate up the last bit of an uphill track taking the entire width which means I have to stop and skate when i didn't ned to. What scares me is when a beginner boarder falls on a narrow cat track and is trying to stand up. I have to get past but that baord can and will go anywhere.
Couple of observations
When I skied people picked me, my goggles or my hat when I fell. Now I board they don't. I still help others that fall until their friends arrive - a seated boarder makes a very efficient leaning post on a steep slope to put skis back on.
I've always said A gauche or a droite when overtaking on a narrow track but I have no idea whether I am saying I am on the right or that the person in front should move to the right
On the "bumping turns" story i had an excellent view of one last year. My firend was skiing down the piste nice carving turns getting a bit wider and a bit faster each time. I noticed another skier on a similar parallel line doing the same thing. First time a near miss, neoither noticed, second time a little rub, they noticed third time an almighty wallopp both wiped out and unhurt. the othe rladies husband was watching from a similar posiiton to me. Both girls had assumed they had turned away formt eh other and it was a one off "near miss" Fantastic
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FAQ
but I don't do it on purpose - it only happens when I feel I need to 'protect my place' in the queue from people trying to edge in to the queue from the side. I have found that if I leave enough of a gap to avoid standing on the skis of the person ahead of me in the queue, some b*gger pushes in. 
