Comments on: More about Jump-Building

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:22:48 +0000

I love Crystal Mtn, I have skied there for over 20 yesrs now. I’m just wondering why Crystal does not have a terrain park. Most of the other resorts I frequent all have terrain parks. My son and I are both skilled well rounded skiers and our favorite thing to do is ski the terrain parks. I will always love crystal, but it’s the conservative attitude that keeps me skiing at other local resorts more than Crystal Mtn. No offencen but Crystal Mtn needs to get with the times!

By: Roger

Roger — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:11:55 +0000

As I am up at Stevens for a free ride comp I felt the need to interject a comment on this topic. Stevens is littered with man/boy made jumps, many popping up when and where you least expect it, as in on the side of trails and tree runs. Most of these appear to have been bro shoveled, off camber or flat landings with limited run outs and poor sight lines. What I find interesting is the area has a pretty well maintained terrain park, which requires a safety orientation to ride. The patrolers I chatted with indicated the moron made jumps came from the crowd that was too cool
to get safety schooled. Perhaps Darwin was correct.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:37:22 +0000

Jon, Point of information: A few years back, a 23 year-old skier was paralyzed after going off a jump at 35 miles per hour inside Snoqualmie's terrain park. The skier was awarded $14 million in damages. To quote from the below article: "Jurors found that Salvini was the exception to the rule that skiers are responsible for injuries they suffer." If there is one exception, there are surely more. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/355160_skisuits15.html