im saying this as a paying customer so dont talk shit about me having a pass and not paying for anything. i spent a fairly large amount of money today at blue. brought the whole fam.
the race team/coaches think they own the damn mountain and can do whatever they want.
they close razors or challenge throughout the day so we cant ski it then. and its usually closed during prime conditions (not crowded/morning). before it reopens they are supposed to slip the course which they sometimes do and sometimes dont. even when they do its still crappy as hell and you cant lay out your turns which is what i like to do. and when they do slip it, its still all corn/cookie so it still sucks but the grooves arent as big.
i brought the family to ski at blue mtn for the night. thought we (or at least I) would have a nice evening skiing together. take a couple runs and the snow is great, nice and soft. do switchback once or twice and love it so we do it again. i get to the top and start skiing my way down making nice wide turns and loving the uncrowded slope. get about a quarter way down and see someone standing right in the middle of the trail. get a little farther down and see the entire race team/coaches standing in the middle of the trail in a nice orderly fasion making it impossible to make even moderately sized carves. i stop and realize they are doing human gate training and making pretty nice ruts on the slope. they are spaced out just like gates and they cover 95% of the trail length. the trail wasnt closed, and sure as hell isnt designated for race training. i go down a little farther and stop next to someone in a blue coat. i asked him "are you guys serious?" he then told me to move before i get knocked over...i was in the "race groove". i than explained to him how i didnt like what they were doing on an open trail and he just replied by saying "we'll be out of here in a minute, relax"
i still got on his case about how its an open trail, not for racing, they were blocking the entire trail, i wanted to ski it with my family etc... by this time ive been following him down the trail until he stopped to gather with the rest of the team at the mainstreet intersection
he didnt care and he even got few lippy/smart ass remarks about how much he didnt care and wanted ME to move on. than he threatened to get ski patrol up here for "harassment" i gave him the old "go for it!" waited for a response (nothing) and then went on my way.
on my way into the lodge i see that they closed raceway (ok, ok, designated racing trail...but my story goes on)
so i go in to talk to the GM (i think it was sean, not totally sure) and make a complaint about my confrontation with the race teams/coaches. talked for a while about it and made sure my complaints were heard.
by this time im really pissed because not only could i not ski razors when i wanted today cause it was closed, i also couldnt ski switchback when they were being assholes and taking over a trail because they feel like it. they also closed raceway today. that makes THREE trails closed today that i wanted and/or couldve skied on but didnt because it was either officially closed, or being hijacked by the race teams.
this guy was a total dick about it too. they think they have so much authority over everything and can do whatever they want.
this is by far the last time i ever bring my family to blue mountain as paying customers. it makes me extremely glad i didnt pay for myself today. never paying for anything (besides food) at blue again.
fuck this shit
