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Did I tell you about the line I skied this week on Button Bay Island? On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Greg Petrics <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > We could just start a Mean Old Man alliance instead. > > Here's what we can do: > > 1.) Pick a few bogus trailheads that have no skiing at all near them (might > actually be kinda hard!). > > 2.) Make a few obvious posts about these wrong trailheads on Ski-VT, TGR, > T4T, etc... > > 3.) Go cut some sucker holes at obvious places at said trailheads. > > 4.) Let Mean Old Man wander around miles from the goods cataloging the BC > skiing equivalent of the jackalope. > > 5.) Laugh. > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 4:30 PM, John Gilbert <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> if anyone has been to big jay lately, they'll notice the parking lot on >> 242 has a few "no parking" and "private property" signs up (tacked to trees, >> bought from the hardware store). we wondered if it could be this renegade >> curmudgeon after reading the post. >> >> they're pointless signs, partially obscured by the snowbank. nobody pays >> much attention to them. >> >> still, it would be nice to see some real enforcement over at jay- they >> should keep it closed from the top permanently (as in forever). if you want >> in, hike in from the road- that access trail and the jailhouse chute should >> never have been cut to begin with. now the place is getting tracked out >> like crazy, and folks ski the jailhouse chute reguarly (which doesn't hold >> snow from what i hear). >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Jonny Adler <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >> >>> Mike: >>> >>> He is looking for trimmed lines. What he does is go on the Internet and >>> read >>> TR's and posts. He identifies the trailhead based on what people >>> say--like >>> "anyone want to meet at the Teardrop tonight"? Obviously the Teardrop is >>> OK to >>> mention because it is an actual ski trail. It's perfectly legal to ski >>> anywhere, so >>> the reason not to mention a trailhead (other than keeping your secret) is >>> not >>> legality, it's because he goes there and then follows tracks. >>> >>> There are lots of naturally open areas and he's not concerned in the >>> slightest >>> about that. He's looking for cuts, and he has an agenda about it. >>> >>> We all need to police everyone that posts trailheads in my opinion. >>> >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. >>> >>> To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html >>> >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L >> is brought to you by the University of Vermont. >> >> To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html >> > > > > -- > "I'm a simple man, Hobbes." > "You?? Yesterday you wanted a nuclear powered car that could turn into a > jet with laser-guided heat-seeking missiles!" > "I'm a simple man with complex tastes." > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is > brought to you by the University of Vermont. > > To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html