davidwh_us@yahoo.com
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Something to chew on during the nasty dog days of summer:
So this past spring, I was out on a biggish Northeastern mountain that shall not be named that was on its last weekend of the season. There was much hiking down on bare ground back to the lifts, but the top of the mountain was quite nice with soft corn snow all bumped up and fun. A decent number of trails were open, including some fairly fun ones. Of course, the gnarliest were closed for plain lack of snow, as they are steep and don't hold it and they were obviously not skiable. A few others had decent cover but were roped off. The ropes seemed only a suggestion, however, as folks were ducking under right and left. I started to join in, but on second thought, I stopped. There were good trails not closed, so why duck under when I don't have to?
Am I a prude, a goodie two-shoes, momma's boy for not partaking? Or was it right to not follow the crowd?
I thought about my kids. If they were with me, I'd tell them the people who closed the trail know what they're doing, we have to assume, and they must have a reason, so let's stick to what's open.
Any thoughts?
So this past spring, I was out on a biggish Northeastern mountain that shall not be named that was on its last weekend of the season. There was much hiking down on bare ground back to the lifts, but the top of the mountain was quite nice with soft corn snow all bumped up and fun. A decent number of trails were open, including some fairly fun ones. Of course, the gnarliest were closed for plain lack of snow, as they are steep and don't hold it and they were obviously not skiable. A few others had decent cover but were roped off. The ropes seemed only a suggestion, however, as folks were ducking under right and left. I started to join in, but on second thought, I stopped. There were good trails not closed, so why duck under when I don't have to?
Am I a prude, a goodie two-shoes, momma's boy for not partaking? Or was it right to not follow the crowd?
I thought about my kids. If they were with me, I'd tell them the people who closed the trail know what they're doing, we have to assume, and they must have a reason, so let's stick to what's open.
Any thoughts?