Yellow Jacket Evasion Course

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Mar 11 2020 3:15PM

Ok, so we all know who the infamous Vail Yellow Jackets are. Their forces lurk and wait for any decently skilled skier or anyone who wants to have a good time and ruin their fun with threats and pass removals. Should we offer a course to skiers that demonstrates methods and tactics for avoiding and or out running them?

Some ideas Include:

Precise slash turns to create a smoke screen that provides a few seconds to escape

Large kickers built around the mountain to aid in escape

Putting tin foil around ones pass to prevent identification

Hiding spots around the mountain

A database that shows who the chill lifties are

A star system like in GTA that lets skiiers know how strict the Yellow Jackets are on a given day

Me and a few guys I know will hide in some trees with a shortwave radio and listen for Yellow Jackets calling out "dangerous" skiiers and rush to that area to create a diversion

Any other ideas?

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eheath

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Mar 11 2020 3:21PM

Yellow jackets are almost non-existent at PC, they basically hang out at the very bottom of the mtn where you can't even ski that fast, never seem them on the upper mtn.

But that being said, if you ski past them in control doing turns, you literally have no excuse for getting yelled at by yellow jackets unless you purposefully ski past them like an ass.

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SkiHillShiter

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Mar 11 2020 5:13PM

HAHAHA imagine having yellow jackets at your mountain

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ColoradoDogfart

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Mar 11 2020 5:21PM

No_Gorby_GapHAHAHA imagine having yellow jackets at your mountain

Imagine being able to ski past march

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theabortionator

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Mar 11 2020 5:21PM

Looks like you need some new outerwear dawg

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CalumSKI

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Mar 11 2020 8:21PM

ngl we need some ns boys to infiltrate the yellow jacket ranks

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SkiHillShiter

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Mar 11 2020 9:06PM

Do that too - white pas Washington baby!

ColoradoDogfartImagine being able to ski past march

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typicaldenverkid

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Mar 11 2020 9:31PM

CalumSKIngl we need some ns boys to infiltrate the yellow jacket ranks

ive already got guys on it

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Knapzach

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Mar 12 2020 12:35AM

theabortionatorLooks like you need some new outerwear dawg

Is that a team size?

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HypeBeast

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Mar 12 2020 1:46AM

CalumSKIngl we need some ns boys to infiltrate the yellow jacket ranks

Pretty sure the one down vote is either a yellow jacket or a reddit spy.

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AndrewGravesSV

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Mar 12 2020 10:52AM

Shit would be like in SSX On Tour running from the ski patrol

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J_Christoph

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Mar 12 2020 11:00AM

I’m in the early development stages of a Park Obstacle Evasion Course (POEC for short).

Basically, we’ll scatter ski school kids all over a run and then send you down into it riding switch at Mach 5.

Thoughts on possibly combining the two for a more all-encompassing curriculum?

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typicaldenverkid

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Mar 12 2020 11:33AM

J_ChristophI’m in the early development stages of a Park Obstacle Evasion Course (POEC for short).

Basically, we’ll scatter ski school kids all over a run and then send you down into it riding switch at Mach 5.

Thoughts on possibly combining the two for a more all-encompassing curriculum?

Sounds perfect

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Chinchi

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Mar 12 2020 8:16PM

PC yellow jackets are super chill, just don't weave jerrys at the bottom or ollie slow signs, pretty simple stuff. I used to work for vail and yellow jackets aren't even allowed to be on anything besides greens and super mellow blues

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bogust

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Mar 12 2020 8:24PM

No_Gorby_GapHAHAHA imagine having yellow jackets at your mountain

facts dawg

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TRVP_ANGEL

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Mar 13 2020 1:38AM

hide in plain sight...

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Diento

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Mar 13 2020 4:56AM

Is this some american thing im too european to understand?

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bennwithtwons

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Mar 13 2020 12:01PM

i keep a stack of index cards with Bernoulli's principle on them and hand them out whenever i am approached by a yellow jacket. they've done studies you know.. 60% of the time, it works every time

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