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[quote=Anonymous]Lifelong skier here. What I have noticed is that the rate of serious accidents has gone up. I believe it is due to ski resorts changing hands so many times there is little wisdom retained about building separate areas for snowboarders who are often teenage boys skiing intermediate hills with no lessons in groups. They run into new intermediate skiers. When snowboards first came out as a sport the ski resorts made separate skis hills with bumps/moguls to encourage this cohort to ski together there. It separated skiers from snowboarders. The moguls also slowed the newbies down. The new corporate owners with no experience in ski/snowboard history simply don't care as long as their waiver is lawyer proof. I try to ski when high school boys are not snow boarding. Early mornings (they always sleep in) on school breaks or days when they are IN school. I assume at some point sanity will resume and mogul hills will be reformed. Just need to have the same owner long enough working with people who do know what to do to address this in the community.  [/quote]

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