realskiers

Well, it seems the Sugarbush fatality facts are the person hit a tree, square on. It was captured on video, posted on the web, and then removed. No second party involvement, he appears to have made a mistake. While the video was on the 'net, I saw it, he just went into the woods for no apparent reason. From the local press story.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20120207/NEWS02/120207018/Skier-in-fatal-Sugarbush-accident-was-Bank-of-America-vice-president-in-Boston?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

For clarity, I agree that skiing on groomers during high density periods is an accident waiting to happen. My home mountain has the ability to put more people up the mountain via high speed lifts than the trails can safely accommodate coming down the mountain. If I ski on weekends, it there very early and leave by 11.

But, to return to Bushwacker's "senseless groomer death" statement, this year two major freestyle skiers have been killed, one in a freeskiing contest and one practicing half-pipe flips. The overwhelming sense of what I have read is grief at the passing, with a minimum of 'live by the sword, die by the sword" sentiment. I know Bush has expressed grief at some of his hero's passing. Why make judgements of persons dying on a groomer just because groomers bore you?