It's not the children. It's the clueless adults.
When the Kachina Peak chair first open. There were several signs at the lift corral entrance. Expert Only, No Easy Way Down, Skull and Crossed Bone and No Courtesy Ride. Gapers still insisted on riding the chair because they paid for their lift ticket.
Kept patrol very busy there for the season.
This is Kachina Peak. Not the most difficult terrain by far at Taos, but most visible. Oh yeah, it's new.
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Second year, management figured out they can't fix stupid so they moved the lift corral to the other side of the lift. It now requires a hike to get to the corral entrance. Where the fun begins.
The new lift corral can probably be rated as a solid black at most resorts. The corral is on a fairly steep downhill section. Usually icy with bumps and divots. Liberally strewed with sticks and rock. Then a hard left on the bottom. Totally intentional. Part of the
weeding out qualification process.
Can't make it through the corral, you really don't belong on the chair.
Things are a lot under control after the change.
Sometimes, I think the only one that can fix stupid is my good friend Chuck.