I guess it makes a difference when the resort isn't charging people (enough?) to mountain bike there... Not worth the hassle for no money..
What about lift-served skiing/snowboarding?Thus... Rule 55. Earn your turns. If you are riding down a mountain, you must first have ridden up the mountain. It is forbidden to employ powered transportation simply for the cheap thrill of descending.
It's from https://www.velominati.com/What about lift-served skiing/snowboarding?
You earn your turns by learning what you’re doing before entering terrain you have no business being on. Someone’s ability to reach terrain under their own power says nothing about their ability to handle that terrain once they’re there. Otherwise anyone fit enough to skin up a mountain wouldn’t need to worry about avalanche safety training.
Hard to judge a lawsuit without knowing the details, but certainly the outcome doesn’t seem to do anyone any good.
Don't forget the stump removal..The mountain will reopen in the 2024 summer season after they have completed the clear cutting of all the existing trees.
Don't forget the stump removal..
Really?
Only in America eh.....?
Surely Mt Hood will appeal to a higher court ?
What does this mean for all MTB in the US then ?
The "deep pocket" is the law firms! They front the expense and collect when they win. The injured just provides access to the venue (court).You basically have a crazy legal system where individuals are quite possibly not held accountable for their own decisions/actions if they have deep enough pockets to litigate.
With all due respect to the legal and judicial professions, that decision is a bunch of hogwash..If you read the actual lawsuit and not just the news articles, you will find that:
I am not agreeing/disagreeing with the decisions, but I think there is more to this than what you might read only in the news articles.
- There are standards for mountain bike trails for signage safety design.
- Most (all?) of the OTHER signs at Mt Hood Skibowl conform to these standards. (Erected on trees, suspended above ground, off to side out of "crash zone", breakaway design, etc)
- The sign that he crashed into was a solid 4X4 post right next to the trail, in the "crash zone".
and probably anyone with a reasonably intellectually demanding degree....I was in the jury pool for an automotive product liability case once. The plaintiff's side promptly excused everyone with a technical or medical background, including me.
Do they have a degree for Common Sense?and probably anyone with a reasonably intellectually demanding degree....