We had an interesting one today, on the steepest section, under a roller on the black run on the narrow side between fence and lift mast, someone decided to jump the fence an do rando ( we have dedicated places closed off on same hill you can go.. they decided not to go there and thought it was to steep. to illustrate steepnees, with normal clothing and carving you will have 50-55 there on a R20, when straightlineing you have 60++ easy. its 31 degrees'ish, they didnt bring their irons, hence the traverseing.
There was some very very close calls due to this, they did it 1 hour before closing, very few people on the slope, and thoose people were hauling ass. After nearly beeing hit by everyone going on the narrow side "culour" they decided to traverse the entire hill, still under the roller not visible to anyone. They didnt do it where 1 was uphill from another to take the least space possble but instead, in a line line tight enough you couldnt go inbetween but had to go in front of back or back. Meaning you couldnt have room for a single downed skier or two in your plan, but a darn entourage, ref traverse with skis on.
There was a few people needing medic as they miscalculated bumps (bumps in that area as resort had been open for 11 hours on weekend and steep ) when trying to avoid them. Resort people, medic and liftie and other people doing randonee there regularly were impressed with them... . A friend is getting his X-rays and CTs done now , he was telemarking and caught a bump to rear throwing him off as he panicked a bit when he saw them and miscalculated . They managed to cause about 10ish falls and a LOT of calls/upset people before they were stopped.
But hey.. always the uphillers fault right.
It does illustrate the be ready for anything point... though