Green Doesn’t Mean Go as Fast as You Can

Green trails serve many purposes, including giving beginning skiers and riders a place to learn how to turn. They also give more experienced snow sliders a place to warm up before taking on more challenging terrain.

But there’s one thing that green trails should not be used for: unofficial race courses for intermediate or advanced skiers or riders.

Out on a green trail, I sometimes feel the need to stop by the edge and wait for the upstream of unofficial racers to get past me. And if I, as an intermediate-level rider, am made nervous by such practices, what about the little kids who have graduated from the ski school area to a regular trail?

If you’re going to “blast it” down the hill, do it on a blue run, or at least wait until the greens are empty.