Jackson Hole’s stump case

[MarzNC]

that photo of the cut tree is confirmed as the stump in question? If that was a forestry crew or mountain maintenance staff they did a shit job.

That photo is in the article in Post #1. It was provided by the guy's lawyer.

" . . .
Standish and Keiter started their day skiing several machine-groomed runs, then decided to head off-piste, into ski area on the resort property, but unmaintained by equipment. There, Standish’s right ski collided with the top of a six-and-a-half-foot-tall stump hidden by snow. Here is a photograph of the stump, sans snow, in a court record filed by Standish’s attorney, Gary Shockey:
. . ."

Did you notice the comment in Post #4?

The tree might have been cut when there was already 6 feet of snow down due to a problem with the tree. It was cut down to ground level the next off-season. It might have only been covered by a foot or 2 of powder when the skier hit it.

It was cut down completely in 2019. Accident happened in January 2017.

 

[raisingarizona]

I wonder why it was cut in the first place. Maybe it was seen as a hazard tree and they figured to cut it down to make sure it didn’t fall on someone? If it was a good distance from an actual maintained and marked ski run it seems a little odd but who knows.

I’d think the lawyer had a good argument since it was poorly cut by someone (especially if it was someone employed by the ski area) and obviously not a natural stump.

 

[Ripitz]

I think this story has stumped all of us

 

[raisingarizona]

I think this story has stumped all of us

I wood agree

 

[Campgottagopee]

I think this story has stumped all of us

I wood agree

I think your both barking up the wrong tree

 

[D.B. Cooper]

An accident like that is no day at the beech.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Maybe we all should just leaf it alone

 

[raisingarizona]

Maybe we all should just leaf it alone

I don’t know, I want to get to the root of this problem.

 

[tirolski]

Harvey likes to clear the woods for skiing off piste so figured it might be in-tree-giggin.

 

[Ripitz]

My nephew spiral fractured his tib fib on day 25 of a 73 day trip to Big Sky. He lost half his blood on the operating table and almost lost his life not only his leg. When I went to see him in the hospital in Bozeman the next day he was white as a ghost and I could barely recognize him. He was skiing below Hollywood cliff on the Challenger chair coming out of St. Alfonse trees back onto the groomed trail of BRT road and hit the backside of an unmarked swale. He has two plates and 23 screws holding his leg together and it’s been a long road to recovery. The injury cut his military career short and he has ongoing physical therapy so he can maybe run again. He is my business partner and I am fortunate to work with him everyday. We never went back to check if the ditch was man made or not. Who gives a shit. We are just thankful to have him with us.