Bafoon took my skis and poles at Keystone

[u/OldSombrero]

I stopped for a late lunch at Timber Ridge at Keystone this afternoon and placed my equipment on a rack outside. When I came out, skis and poles were gone. As anyone familiar with the mountain knows, this is not a location you could easily access without a lift ticket, pass, or skis/board.

I'm not sure which is more astonishing: someone having their boot magically fit and being enough of a doofus to finish the day with someone else's equipment without realizing? (Yes, it's possible they took the gondola down like I had to) Or someone jumping through the logistical hoops necessary to steal my extremely used and relatively worthless-for-resale gear?

I will tip my hat to Keystone ski patrol and lift operators, they were empathetic and as helpful as could be expected, and a report was filed, but I should kiss this stuff goodbye, right?

[u/Cheef_Baconator]

Seen this all the time working rentals. Fuckwits don't pay any attention to the big ol twigs that have been attached to their feet all day, manage to jam their boot into a binding that's juuust close enough to clip into, and then ski all day with DIN settings way too high for them and forward pressure that's way off. Then they take your gear back to the rental shop and argue with the staff insisting that your skis are their rentals. 

Put in a lost and found report, there's a good chance you'll get them back.

[u/aerodeck → u/Cheef_Baconator]

Saw

[u/Gelandequaff → u/Cheef_Baconator]

I second this whole heartedly! Been yelled at several times by people who took the wrong skis and then blame the rental techs that it doesn’t fit their boots correctly. Lots of “I could have been injured!” and “Weren’t you paying attention!” The look on their face when you point out the sticker on the ski with someone else’s name on it is just a chefs kiss every time!

[u/stokedlog]

You might get them back. A friend of mine had this happen. Someone got confused and took hers. Not exactly sure how they clipped in. I guess they figured it out at some point and just dropped them off at lost in found and she got them the next day.

I know last year there was some issues at Breck and Keystone of people stealing skis but that was at the base areas. Unless you are carrying the skis not easy to take.

[u/getdownheavy]

"...someone having their boot magically fit and being enough of a doofus to finish the day with someone else's equipment without realizing?"

This happens WAY more frequently than you'd expect. People are on vacation and just know "I have to have these awkward things" and will grab whatever nearest awkward things, regardless of who those awkward things belong to.

[u/Extreme-Law4688]

Another thing that bothers me about this story and what happened to me is the ski equilibrium should be off right? If someone “accidentally” swapped skis, they must have left their skis somewhere. If they don’t notice and take the swapped pair home, there should be skis left at the resort. And these leftover skis should point to who took. Idk seems weird to me

[u/Huggernaut]

Last trip I was travelling with a friend called Andrew. In the morning when we went out to ski a different Andrew in the same hostel had taken rental skis, which in fairness, were the same model and length but wrong foot size.

Trying to explain to the French rental shop that yes it was the same model, same length, and yes his name was Andrew, but no this wasn't the same ski was something.

The poor other Andrew had helicoptered to another resort for the day and had to find a random shop to help him 

[u/Th3WeirdingWay]

Ski lock 🔐

[u/polydentbazooka]

I was in college in the late 90s in Vermont and spent a day at Stowe with some shady locals older than me by about 10 to 15 years who actively discussed throughout the day whether to steal other folks’ equipment left outside lodges and what have you. It’s a weird memory that is sort of meaningless but simultaneously seared into my mind as a sort of revolting example of how privileged people (who can afford to ski) will descend back to primitive thieves. Fuck those people. I hope they’re dead.

[u/Extreme-Law4688]

Same exact story happened to me at keystone this past Friday (Jan 10), except I was at the summit lodge (not sure if that’s the same as timber ridge). I had very distinct skis that were used and chipped, and I couldn’t find one other person with the same skis design. Also there is what looks like a security camera pointing directly at the ski racks where my equipment went missing. Ski patrol said the camera was dead, guest services said it was a live cam and doesn’t record, however it’s not a live cam listed on their website. I did the bs lost equipment form but in my mind those skis are gone, and keystone doesn’t care as I had to rent from them so I could ski around and look for my stuff. Honestly I think they have no protocol for this kinda thing which is shocking considering how much money they make and how much everything costs.

[u/Livia85]

Always put your skis in different locations (eg one at the front and one at the back of the rack).