I may not have been clear in what I posted yesterday -- I completely
agree with sknyski, especially what he wrote below. Note the phrases
"wide berth", "go around" and "on occassion hello." Those things are
what *real* etiquette is about.

JFT

sknyski wrote:
This is retarded. Do you honk each time
you pass a car on the freeway?
Trails are usually more than wide enough
to accompany two skiers (a
fast one and yourself) without the faster
one having to call out a
warning each time. Not to sound like a
complete asshole (it's hard,
trust me), but if I'm skiing at a place like
Royal Gorge I'd go hoarse
by the end of the day calling out a warning
each time I went past
someone. I just give people a wide berth,
go around (instead of
yelling track and expecting them to move),
and on occasion saying
hello.