(sknyski) wrote in message . com...
I'm confused and dyslexic so don't listen to me, but I'd say that in the US
one should always pass on the left, as with a car. Slower skiers stay right.
I mean, they seem to tend to do this. Left lane for passing in a two-track
set-up. So I end saying "On your left." Here in the States. Does everyone
else say "On your right"??

Now that I think about it, you might be right. I guess it just
depends on which side of the trail the duffer is on. I go wherever
there is room, since the hard-of-hearing slowpokes we encounter out
here get startled and do dumb things when you surprise them.

Most often there is two sets of classic tracks beside a skate lane.
The fast track is the track right next to the skate lane since you can
jump out of the tracks on the hills, and the outside lane has more
problems with things like soft snow where you poles punch through.
There's always exceptions...sometimes the skiers don't use the tracks.

Jay (where's the snow?) Wenner