Interview with Tommi `Mellow`Marsh from LECH

Short designer history and which features do you still ride: Head of design for 4 years, I certainly have been riding all the obstaclesin the park
Short snow park history: We have been doing it for 4 years now, the lift company was responsible before. Then they realised that  tehy needed some real experts from the scene to design the park
Shaper Crew: 1 shaper and snow-team (8 people), about 50 hours of work per week
Cat shaping hours per season: 2 hours per day
Position of the park: The park is situated along the heated quad chair lift, the lower part is steeper than the upper part
Park philosophy: Everybody should be able to ride the park and all obstacles should have a good shape
Percentage of park areas: Pro 15%, Public 45%, Beginner 40%
Local Pro rider: Patrick Huber, Alois Bickl
Visiting Pro riders and teams: Depends on the powder on the Arlberg...
How important is a Pro area: Pros are not our main target group
General news for 07/08: Park improvement
Events 07/08: January 26th - 27th SNOWPARK Tour 08, March 22nd - 23rd NICE & LANDED 08
Shape and style of the obstacles: Mellow style
Beginner rails and boxes:
New rails and boxes: 1 tree trunk
Planned park modification or changes later in the season:
Top nationalities: GER and AUT
Safety precautions and inventions: Mellow constructions are famous for safe constructions and sign posting of obstacles - pioneer in snowpark safety
How about a (super)pipe: There would be a place for a pipe, but the ground is not adequate to build up a superpipe on it. That´s why there´s no pipe cutter planned respectively we don´t want to offer a small pipe
Your freestyle park vision: Many people who ride the park
Freeride possibilities in the backcountry: Enough. The Arlbeg is one of the hot spots for powder fans
Earth forms: Some built 6 years ago
Snowboard or Ski majority in your park: There is a majority of skiers in the park