Uphill traffic at Stevens Pass Ski Area

So it sounds like the official policy at Stevens Pass may be going towards no uphill traffic within ski area boundaries during the operating season (November-late April). This would not affect anything on the north side of the highway (i.e. Skyline Ridge), nor would it limit people from heading up from the nordic center to access anything in Mill Valley (Jim Hill, Josephine, etc...).

What do people think about this?

Since the PCT runs through the ski area can they deny access?

I watched a party of 4 at Crystal skin right up the middle of a groomer on chair 9 , downhill skiers zinging all around them. I mentioned that they might want to hug the edge and they were a bit put off. If this is the attitude ski area managers are getting from non paying customers using their slopes then a ban is inevitable. They don't want to see accidents and lawsuits

I really like to think of them as our slopes as it is Forest Service land.

The Crystal site does ask that skinners stay to the side.

I really like to think of them as our slopes as it is Forest Service land.

The Crystal site does ask that skinners stay to the side.

Agreed, but it is LEASED land so the responsibility lands on the leaser, in which case would be the ski area(s). There's enough litigation out there, so why subject yourself to a very potential lawsuit? The probability of getting hit by a downhill slider is rather high in a ski area, especially if you are skinning out in the middle of a intermediate slope, like Downhill run.
I'm not going to go mountain biking up a FS road where there are active logging operations and trucks hauling down the hill.
The responsible party, in this case the ski area always seems to have to make decisions on, "What would the person with the lowest mentality do?"

"What would the person with the lowest mentality do?"

I think the answer is - Skin up an operating ski run!