That, My friend, is an excellent Idea!!
Mass transit shuttles or organized Van-pooling to "drop off points" for Non-Motorized users of Wilderness areas that they ARE able to ride. Leaving the shared areas open to all who currently enjoy them.
With as much effort and money as is being put into pushing this exclusionary legislation through... the same money and effort would get more skiers into areas not open to any motorized users at all... and and address the aforementioned concerns with access-parity.
That is the purpose here... isn't it... to get the skiers into areas unencumbered by motorized users... or am I off base in this observation?
What organized efforts have been made to try to promote this concept? That is: Utilizing more of the areas already available for non motorized/mechanized users by having drop off area "shuttles"... Saves on gas money as well.
Is anyone interested in talking about how to improve access to wilderness areas during the winter for non-motorized users? Seems like that could reduce some of the conflict since most of the friction boils down to folks competing for the same land, near a finite set of access points.
Maybe it will be expensive (financially and administratively) to get skiers into the wilderness for day trips. But the alternative probably is carving up land that's fairly close to plowed highways until both user groups are equally dis-satisfied. Of course, both groups will think they've gotten or are still getting the shaft with that outcome. But if the administrators and pols hear an equal level of complaining from both sides, then they'll know they're safe.
