Possible new pay parking policy at Mt. Baker

How about an underground, heated parking garage,
with retail & restaurant space occupying ground level.
I'd call it 'Seeking A Pass Life'.

I'd pay $10 / day at Stevens if it guaranteed I'd get a parking spot.

So far I'm 0 for a lot on getting any of the "renewing pass holder" benefits. Missed-out on the bike park tickets due to foul weather shutting ops down the day I made it up there, got told I needed to go wait in a huge line at Guest Services to get some sort of season pass thing for ski-check and every time I've tried to use the day of free, premium parking, there hasn't been a spot available in that lot. Two comp night tickets are useless because they hand out those things like candy at all the movie premiers in the fall and and as for a free hot wax, I do that all the time at home without wasting my time waiting for it to be done.

I think next year I'll just give Boyne East my pass monies and let Stevens pick up the scraps...

That does nothing to help solve the parking equation.

Duncan decided to block the upper lot today...

... with all the day hikers, tourers, and snowshoers still there! Eventually we were let out but the 1/2 hour being blocked in while the ski area threw a fit sucked.

The USFS law patrol posted to the area today said it was Duncan's lot to use as he sees fit. Ostensibly the reason is an expected, unauthorized party in the lot.

This is poor management by the ski area and the USFS.

And so it begins.

as the mayor of LoT4, I can feel Duncky's pain.