This policy seems sound and reasonable. Not an attempt to just "throw the bums off our mountain", like you see in other areas. Probably not as easy to climb as before, but not heavy handed to the point of making the entire area inaccessible to skinning.
I am particularly impressed that they don't carry this idea to ban any up hill traffic on their runs while the lift are spinning. That has always seemed bogus to me since downhill skiers are required to ski in control and avoid objects and people below them. As a downhill skier, if you can't avoid potential collisions you are an idiot to be skiing on that run and should be escorted by ski patrol to a less challenging run. Out of control is not cool. If you hit somebody doing it you are the problem, not the person, mogul, tree, or lift tower you hit! Crystal actually seems to understand this as a downhill control problem not an up hill traffic problem. I have to give them credit for having a brain and using it. They actually seem to understand and encourage the sport of skiing. To bad so many other areas have their heads up their next real estate scam.
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