A fine, but rhetorical, idea. How exactly is the average ski tourer supposed to get to this terrain? Most of us can't go heli skiing all winter. Nor do we have snowmobiles - and the trailers and big rigs and the storage space they require. As well, most of us are not macho supermen that can get to the more remote places in the winter.
The number of bc skiers is expanding, access is diminishing, do the math.
If you mean parking, then sure, it's super hard and access is limited. But if there's parking, ski touring in a way that avoids grooming and downhill traffic is exceptionally easy. Kendall, Snoqualmie, yodelin, smithbrook, etc etc etc. Yet, almost every time I ski inbounds, which is thankfully little these days, you'll see someone skinning up groomed runs somewhere idiotic. You DO NOT need to use groomed ski runs to easily access tons of tours in the Cascades. Parking might be a problem at Baker, but hasn't never been for me anywhere else. Non-ski area access to touring isn't a huge problem. Sure, we'd all like more, but there are far more important things in life.
