Uphill policy in Ski areas

Where is the money going to come from?

And that's why it's all a pipe dream.

I think in someways a tram or gondola type thing to treeline off an already plowed highway is more realistic than more plowed BC skiing turnouts.

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There are also countless touring options from a ski resort's base that allow a group to avoid a ski area's patrolling, essentially mitigating the "uphill traffic" scenario altogether.  It would help if as a collective, we were to put emphasis on this aspect.

I couldn't agree more with this. I see a "want" a whole lot more than a "need" when it comes to winter access so long as the ski areas don't mess with parking. If there were a couple places where a minimal amount of plowing would make for a meaningful difference, great.

Otherwise, I do agree that you're going to have to come up with a funding mechanism, and that might very well require collaboration with other users...like snowmobilers.

Aside: Let's all just ignore Freeski please. It's for the best.

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The only way to fight prejustice is through education.

It used to be the only way to fight poor spelling too. "prejudice", "waiver"

Quote- ''Dare I say start working with the snowmobile clubs because I hear similar rumbling from my sled-neck friends.''
unquote] i can see why you would say 'dare i say' on this site given the prejustice and bias that permiates TAY toward, as you call them 'sled-neck', which could be a consided a slur word onto itself.

Well, i'm a sled-neck and many of us build your houses, build offices, plow your roads, log, mine (where do you think copper and wood comes from), keep your ski areas working and do much of the physical labor that is required to sustain our communities, and we love what we do and why we do it.

We take that overabundance of energy that was gifted to us and we rip on our days off.

The only way to fight prejustice is through education.

Relax. That was a friendly jab towards the anti-motorized guys. I have two sleds, one for me and one for anybody who wants to tag along and they get used almost as much as my skis. In my neck of the woods a lot of guys embrace the name especially after some of the land management meetings and internet bashing. And if you read my post I am a blue collar guy also.

Back on topic:
Don't forget about the Washington Winter Recreation Program that runs the Sno-Park areas. This program provides great services to all forms of recreation (motorized and non-motorized) and probably will be the most likely group to be responsive with our ideas. If you don't think that will work look at the group who worked with Olympic National Park to provided funding to open the Hurricane Ridge road several extra days during the week. And that was just skiers, no snowmobile or snowbike guys.

Relax. That was a friendly jab towards the anti-motorized guys. I have two sleds, one for me and one for anybody who wants to tag along and they get used almost as much as my skis.

I'm down almost anytime that I can get time off.