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Closure notice received at MRNP Entrance Station
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<br>I agree, and I hope I do not tarnish the memories of Sunday for anyone by posting the above. I guess I probably should have waited a few days before posting.<br><br>It was too much of a beautiful day to get into a bitch session.
<br>Certain parts of the Federal government seem to be in short supply of common sense lately.<br><br>Is the closure of Sunrise to skiers next? Joedabaker?<br>Everyone needs to just use their common sense.
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<br>With all due respect Larry, I don't understand your comparison or what you are trying to imply. Backcountry skiing is inherently significantly less resource damaging then snowmobiling. In addition, anecdotally, in my experience backcountry skiers seem to be excellent stewards of the environment. <br><br>Does MRNP have any factual basis to claim skiers cause disproportional resource damage when the snowpack is low? Is this their sole reason for the closure? The last sentence of the first paragraph also states, "Skiers and snowboarders run the risk of injury due to the many rocks and trees protruding through the snow."<br>I think backcountry skiers would like to give the impression to others that they are different from snowmobilers in that the resource is treated with great respect.
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<br><br>Where I come from they call those "WEEDS". I guess 20' of snow won't hurt the plants, but skiing on thin snow does? <br><br>I'm just being a bit sarcastic here, but I sure get tired of the park nazi's on Chinook Pass. It used to be a fun place to hike and ride 10+ years ago. Now its a non-stop hassle by the park patrol......I think they are doing this beacuse in past years when the snow pack has been thin people have traveled a short distance from the parking lot, built a kicker and spent the whole day doing tricks in one spot. Then once the snow melts, that spot ends up with a lot of damage to meadow plants and flowers.<br>
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<br>Does this (or will this soon) include closures to other areas of MRNP in spring/summer? Like say Sunrise, Spray park or Summerland?Note that the Park Service has had a policy forbidding snow sliding in low snow conditions for quite a while now.
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<br><br>Thanks Skip for taking the time to get the info. I agree with you, if I need to boot a little ways further up the trail, no big deal. I love the start of the "new" season, and am always anxious to ski that new snow, but I also love the beauty the park has to offer in the summer with that beautiful endless blanket of wildflowers. <br>an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If that means I need to boot it a little ways up the trail until the snow deepens, I'm more than willing to do that.
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