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Washington has a proposed a bill, which according to news reports, is aimed at backcountry skiers. Senate bill 5186 would impose a fine of up to $1000 for skiing into areas “designated by a ski area operator as closed to the public and that has signs posted indicating the closure”. It also empowers ski patrollers to aid police in enforcing this. If you want to voice your opinions, we’d love to see your comments here (just click on the post title to bring up the comments page) or you can attend tomorrow’s public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 1:30 PM or write to your senator.
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Absolutely against – already wrote to my senator about this.
Each and single individual needs to make their own decision what areas they are capable of skiing. In many cases the “closed” areas are border areas to public lands, that can be accessed by other means than the lifts – why should I be prohibited from hiking / skiing up and going skiing if I want to?