I might be missing something, but in an area like the San Juans with a touchy snowpack, wouldn't a little more skier compaction make things safer for everybody? Sure you might cross a track here and...

It's half price heli drops with a gold pass.

I would happily give my heart and soul to bring a Silverton type place to Washington. Or at least a grassroots type ski area that isn't in a horrible rain shadow (ie someplace with a Mission/Loup...

North Side of Nason Ridge with a chair going somewhere between Rock Mountain and Mount Mastiff is about the only place that I have found that could support a Silverton type place that isn't...

I somehow doubt you could ever develop a new ski area in Washington even with really deep pockets. The anti-anything/nimby crowd would come out in droves. "That's critical Indian salmon backcountry...

I'm all in, what will it take?

Maybe I'm not core-rad-gnar-real enough to comprehend what I'd be missing by not going unguided, but having at least one professional who's trained in first aid, rescue, snow safety AND knows the...

So we bring the campers. Big Steve, You, Me, Norsey all can go full Convoy on the route down.

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We could camp.

167 of us would need to show up and we'd be down to the $59 unguided rate... April mag summit at Silverton?