Good point, and one I forgot to mention. I normally only approach people at the access points and have never chased anyone down to confront them, unlike others that don't post here.

As I said before, I'm not out there to pull passes, I'm out there to go skiing. I like accessing the BC from the ski area. People that access the BC from the ski area are required to have all their...

Yep, sometimes I'm surprised too. But you'd be surprised how a "be informative and nice" approach works.

Once it gets to the pass pulling point I've usually already talked to patrollers (who...

Aww, that's just MBS. His breath's worse than his bark, which is worse than his bite. ;)

I'm not after the pole tip through the windpipe, nor am I out to get people. I don't recommend pulling...

Yep, I don't want to have to dig them out later (although I will if I have to) and I certainly don't want them to have to dig me out either, esp. since they will be using their hands, skis,...

nope, he's not a patroller.

It's often easy to correctly judge skiers and boarders who frequent the BC in our neck of the woods as idiots because they ignore warning signs posted all over the...

I think MBS' comment was more directed towards Squirrel for mentioning dropping into Oi at one point.

www.nwac.us is our local avy service.

That sounds El Sketcho. Glad you guys were there to literally save the day.

I have mixed feelings about missing opening day, and the avy danger was one of the things that made me glad I wasn't...