The ski hill definitely does not endorse skiing the hill pre-opening. As has been said before, they have people working all over, who could be caught in an avalanche by someone breaking off snowload above them that they aren’t even aware of, and, there are patrollers and avalanche control personnel setting off slides on purpose that someone hiking around would not be aware of. My question for the people who insist on doing this has always been, if you want to ski tour somewhere pre-season, why do you do it at the hill? Why not go somewhere else, anywhere else and do it to get the full on renegade experience? The answer is of course that they assume that they are entitled to go on the resort, that it’s safer and that if they do get into trouble for being irresponsible someone will be there to rescue their sorry asses.If you want to ski-tour, feel free…there are an infinite amount of places to do it within 30 mins of town. Why do you need to do it at the hill, and advertise it here? Go somewhere where you won’t be endangering others.
