Comments on: Backcountry Skiing News Roundup

By: Lou

Lou — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:05:30 +0000

Jordan White said he might head up there today. With a dusting of new snow it might be pretty good, but last report I heard said many rocks were on snow surface, so if those get hid by a small amount of snow, then watch out! But it’s always fun.

By: Wart

Wart — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:33:13 +0000

Anyone been up to montezuma lately? Hoping to go up this week. Heard that july up there was very good.
P.S. What is Louie Jr. hiding behind his back in the coal seam fire photo? Looks kind of suspicious.

By: ken

ken — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:18:44 +0000

Having been a USFS firefighter for 14 years I came to believe it should be called the Small Town Investment Program. Goddamn disgusting and ended up causing more damage than that being prevented.
Quit and do massage now so I can ski and live with a guilt free conscience.

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:09:00 +0000

I haven’t read the articles but will, and am curious if they brought up a solution that wildfires should be managed under an emergency expenditure, similar to the way hurricanes and tornados are under FEMA. When a business burns down, they don’t cover the loss under operating income, but through insurance. USFS needs the same to keep their normal operations running and still battle fires.

I grew up in Cody and during the Yellowstone fires, the death threats and armed security around park superintentendent Robert Barbee should give an indication of the feelings in the west towards let it burn. The philosophy of control and contain is still very much alive.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:00:40 +0000

Hey Clyde, thanks for the bad link info. I had a glitch this morning while writing the blogpost, and a few things got messed up. Didn’t catch that. I’ll fix. Meanwhile, BCA will help us live to be 100 (grin).

Fixed now.