Teaching skiing or boarding on US Forest Service land without a permit or on someone else's permit without their permission is pirating and a violation of the law.
The Denver Post in an article Resorts run Resorts run stings to nab unauthorized instructors on their slopes brings the issue of "private" ski instructors to the front. Ski Instructors who are not wearing the ski resorts uniform or employed by the resort are pirates; people guiding on federal land without a permit.
Vail has had enough and in conjunction with the US Forest Service has started cracking down on the practice. Pirates that are caught are fined $545 (or more) and banned by Vail from all of their resorts for life.
These article follows an article on how Vail is catching people trying to sneak onto the lifts with other peoples season passes.
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Showing posts with label US Forest Service (USFS). Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Forest Service (USFS). Show all posts
Monday, January 18, 2010
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
New USFS Ski Safety Videos
The website California Snow has is hosting several videos by the US Forest Service on Skier Safety. Eight different videos speak to several different issues in skiing in and out of bounds. Although hosted by California Snow, the videos would work for any ski area, whether on US Forest Service land or not. The eight USFS videos cover:
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