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bjanas t1_j5piwmo wrote

Reply to comment by AutomaticMidnite in We finally get some good snow and Wachusett mountain is without power by funsk8mom

I'm not sure about Wachusett but if I'm not mistaken a whole lot of resorts are actually located on public land and just have like, some type of easements or something so they can run the equipment on it. I'd wonder what the rights are as far as just hiking it.

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fetamorphasis t1_j5r59jj wrote

Most of the mountains you’re thinking of have leases from the National Forest Service. These leases allow them to block access to the ski area when it’s operating in the winter because they are doing things like grooming and making snow which are dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. They can also stop you from skiing down their trails, even if you hiked in on public land, because if you get injured, you’ll still use ski patrol resources. You’re also using man-made snow and grooming. In practice very few of them actually enforce this, but the possibility is there if people abuse the access.

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[deleted] t1_j5t3sqr wrote

Who cares haha do it anyways

They usually don’t groom during active hours anyways unless they close the trail down for that etc

Easy to walk up for free, make ‘em stop you

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