Hiking at resorts that are closed...

Shifty540

Shifty540

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Do you guys ever do that? I am thinking about it but I don't want to get there and have some assholes tell me I can't because of "liabilities". Basically I wanna just go there, build a kicker and work on some rotations since there is still snow. I really don't wanna put the skis away...
 
It's illegal, they'll sue you if you go.

Seriously though, they'll bitch at you about liabilities. I don't know how lax your mountain is but the employees at mine bitch. So go there after they leave. Also try sundays, usually no one is there.
 
I am tempted to. There shouldnt be a problem..but thought id ask to see if others had an experience doin it.
 
when therre was snow left at mine i went like every day and no one ever talked to me they just drove by on atvs and waved but the might ttake down your jump or rails at night
 
your so lucky you still have snow, when you get there just make sure you hike to some place where people cant see you. then you'll be fine, usually theres no one at the mountain a week or two after it closes.
 
well i have hiked pre season, and after the mtn closes, and they never say anything, we even used their rails that were just in a pile...
 
hike that, it looks so dope

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if they get mad at you and tell you to leave then you leave, but at least you tried
 
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If you do it, brake your jump when your done so they don't catch on and start watching out for you.
 
I have done it preseason before, and have not had a problem. And my dad did it a long time ago post season, at around this time and he tells me it was really fun. No bitching on either occaision from the mountain. Then again, I live in a country that doesn't sue for just about everything, aha.
 
Of course you can! We do alot, The ski hill just puts up a sign that say that the resort is colsed and they are not responsible for anything etc, etc.
 
as long as you are on forest land or any other type of public land you are welcome to hike as soon as the mountain closes, this includes before and after the lifts run during winter... the cirque at Kirkwood is sick right now!
 
really who gives a shit? unless your ski po enjoy working after the mountain is closed there isnt gona be a problem. They may own the resort but the dont own the actually snow and mountain . if someone bothers you tell them nicely and athen tell them to fuck off cause there is no liability involved when you dont buy a lift ticket and just hike up. Thats where thers all that shit on the back of the lift ticket about injury, rocks, death
 
i hike my local mountain, but its aslo belongs to the forest service after the owner's lease is up, but even then the owner didn't care. the least that can happen in you get told to leave i guess.
 
In Utah, we can because it's national forest land. In Pennsylvania, we can because we run the mountain.
 
we do it all the time, dont worry about it, who in the WORLD would care, and if they tell u to leave just tell them to get fucked.
 
fuckit, the worst thing that happens is they kick you out. if you dont try itl be a long time till you ski again.
 
I have talked to some buddies and it sounds like they are down. So it looks like I will be getting some more turns in. God I love living in Washington.
 
man when my place still had snow we went more than a few times, but the first time we got in shit, so we hiked all the way around the camp ground that they run in the summer and hiked up the north hill where they couldnt see us that well. when they did figure out we were there we just grabbed out stuff and ran
 
Give it a go.. Shouldn't be too much of a problem depending on where you go. They'll probably just warn you if they see you that it's 'at your own risk'.
 
me and my friends drove up okemo twice in the last couple months and set up rails on the big mound where the halfpipe is. Sick sessions!
 
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