Backcountry Skiers tell Mountain Riders Alliance, ‘No Thanks, We’re Good.’
By Michael Frank, Adventure Journal on December 20th, 2011
Folks who skin to the proposed Manitoba Mountain site on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula would prefer the area stay lift-less. There had been resistance already from the U.S. Forest Service, which doesn’t want any new lifts in the 5.4-million acre Chugach National Forest. MRA says that since Manitoba had lifts up until the 1960s, they aren’t asking for “new” lifts…But backcountry skiers aren’t thrilled with the idea of lifts; the low-angles and easy access of Manitoba are appealing — and so is the fact that they don’t have to shell out for lift tickets.
