David Krause/The Aspen Times
There comes a “tipping point” in every ski season a shift in skier behavior, or snowpack, or both when the temptation of fresh turns in untracked powder spurs the resurgence of rope-duckers entering closed terrain at Snowmass. This year is no exception: Snowmass police have issued seven $250 tickets to violators in the past two weeks.
That’s according to Dave Heivly, a Snowmass police officer who spends one day per week working on the mountain with ski patrol as part of a joint Mountain Security program with Aspen Skiing Co. (A total of seven Snowmass officers each take a one-day shift on the mountain.)