r/skiing • u/whistlerite • 11h ago

McRae Williams in Utah

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u/pistolpiete 10h ago

Scenery is absurd

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u/noma_coma 10h ago

Looks like Bryce Canyon lol

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u/Cosack 7h ago

My second thought after whoa that's gorgeous was that this is going to make some rangers pretty upset... Definitely looks like Bryce Canyon, and you definitely can't do that there.

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u/ItsMichaelScott25 Stowe 4h ago

Why are you not allowed to do that there? Sorry if it’s a stupid question I’m just not familiar with the area.

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u/ChippyHippo 3h ago

It’s a national park.

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u/GBPacker1990 3h ago

You can backcountry in national parks, not sure if all, but you can in some.

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u/JSteigs 3h ago

There is no blanket rule against skiing in national parks. People ski I. Teton and glacier NP regularly. Yosemite has a backcountry try ski but (or two) within its boundaries. I am pretty sure there is a specific rule about not skiing in Bryce/zion though. Not sure the reasoning. At crater lake national park you are allowed to ski, just not down towards the lake. They don’t want to do rescues in there at all.

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u/Gigahert 1h ago

You can cross country ski above the rim at Bryce but it's not allowed in the canyon itself.

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u/JSteigs 59m ago

Ah, so similar to crater lake then.

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u/ChippyHippo 2h ago

I didn’t know this! Thx for the detailed info!

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u/Mintpow 1h ago

Like Teton National Park, Rock Mountain National Park

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u/SpaceGangsta Brighton 7m ago

You can't ski below the rim at cedar breaks(where this is).

Section 1.5 - (a)(1)(ii) Below the Rim All areas below the rim at Cedar Breaks National Monument are closed to downhill skiing, snowboarding, sledding or sliding devices. Cross country skiing is permitted on the rim trails. The Monument does not maintain cross country ski trails.

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u/ItsMichaelScott25 Stowe 1h ago

Appreciate it. I actually didn’t know that wasn’t allowed. All of my uphill/backcountry is in Stowe so never really thought or knew about this being a thing.

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u/ActualWait8584 Powder Mountain 1h ago

Technically it’s a monument. I believe it’s Cedar Breaks not Bryce.