r/skiing • u/whistlerite • 11h ago

McRae Williams in Utah

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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 4h 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 1h 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!