Let's look at it this way. In Western Colorado there is Steamboat Springs Ski Resort and some the best elk in North America. I taught skiing in Steamboat in 79/80 one of the best times of my life. The ski resort is all on US Forest Service land and the price for a 5 day lift for the current season is $445. A typical elk hunt is approximately 5 days and the current cost of a cow tag is $450.
I have not heard of skiers demanding that the cost of a lift ticket should be lowered because the resort is on federal land and the pricing should reflect what a working man can pay. One either has the money to ski on federal lands or they do not ski. The same as elk hunting. Western ski areas do have lower local price tickets. Stop bitching Dink or better yet stop hunting in the west.
