Too bad more resorts, gov's etc do not take this same initiative...


Forced to conduct risky rescue missions, many private resorts make thrill-seekers pay for breaking the rules

CARLY WEEKS
From Friday's Globe and Mail
December 14, 2007 at 9:44 AM EST

At the Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops, B.C., guests are urged to relax and hit the slopes.

But for those thrill-seekers who decide to challenge the rules of the mountain and embark on an out-of-bounds skiing adventure, the resort has one message: Enter at your own risk - or you may take a financial hit.

Two Vancouver teenagers learned that lesson the hard way last week after they decided to ski out of bounds and got lost overnight. They have been told they might have to pay up to $15,000 for the rescue

Full article here.