Is drinking on the mountain not allowed?

[Maksim]

Just watching Ski patrol and they busted a girl for drinking....

I could of sworn there were people posting here that there were drinking carts set up on the mountain? WTf?

Plese enlighten me.

 

[Geoff]

Just watching Ski patrol and they busted a girl for drinking....

I could of sworn there were people posting here that there were drinking carts set up on the mountain? WTf?

Plese enlighten me.

The state of Vermont allows BYOB on state forest and park land. They have strange keg laws so no kegs. No serving minors. No collecting money.

Here are the state park rules.
http://www.vtstateparks.com/pdfs/2008rule.pdf

It's a grey area whether a ski resort on leased state land can restrict anything. They can certainly enforce it in the base lodges since they have a liquor license there. I figure as long as everything is kept low key and we clean up the debris afterwards, nobody is going to press the issue about having BBQs and alcohol in the parking lot as long as it's on state forest land. If the ski area owns the land, they can obviously do whatever they want. If they threw every customer out who had an open beer in their parking lot, they wouldn't have very many customers.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Drinking carts on a trail.......just from a liability perspective I don't think that would be a good idea. On a golf course or in the base area, a diferent story.

 

[dmc]

Discretion.... Makes all things legal....

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

It's a grey area whether a ski resort on leased state land can restrict anything.

Not really. Unless the lease prohibits it, the leasee has full rights of private property.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The only reason the guys in Ski Patrol got their beer dumped out is because they attracted attention to themselves with bow and arrows. It's perfectly OK to drink a beer on the lift or when skiing down the run..just not in the lodge.

 

[Geoff]

Not really. Unless the lease prohibits it, the leasee has full rights of private property.

That's not how the Killington lease is written. There are a lot of copies of it floating around due to the season pass lawsuit. It's not privately owned land where what you say is completely true.

 

[andyzee]

Don't ask, don't tell.

 

[marcski]

Discretion.... Makes all things legal....

Agreed. I don't let on anything. You must be especially careful in Hunter's parking lots.....unmarked patrols in there.

 

[Vortex]

SR is tailgates galore.

 

[frozencorn]

Don't ask, don't tell.

Yup.

 

[deadheadskier]

SR is tailgates galore.

Same with Stowe

From what I've seen over the years they have tightened up a bit though. Up until around 2000 there used to be an annual 'prohibition' party on Chin Clip where groomers would bring the kegs up.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Not really. Unless the lease prohibits it, the leasee has full rights of private property.

Same with the national forest. here at the Bush every spring we have a face to face with the GMNF folks regarding mountain biking, bears and the Long Trail and we can ask anyone to leave for a myriad of reasons. Most has to with liability and public safety. Diferent resorts do enforce various issues diferently.

Drinking in the parking lot is allowed by many resorts but you can bet your ass if someone gets drunk and then drives off and gets into an accident and kills someone that practice will probably end. Many parking lots at resorts whose terrain is on public lands are on private property.

In the spring many Vermont state parks prohibit hiking to prevent trail destruction from the muddy conditions. The idea that people can do what they want cause it's public land is more fantasy than fact.

 

[Reckless]

I have gotten a drink at the top and mid mountain before. It may depend on the mountain and how much insurance the mountain can afford to pay, because lawsuits will follow.

I always ski much better when I drink (tongue firmly in cheek).

 

[millerm277]

In the spring many Vermont state parks prohibit hiking to prevent trail destruction from the muddy conditions. The idea that people can do what they want cause it's public land is more fantasy than fact.

Yes, but that's the state doing that...the point is whether or not the person leasing the land can do the same? With the wording of Killington's lease, I'm not sure if they would be able to on the land they lease.