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There’s something about the allure of untouched terrain that some folks just can’t seem to resist when they illegally enter closed terrain at the ski area in pursuit of fresh tracks, according to Snowmass Village Police Officer Dave Heivly. He calls it the “powder fever mystique.”
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David Krause/The Aspen Times There comes a “tipping point” in every ski season — a shift in skier behavior, or snowpack, or both — when the temptation of fresh turns in untracked powder spurs the resurgence of rope-duckers entering closed terrain at Snowmass. This year is no exception: Snowmass police have issued seven $250 tickets to violators in the past two weeks. That’s according to Dave Heivly, a Snowmass police officer who spends one day per week working on the mountain with ski patrol as part of a joint Mountain Security program with Aspen Skiing Co. (A total of seven Snowmas...