> It's the healthier and environmentally friendly version of alpine skiing. I used to think that too, but recently I'm softening to the argument that a given n

> It's the healthier and environmentally friendly version of alpine skiing. I used to think that too, but recently I'm softening to the argument that a given number of vacationers on even the nastiest bulldozed runs has much less regional impact than if the same number of users would go touring instead, everyone spreading out to seek their own patch of untouched nature. Of course in terms of global impact (energy use per person) touring is nonetheless much better.