Here is a quandary. Well maybe not for some but for others. In British Columbia, the famous sights of mountains is a invitation for people to ski down them, snowmobile up them or just hike and climb all over. However, mountains don't come with warning labels or legal waivers. People get killed, and this past weekend, an avalanche that swept down the mountain into 200 people and killed 2. The snowmobiliers were in a mountain meadow full of deep powder for an unofficial get together of friends. Now...avalanches come with mountains, especially in the western rockies as the snow can often be moisture laden, and as the year goes on, it can be dangerous. The RCMP and Military do have advisories for the mountains, and block people from going in while the military sets off avalanches using mortars. So it isn't like society isn't trying to make the situation safe.

That said, the Vancouver Province had this editorial : http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/E...334/story.html

Now Iam all for making people be more responsible with a snowmobile, or where they go, BUT this is a thin argument thinking this would save any of those lives. People do stupid things behind the wheel of cars with valid licenses, so I fail to see how adding more laws helps.

The real worry is though they may restrict people from going into the crown lands that are much of the interior. This is more or less a public domain, and will laws be on people to NOT do this, NOT do that, not mountain climb, not do extreme sports etc. I know there is a line, but I just am wary of trying to draw up lines that mean people will become smarter. The reality is, the mountains are what they are, and there was no avalanche advisory for the area in question that day...... so where is the line drawn?