Attempting to codify a loose cannon (pun) of ethics is always interesting — I’d even agree it is somewhat obnoxious. But if we didn’t do it we’d just leave a vacuum that someone else would fill, so we might as well keep it going.

Main idea is to get us all thinking and perhaps figuring out what we can do out there that makes the backcountry experience the most rewarding for ourselves and others. Now that the sport of ski touring has expanded, how we deal with the crowds we are part of is perhaps of paramount importance. That includes the way skin tracks and other over-snow trails are created and managed. Hence, discussion is good and that’s the purpose of our “list.” See comments. Leave a few more of your own. Land managers read this stuff — managers who sometimes have the power of the pen regarding everything from parking to Wilderness permitting systems.)