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Going to be going in this weekend. wondering if anybody else will be around.
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Did they change the rules for parking and using the airfield? Thought I heard that you now have to use the parking area just west of Mew. Seems odd considering the fact that there is a convenient parking lot in Mew.
Have fun regardless
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Winter backcountry camping is no longer permitted in the Mew Lake Airfield area. This area is now used for a new Airfield Ski Trail. You may still use the Air Field parking lot to access the backcountry, but you must travel beyond the restricted area.
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I did not know that. Thanks for the quick responses. Good news is we are not actually in the air strip. So all good.
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I get that one. Safety and kindness to bears. Not camping in such a wide area just so peoe can ski, not so understandable to me. But it forces more people to campgrounds I suspect and they make more money. Or some people cried about the campers in airstrip and we have to accommodate anyone who complains.
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The issue had nothing to with xc skiers, it was the air strip hot tent campers who would frequent the Mew Lake facilities - showers, toilets, ice rink, warm up tent/fire pit..ect. This ruffled the feathers of those folks at Mew L who paid the big bucks to be there (compared to back country fees) That was the primary reason for the change. I don't have a dog in the fight, but I get it.
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