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    Undercover USFS agents lurking at smoke-huts!

    There have been reports throughout the ski industry of plain-clothed US Forest Service agents pretending to be "cool" then arresting some of our pot smoking brothers and sisters for blazing up on chair lifts and at smoke-huts. Alta, Vail, Crested Butte, and other unnamed ski resorts have had this happen so far this season. Be careful out there kids... Having "safety meetings" suddenly isn't so safe anymore!
    Last edited by DropCliffsNotBombs; 02-27-2008 at 11:07 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DropCliffsNotBombs View Post
    There have been reports throughout the ski industry of plain-clothed US Forest Service agents pretending to be "cool" then arresting some of our fellow pot smoking brothers and sisters for blazing up on chair lifts and at smoke-huts. Alta, Vail, Crested Butte, and other unnamed ski resorts have had this happen this season. Be careful out there kids... Having "safety meetings" suddenly isn't so safe anymore!
    funny, here in tahoe we don't have that problem. We smoke in the first chair line up somedays.

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    It has happened in a similar fashion at Targhee.

    (off duty cop smelled da' herb as folks were smoking in the cathedral trees...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by tahoegnar420 View Post
    funny, here in tahoe we don't have that problem. We smoke in the first chair line up somedays.
    So do we... and some of our lifts are IN town!!
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    Ganjalas are the ticket.
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    Quote Originally Posted by User Name View Post
    I'm gonna call bullshit. If they (the USFS) are arresting someone, that means they're not just a FPO (Forest Protection Officer) but rather an LEO (Law Enforecement Officer), who has the power to make arrests. With funding the way it is in most (all?) FS districts, it would be a far stretch to assume that LEOs are wasting their time busting pot smokers when snowmobile trespass is such a common occurance.

    Be safe when being safe, pretty easy concept. On a chairlift you're pretty easy to spot; get caught with someone wearing a badge on the chair in front or behind you and it's your own fault for being a frickin' moron.
    It was on the local news today. It IS the USFS. They admit it and are in plain clothes. They even interviewed an agent!
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    Gosh. You know I would just stick to doing whatever with just my close friends that I trust and ignore the guys asking if they could buy a doobie.

    I remember when they did this in Aspen and in Vail when i lived there. Just a way for the feds to say they are doing something and wasting more of our money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TJ.Brk View Post
    Just a way for the feds to say they are doing something and wasting more of our money.
    good point.
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    last season cops dressed up as slope watch here and busted people at all the well known shacks. Earlier this season there were gun toting sheriffs on the hill, what the fuck?
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    quote of the day:

    “In our world, given staffing levels and the other problems we may be dealing with, if someone is smoking a joint and doing nothing but—on our priority list that’s somewhere below cows on the road,” he says.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mantraskier View Post
    quote of the day:

    “In our world, given staffing levels and the other problems we may be dealing with, if someone is smoking a joint and doing nothing but—on our priority list that’s somewhere below cows on the road,” he says.
    Crested Butte Chief of Police

    Spoken like a truly visionary law enforcement professional.

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    there are still usfs cops around after w's budget cuts?

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    just keep your skis on and wear two shells.
    probably arent many FS officers who could catch your average mag skiing out of the woods on their home hill.
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    You'd think they'd be too busy cutting down forests.

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    Yeah, I heard this on 9 news the other day.

    Awesome.

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    interesting article and happenings. just goes to show if you attract too much attention the law will crack down.

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    What is the world comming to???

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    Get a medical card

    Get a Card Hippy!!! That way you can tell the USFS to eat shit when they are trying holding you down while they call the Sheriff and wait for him to haul you off...USFS can't do anyting but wait for the cops
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    Fuckin pigs.

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    quote:

    "Nielsen says the skiers weren’t breaking the law just because of possessing marijuana, but also because they were smoking it while skiing at the resort. “According to the Colorado Skier Safety Act they violate the law whether they ski under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Just a couple hits of a joint or drinking a pint and they’re considered under the influence,” he says. "

    Too bad they won't start arresting the tourons at the on mtn eateries for having beers at lunch.
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    havent heard of USFS people busting safety meetings up at Bridger. However, closing day last year they had 2 USFS guys on skis all day and walking around the top after lifts closed. No lighting up last year. Although half the skiers up there could out ski those bastards.
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    quality use of tax dollars. fucking idiots. i'd rather them spend the tax money and get someone to fix the I-70 problem.

    while up at steamboat a few weeks ago there were LEOs at the top of the gondola monitoring people coming off to see if they were doing anything "illegal."

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    What kind of idiot gets high with a stranger?

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