I say that it doesnt really matter what you do or how you get there. in the end, i say, its all about the skis on the snow. its all about the exploration and the beauty and the wild, the wind and the weather and the sky. it sucks when it takes a day of traveling, fighting crowds, and general urban assaulting to get there. it can even suck when you have to sit in line with the string of luxury vehicles and two wheel drive sedans to find a spot to park, but when you take your skis off to hike a ridge above one of canada's longest lift serviced ski-able glaciers with the afternoon light pouring through the clouds and the high peaks. that doesnt matter. that is why i like to ski i say. that is what its about.