Tahoe Forest Service seeking input on backcountry access policy changes

For many backcountry skiers and snowmobilers, the U.S. Forest Service’s current winter land use policy is an outdated one. It’s something the Forest Service announced it may soon address.“I think people are frustrated,” longtime South Shore resident and newly formed Tahoe Backcountry Alliance member Todd Offenbacher said in a Tribune interview earlier this winter. “Backcountry skiers have had it. They’ve seen more and more taken away. … It’s acce