Replying to Why, exactly, do we want skiing to grow?

Now i know this is a bitch timebomb waiting to go off, so don't get the impression that i don't want skiing to progress. I really want skiing to progress and better tricks to get thrown down and stuff, but i wouldn't say i want it to grow.

As much as having more people skiing would be awesome (more ski buddies, better equipment, cheaper equipment) i wouldn't say i want it. I'm afraid that if skiing grows to much, our ski hills will be ruined. All of our secret powder stashes will be tracked. All the snow will get scraped off the hill. The lineups will be to long. Obviously i want there to be more skiers, but i don't want bigger lineups or our hills wrecked.

Another thing is the poseur issue. I don't want skiing to turn out like snowboarding, where everyone has spent thousands on equipment and can hardly throw a 180 or make a good turn.

As much as i want skiing to progress, i'm afraid of it's growth since it will lead to bad things.

This does not apply to making people already on the hill (snowboarders) converting to skiing.