Replying to Backcountry. Advice needed

I was thinking next year instead of buying a ski pass to a resort save that money and buy skins and some AT binders.

Just ski the Backcountry all season, earning your turns I guess.

Has anyone done this?

I know little cotton wood gets slides all the time so it's gotta be dangerous to ski there.

I have taken the avi class at the U, which is supposibly the same as a level two certification.

Is it worth it to do this or just stick to the resorts?

+k for answers, thanks