Backcountry Skiing Fourteeners, Web Forum Choices (01-21-05) by Louis Dawson January 21, 2005 by Louis Dawson January 21, 2005 Colorado has a zillion acres of backcountry skiing terrain where it would take an act of Congress to build a ski lift. Laughing continued about people who say we’re running out of terrain. Access is the issue, not acreage.