INSTRUCTOR PLT OF A C172 WAS ADVISED THAT FSS WOULD NOT ACCEPT HIS PIREP AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT FLT WATCH. SINCE THE COMMON FLT FREQ DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE COVERAGE AT 11500 FT MSL NEAR THE BUENA VISTA; CO; ARPT; HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE MOUNTAIN PASS INFO FOR OTHER PLTS TO USE. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT OTHER FSS SPECIALISTS IN THE PAST HAVE TAKEN THE INFO AND PASSED IT ON TO ZDV FLT WATCH.

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DEN RADIO FSS SPECIALIST REFUSED TO TAKE PIREP. THIS WAS ON 122.2 (BADGER MOUNTAIN RCO). I ATTEMPTED TO GIVE THE PIREP AND THE SPECIALIST INSISTED THAT I HAD TO GIVE IT TO FLT WATCH. FLT WATCH IS PRETTY MUCH USELESS IN THE MOUNTAINS; EITHER DUE TO THE LOCATIONS OF THE XMITTERS OR THE ABSENCE OF STAFFING. MANY PLTS FLYING NORMALLY ASPIRATED EQUIP AND WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN CAN'T CLB TO THE FLT LEVELS TO MAKE A PIREP. AND THE PIREPS OF USE TO THOSE PLTS (SUCH AS THE CONDITIONS OF A MOUNTAIN PASS; THE PIREP WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE) ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY ARE XING THE PASS AT 1000 FT AGL. I REGARD DEN RADIO'S REFUSAL (ACTUALLY; IT'S ONE SPECIALIST IN PARTICULAR; I BELIEVE; AS OTHER DEN FSS SPECIALISTS HAVE HAPPILY TAKEN PIREPS FROM ME ON FREQS OTHER THAN 122.0) TO ACCEPT A PIREP AS JEOPARDIZING AVIATION SAFETY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAS TRIED IN THE PAST TO CONTACT FLT WATCH AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL FROM HIS LCL ARPT AREA AND THAT OTHER FSS SPECIALISTS WOULD TAKE HIS PIREP AND RELAY IT TO FLT WATCH. HE WAS GIVING FLT INSTRUCTION AT THE TIME AND WAS HOPEFUL THAT HE COULD DEMONSTRATE HOW TO PROVIDE OTHER PLTS WITH HELPFUL INFO.