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Show " BREAKS TOPAN0U.TCH- WW RANCH a!) (f BLACK V MOUNTAIN nJ 0,2 mm Ja SCALE IN MILES Pictured is an artist's rendition of the proposed Black Mountain Ski Resort in Cedar Canyon. Located near Wood's Ranch. The resort would have an uphill-capacity of 1,200 skiers per hour. The fate of the development now largely lies in the Bureau of'Land Management's hands. Proposed canyon development 1 hinges on BLM approval Ski enthusiasts will cheer to hear that a new I ski resort has been I proposed for the Black Mountain area south of Wood's Ranch, approximately ap-proximately 12 miles up Cedar Canyon, but they may have to wait some time before they actually speed down the new slopes. Engen Mountain Development Corporation Cor-poration has applied with the Bureau of Land Management for a lease of land in the proposed resort area. Although the BLM land is only a small portion of the total area of the development, much of the future development hands on the decision of the BLM as to the proposed lease. Without1 1 that lease, the resort could only exist with I major changes, if at all. ' J The 321 acre tract of BLM , land is completely i surrounded by private land. George Hartlmaier, president of Engen Mountain Development, said that he is quite confident that the ski resort will be built; he even hopes to begin work on the slopes by next summer. Yet, even that early beginning date would put the opening season as far away as the winter of 1982-83. Hartlmaier said he is enthusiastic about the development, saying "the mountain has tremendous tremen-dous potential." He compared it to Alta and other top-notch ski resorts in Utah. Hartlmaier said he is also extremely concerned that the resort will not effect the land or the enviroment in any adverse ad-verse manner. "We . won't destroy anything," he said. "We want to build a ski mountain where the real estate won't interfere," he continued when discussing other developments which were built mainly for real estate speculation. When completed, Hartlmaier and other project officials estimated that the mountain can comfortable com-fortable accomodate approximately 5,000 skiers when fully developed. This would require eight double chairlifts, each with an uphill capacity of 1,200 skiers per hour. The first phase of the project calls for three double chair lifts, a day lodge, a midway station and cafeteria and other miscellaneous facilities. The first phase would be developed in about 2 years from the beginning construction te. The second phase, a three- to five-year period, will add two additional chair lifts, snow-making equipment, lighting for night skiing, hotel lodges, a restaurant, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a possible sewage outfall line to Cedar City and an additional 12-acre parking lot. Phase three would consist of one to three additional chair lifts, private dwellings, shopping facilities and an additional 12-acre parking area. Private dwellings would be located on private land along the ridge area southwest of the proposed lodge area. The total cost for the development would be approximately $4,040,000. The resort will employ about 60 people when running at full capacity. |