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Disallowed Service Call or fax 801-649-8046 Snowbird’s Forest race proposed Baby have caused Among the questions raised by the Baby Thunder proposal put forth by could cost Snowbird Snowbird was be by the used that it would eventually resort to gain skier access to White Pine Canyon. “White Pine Canyon is one of the most popular dispersed recreational areas in the canyons,” said LeVere. “Ski area expansion into White Pine would be very controversial.” Although Snowbird Dick Bass has stated publicly that White Pine was the future of the resort, Gardiner said the Baby Thunder lift should be considered on its own merits. once The Baby Thunder lift, installed is expected by the Forest Service to increase over-all skier and automobile traffic in the canyon. in April, however, Gardiner would not “Snowbird will also be required to prepare a traffic mitigation plan, which encourages the use of mass transit and the reduction of private automobile use in Littlke Cottonwood Canyon,” said Dick Kline, a Forest Service spokesman. @ UDOT Promise of Avalanche Program Overhaul In Little Cottonwood Canyon Begins he Utah Department Transportation has hired of two the road and“burried The expe- Canyon program, fire in December. Rick Wyatt, forecaster in which came under lead UDOT avalanche Little Cottonwood, resigned in protest in December, saying he could not guarantee the safety of those travelling the narrow canyon road. Wyatt and others, including former same it. avalanche narrowly missed a UTA bus. . Former Zwick, after UDOT hearing director, Craig the protests and meeting with avalanche experts from Alta and Snowbird promised to overhaul the Little Cottonwood forecasting program. Zwick recently resigned his post with UDOT to take a position with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day forecasters Dan Judd and Peter Lev, had complained that forecasters were Saints. The addition of two forecasters goes a long sometimes overruled man Bill Hale. In the January But whether the mechanism by which the forecasters can suggest clos- by UDOT issue of foreThe meeting experienced way toward that promise. Wasatch Mountain Times, Judd said avalanche injuries and deaths were a matter of time on the canyon ing the canyon road for avalanche danger remains to be seen. A spokes- highway. less than know only That prediction came true a month later when a slide swept two Salt Lakers and their car off PAGE the a proposed “significant environmental impact on riparian vegetation” and also would impact “backcountry skiing opportunities, ” LeVere said. rienced avalanche forecasters in an effort to revamp the Little Cottonwood Subscribe to the Wasatch Mountain Times! was Thunder location would mean that Snowbird its federal court suit Service. The Special at the center of the return phone calls from The Wasatch Mountain Times. Snowbird’s attorney of record for the suit, David Jordan, was on vacation and could not be reached for comment, as of press time. However, Gardiner was quoted by a Salt Lake City newspaper as saying the suit would go forward. Snowbird sued the Forest Service when Bill LeVere, the deputy forest supervisor for Wasatch-Cache National Forest, ruled that the “cumulative” environmental impacts of the entire canyon would have to be assessed before Baby Thunder could be installed. That has now been done, LeVere announced recently, and Baby Private Eye Readers Poll Available for Concerts, Clubs, Private & Special Events 801-649-9661 under approval course and small buildings for racing purposes. Service fees — something Ray Gardiner, Snowbird CEO, called “extortion,” in a Wasatch Mountain Times interview in February. Following the Forest Service ruling “Best Local Musician” Every Friday & | Saturday Night D.B. Coopers enviit is installed east of where Snowbird had tens of thousands each year in Forest Pb>b>pP MAY 19, 20, 21, 1995 dddd A Thunder will pose no significant ronmental impact, as long as from the Forest Service. ARTS fa the battle is over. Snowbird may install its pro- posed Baby Thunder chairlift, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. Forest Service. But before it can do so, the Little Cottonwood Canyon Ski Resort must apply for a new Special Use Permit : Traditions: SALT Snowbird’s Rent May Get Hiked 14 woman at UDOT whether would said she did not there would be more whether the program remain essentially the same. @ changes or |
