Elements
of the Proposal:
Night lighting for night skiing was in the original proposal, but
taken out due to "public opposition".
"we must consider at least a portion of
these impacts as a potentially irreversible impact to these tribes’
religions"
DEIS (Page 3-28)
Compare:
Alternative One - PDF (Current Ski Area of Operation)
Alternative Two - PDF (Alternative selected by the Forest Service on March 8th)
Alternative Two - PDF (Snowmaking Area)
View
the Snowbowl's
website listing of Components and compare our list... then read the
DEIS
summary!
"UPGRADE
COMPONENTS" (from Snowbowl's site as of 2/22/04)
• Snowmaking on 95% of ski trails
• Replace Sunset Lift with a detachable high-speed quad to mid mountain
• Construct new Humphreys Lift and 55 acres of new intermediate
trails
• Replace Hart Prairie Lift with a detachable high-speed quad
• Realign Aspen Lift
• Two magic carpets for 1st Time skiers and children’s programs
• Half-pipe with a surface lift
• Base lodge improvements including a new Agassiz Lodge (existing
lodge becomes a lounge)
• Snowplay/tubing area in lower Hart Prairie
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Add
it up:
1.5
million gallons of reclaimed wastewater (that
has now been found to have organic
contaminants such as pharmaceuticals and hormones)
a day for snowmaking on 205 acres
- Approximately
180,000,000 gallons of wastewater for the entire season!
10,000,000 gallon wastewater storage pond (Approximately
3.5 acres surface area)
14.8 miles
of buried pipeline to transport wastewater from Flagstaff to Snowbowl
74 acres
"clear-cut" for new trails
Approximately 50 snowmaking guns audible
over 1.5 miles away (that will operate 24 hours
a day if conditions allow)
Air/water
tower guns upper part of the mountain
Fan snowmaking guns lower
part
“Approximately
87 acres” are proposed to be “stripped
of topsoil resources, reshaped and contoured”, “rocks and
stumps protruding from the surface would be pushed into concentration
areas and buried or hauled off site”
47 acres
of “tree thinning”
7 acres
snowplay tubing area
3 acres
“teaching area”
4
surface lifts
10,000 gallon underground water storage tank
10,000 gallon underground water storage tank (additional)
10,000 sq
ft new facility
6,000 sq ft
hart prairie lodge size increase
5,000 sq ft
guest service
facility with additional water
storage tank
4,000 sq ft
snowmaking control unit
3,000 ft
new Humphrey’s lift
2,500 sq ft
Native American Cultural Center
"Develop
approximately 1,110 ft of additional on-mountain
access road"
640 sq ft
club house
500 ft Aspen lift re alignment
300 ft sunset lift realignment
300 ft handle tow
150 sq ft surface conveyor lift
150 sq ft surface conveyor lift (additional)
150 sq ft surface conveyor lift (additional)
100 sq ft ski team building
100 sq ft ski team building (additional)
400 space parking area
Underpass for skiers
Traffic circle
Half pipe“rough-shaped out of dirt”
Joining 2 existing parking lots by grading and “leveling”
Hiking trails also accessible to ATV's
and skiers
Burial of air, water and power lines along edges
of ski trails for snowmaking guns
Additional reclaimed water line to lodges
Sources:
2002 Original Snowbowl Proposal
2004 DEIS
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