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Stop SkiLink from ruining the Wasatch

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alev
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A little info:

Protect Utah’s Central Wasatch Range

The Wasatch is a unique and magnificent resource that is under pressure from development schemes such as SkiLink. SkiLink is poised to set off a grand interconnect scheme, that would change the character of the Wasatch forever. The SkiLink proposal is a gondola which would connect the Canyons to Solitude in an effort to shuttle skiers between the two resorts. SkiLink has the support of the Utah Congressional delegation which is sponsoring - The Wasatch Range Recreation Access Enhancement Act, a bill mandating the sale of 30 acres of public lands to the Canyons. It is clear this proposal seeks to serve the interests of a development corporation, and it does not have the support of local Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, and the Forest Service. SkiLink also undermines the Wasatch Wilderness and Watershed Protection Act, and all the local planning processes currently underway. This is a short-sighted proposal that fails to seek public input and take into consideration the public’s values that have been solicited time and time again in countless studies and polls.....





For anyone who skis in Utah, even not at any resort in LCC or BCC, sign this and send it to friends.
Jun 27 2012 11:04PM
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jblaski
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eh. As long as there's not an unload in the middle, I don't think it's that big of a deal. Pretty much like having some power lines running over some ridges, just that people will be riding in a gondola above you. I really don't think that people should be able to get off mid-way to ride back/side country
Jun 27 2012 11:08PM
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alev
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True, but this would just be the start of it. Lifts could start to go up Grizzly and beyond, making everything easily accessible for everyone
Jun 28 2012 7:32AM
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YewTard
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The biggest issue isn't the practicality (or lack thereof) of connecting Canyons & Solitude, it's not the blight it would put on the landscape, it's not the potential to put more skiers into the backcountry, it's the precedent this would set for allowing politicians to sell public land to foreign developers (or whoever else they'd please) when it isn't theirs to sell. In that same vein we have jackass Orrin Hatch trying to allow drilling down in Arches and other southern Utah national parks.

That's what concerns me far more than any of the other issues that have been brought up.

Jun 28 2012 11:45AM
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Utard
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Lol at conservative Utah delegates who rail against govt waste trying to send a bill for the sale of something as menial as 30 acres of land to our nations HIGHEST FUCKING LEGISLATIVE BODY. Are there not more pressing issues at hand?
Jul 5 2012 5:29PM
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alev
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More presently an issue than SkiLink, whats the deal with the fires in the Wasatch? I'm in Mass and have no idea where they are, but I've heard they're some fires near Mt Timpanogos? Details?
Jul 7 2012 9:20AM
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Utard
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There's one in Quail Canyon which is near timp but I think it's close to 70% contained now
Jul 7 2012 5:10PM
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seanahue.
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spot-on
Jul 8 2012 8:36PM
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woogity
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i was number 1000 to sign, cool.
Jul 17 2012 6:26PM
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shocker611
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of course i dislike skilink's negative effects on the wasatch, but I must say it will be nice in the fact that it will attract more tourists away from brighton which = shorter lift lines
Jul 18 2012 1:09AM
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