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[Skiing#1]

http://www.ksl.com/?...48&sid=11207256

Forest Service rejects Solitude's expansion request

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The U.S. Forest Service is rejecting a Utah ski area's request to be allowed to expand skiing operations into part of an adjacent canyon.

Solitude Mountain Resort asked in April to add 182 acres on the east side of Silver Fork Creek to its ski resort permit boundary in Big Cottonwood Canyon east of Salt Lake City.

The resort initially sought the whole canyon, including terrain popular with backcountry skiers.

But the Forest Service told Solitude on Tuesday that the proposal didn't comply with federal regulations governing recreation special uses.

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Supervisor Brian Ferebee says allowing expansion into "adjacent, highly valued undeveloped areas" is inconsistent with a 2003 forest plan and the public interest.

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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune

[ssisnowpower]

The Forest Service Working Against Us Again.... First it was you cant build a road, now its you cant build anything. Public Land? Then why do they have so many gates to keep you out?

This post has been edited by ssisnowpower: 19 June 2010 - 10:49 AM

[SkiBachelor]

Did the U.S.F.S. Ranger position change?

New leadership comes with new rules/regulations.

[SuperRat]

It seems the Silver Fork Creek area of the Wasatch National Forest was considered for alpine skiing development during the renewal of the WNF's Forest Plan in 2003 and was rejected.

UWCNF News Page

Wasatch-Cache Forest Plan

This post has been edited by SuperRat: 20 June 2010 - 09:58 AM