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Tin Woodsman · Jul 11, 2006, 12:59 PM

Ted -

Thanks so much for your time in responding to these questions. With that out of the way, time for the grilling...

I noted with disappointment the preliminary design plans for the Ski Bowl/Gore interconnect. Re-establishing downhill skiing in a meaningful way at the Ski Bowl is an obvious positive for many obvious reasons. However, it is the plan to use a Gondola to connect the bases of the two areas which has me concerned and confused. With the re-opening of the Ski Bowl, you have a tremendous opportunity to utilize that base as a new portal for Gore and to spread out the load of incoming skiers and riders. Yet you have chosen what is probably the most expensive means of transport to take skiers only to the existing base area. From what I can tell, this will only serve to increase crowds in the lodge and on the base area lifts and trails. There will be no meaningful expansion of skiable terrain accessible from Gore with this lift. I know the terrain between Gore and Ski Bowl is, to say the least, unique, but wouldn't it have made more sense to interconnect the two areas by bringing people to a mid-mountain off-load on Gore directly from the Ski Bowl base? At the end of the day, the option that you've chosen seems to be the most expensive and while having the least impact on the skiing experience.

Jul 11, 2006, 12:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tin Woodsman Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 634	Ted - Thanks so much for your time in responding to these questions. With that out of the way, time for the grilling... I noted with disappointment the preliminary design plans for the Ski Bowl/Gore interconnect. Re-establishing downhill skiing in a meaningful way at the Ski Bowl is an obvious positive for many obvious reasons. However, it is the plan to use a Gondola to connect the bases of the two areas which has me concerned and confused. With the re-opening of the Ski Bowl, you have a tremendous opportunity to utilize that base as a new portal for Gore and to spread out the load of incoming skiers and riders. Yet you have chosen what is probably the most expensive means of transport to take skiers only to the existing base area. From what I can tell, this will only serve to increase crowds in the lodge and on the base area lifts and trails. There will be no meaningful expansion of skiable terrain accessible from Gore with this lift. I know the terrain between Gore and Ski Bowl is, to say the least, unique, but wouldn't it have made more sense to interconnect the two areas by bringing people to a mid-mountain off-load on Gore directly from the Ski Bowl base? At the end of the day, the option that you've chosen seems to be the most expensive and while having the least impact on the skiing experience.