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Drilling into Cecret Lake for snowmaking, Summer 2000 These are some photographs of "construction" taking place in Albion Basin during the summer of 2000. The first five photographs show work drilling a drainage tunnel into Cecret Lake. This will provide water for snowmaking in early ski season and is not supposed affect the summertime level of the lake. The other photograph shows a pipe that was being buried in a trench to provide water for snowmaking. There will be some 2.5 miles of snowmaking pipelines in Albion Basin Trench widths appeared to be about 30 feet. Save Our Canyons and many other organizations and individuals protested many of these developments during the approval process which preceded the decision of the Wasatch-Cache Forest Supervisor to allow these projects to go forward. A challenge of this decision process in Federal Court was unsuccessful. There will be more such developments next summer as Alta Lifts modifies ski runs to facilitate ski slope grooming. |
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Articles
Ski
resort property is annexed by Alta
Deseret News
December
13, 2002. The town of Alta grew 324 acres larger Thursday,
but no onslaught of moving vans is expected.
Alta
Resort Plans Major Overhaul
link removed*
The Salt Lake
Tribune
December 11, 2002. A momentous face-lift proposed at Alta
Ski Area would replace the venerable Germania and Collins lifts with a
single detachable lift rising 6,400 feet from the base to Germania
Ridge.
Group
opposes Alta annexation
Deseret News
December
7, 2002. The conservation group Save Our Canyons fears that
a proposed annexation into the town of Alta could lead to an expansion
of the Alta Ski Lifts resort.
Alta Council Member Proposes Lodge
for Skiers link removed*
The Salt Lake
Tribune
March 15, 2001. Town Council member Joanne Shrontz hopes to
build a luxury 64-room skier lodge near Albion Basin, the
environmentally delicate ski bowl at the head of Little Cottonwood
Canyon, making it the town's first new hotel in 40 years.
Tours Help Visitors Connect With
Forest link removed*
The Salt Lake
Tribune
January 2, 2001. Volunteers wearing bright yellow Tour With
a Ranger jackets can be seen each weekend at Alta, Snowbird and
Brighton offering 1:30 p.m. tours on beginner runs that explain such
things as tree identification.
Suit by
Save Our Canyons link
removed*
September 18, 1998 Filed September 18, 1998 in opposition to Alta Ski
Lifts Co. plans for environmentally destructive development
construction in Albion Basin..
Alta Plan to Alter Runs Concerns
Group
Link Removed*
The Salt Lake
Tribune
February 18, 1997. A Draft EIS for the Alta Ski Lifts Co.
master development plan in Albion Basin encounters opposition from Save
Our Canyons, which cites concerns about visibility, timing, and degree
of environmental destructiveness of summer construction plans outlined
in the proposal.
ALBION
BASIN IMPERILED -- ATTENTION SUMMER AND WINTER VISITORS
December 1996 .
SOC
Comments on DEIS for the 1996 Alta Master Development Plan Update
December 13, 1996 .
SOC
Position on the 1996 Alta Master Development Plan Update
December 1996 .
Group Fears
Alta's Likely To Go Downhill link
removed*
Deseret News
December
13, 1996. Plans by resort to expand winter-time skiing
facilities will damage the area's summer-time ecology and beauty,
including the blasting of glacier-polished natural granite
outcroppings, and "dumb down" winter skiing, say opponents.
*Link removed: The original URL link for this article has been removed, as the article is either no longer available free of charge to public view (but may still be found by headline and/or date in a for-fee publisher website archive), or has been permanently removed from Internet access.