The proposed 78,000 sq ft four story glass sheathed building on Hidden Peak is inappropriate; violates the FS' guidelines; and violates the County Foothills zoning ordinance against buildings on ridges.

The proposed GAD 3 ski lift to the ridge line between the Snowbird Permit Area and White Pine Canyon is wrong because: It is a de facto expansion of Snowbird's permit area without official approval; it opens White Pine Canyon, a haven for snowshoe, cross-country, and back-country users, to commercial down-hill skiing; it will create an unsafe condition in White Pine Canyon with no ski patrol, amateur downhill skiers skiing above back-country skiers (with potential to trigger avalanches); will have an adverse impact on the Parking Lot at the base of White Pine Canyon which is now used by back-country users of White and Red Pine Canyons.

The inclusion of Scottie's Bowl into the Snowbird Permit Area is a blatant "land grab" inasmuch as there has been no public hearing on this expansion the Permit Area, and it will have the unintended effect of cutting off access to the back-country in White Pine and Red Pine Canyons. No analysis of these environmental impacts appears in the DEIS.

With the increased usage of the back-country in all seasons, the continued use of old military ordnance (howitzer cannons) creates a public safety hazard.

Cumulative impacts have not been adequately addressed. There should be one Environmental Impact Statement covering all four Cottonwood Canyons' ski resorts' Master Development Plans

Safety issues have not been adequately addressed. e.g. Geologic slope stability and earthquake potential in an active fault zone - particularly dangerous for a proposed multi-story convention center at 11,000 ft with very limited access; shooting military ordnance over occupied structures; avalanche danger in White Pine Canyon; the adding of mineral-laced water into the Creek from the Wasatch Drain Tunnel.

The canyons are our parks. Convention Centers should be built in the city, not in our parks. The Forest Service recognizes that with projected population growth, the canyons will too soon reach their carrying capacity. The canyons should not be burdened with activities that can be placed elsewhere, but should be retained to do that which can not be done in the cities.