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Thread: Why you should be scared of Alta
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06-06-2008, 02:55 PM #1
Why you should be scared of Alta
The state I live in pisses me off more and more ever day. It should piss you off too, unless your a fat pig from Texas.
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06-06-2008, 03:00 PM #2....................
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That can't all be private land, they will have to do an EIS, and the USFS will have a notice and comment period, right? Someone find a map.
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06-06-2008, 03:05 PM #3
Well as much as it suck for you the reasons that this sucks for you are reasons its a good move for Alta. (except for the south facing part.)
Holy f'ing hell this would be a drag if they put a lift in here. A few details;
- This would double the size of Alta's already developed terrain
- This area is all south facing so the skiing would be pure schwag
- Flagstaff is probably one of the most popular backcountry access trailheads in Utah, and...
- Alta doesn't allow uphill traffic
- The backside of this area is the heart of the Wasatch backcountry. Areas like Silver Fork, Days Fork, Toledo bowl, Holy Toledo, Cardiff, Cardiac and many other classics would all be lift served access from here."The idea wasnt for me, that I would be the only one that would ever do this. My idea was that everybody should be doing this. At the time nobody was, but this was something thats too much fun to pass up." -Briggs
More stoke, less shit.
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06-06-2008, 03:09 PM #4
Tell icsteveoh that he doesn't know how to monkey wrench properly.
Last edited by Dantheman; 06-11-2008 at 02:40 PM.
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06-06-2008, 03:13 PM #5Hugh Conway Guest
Is that facetious? Develop a shitload of terrain because Homeland Security doesn't like Avalanche Guns?
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06-06-2008, 03:13 PM #6
This thread makes me sick to my stomach. This is on of the best spots to try to get early morning photos. I think i am going to puke.
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06-06-2008, 03:14 PM #7
Old news. But I just can't imagine not being able to skin up Flagstaff.
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06-06-2008, 03:14 PM #8
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06-06-2008, 03:16 PM #9
Sounds like the making of a Wasangles Shit show
Damn I'm givin up the ciggies buying some dynawompers and praying for a good low elavation snow pack."When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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06-06-2008, 03:17 PM #10
Sounds like another step towards the Wasatch Super Resort concept of continuous lift-served skiing between LCC, BCC & Park Silly.
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06-06-2008, 03:17 PM #11
interestingly this seems like a step towards interconnect on the cottonwood resort, no?
kinda of weird about the homeland security comment.
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06-06-2008, 03:21 PM #12
This is really, really not good. As in...worst news I've heard in a long, long time. Even if it is super easy access, that is very nearly sacred terrain for so many here in the Wasatch and a literal rite of passage/learning grounds for young BCers and those looking to get beyond the lifts. This will be a very sad occurrence if it actually comes to pass. Sigh...
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06-06-2008, 03:22 PM #13"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
"I find I have already had my reward, in the doing of the thing" - Buzz Holmstrom
"THIS IS WHAT WE DO"-AML -ski on in eternal peace
"I have posted in here but haven't read it carefully with my trusty PoliAsshat antenna on."-DipshitDanno
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06-06-2008, 03:25 PM #14
seriously... it's all south facing. WTF.
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06-06-2008, 03:31 PM #15
Wow. Super gay. I mean really super extra gay. Alta (and every other ski area in the country) needs to just stay where they are. There's plenty of in-bounds terrain. In fact, not only should Alta not put a fucking lift up Flagstaff, they should rip out the Collins lift and put the old Germania lift back in. They should also put a manditory gap jump 1/3 of the way out on the High T to cull the herd. Did I mention that this lift up Flagstaff idea is really gay?
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06-06-2008, 03:31 PM #16
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06-06-2008, 03:34 PM #17....................
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Without Trackhead and Grizzle's promotion of the Wasatch ski resorts, they never would have the kind of money they need to put in lifts like this. Thanks a lot, guys.
So, where's that map showing the USFS boundaries? Topozone isn't free anymore.
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06-06-2008, 03:37 PM #18
headed out the superior gate today......
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06-06-2008, 03:43 PM #19
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06-06-2008, 03:48 PM #20
that leaves a big space in between begging for a lift up the top of patsy marley off summer road
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06-06-2008, 03:52 PM #21....................
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At least SOC is on top of it!
http://www.saveourcanyons.org/currentissues/
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06-06-2008, 04:10 PM #22User
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This would suck
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06-06-2008, 04:12 PM #23
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06-06-2008, 04:14 PM #24
Bummer.
Sounds like they pulled a fast one.
That will provide lift/sidecountry access to the core of the Wasatch Backcountry LCC/BCC areas. So much snow and too little terrain.
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06-06-2008, 04:24 PM #25
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