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wasatch_ratThe bussing is going to have to be much, MUCH better for this to be viable. Also I’m assuming that employees won’t have to pay the toll? Curious about that. I do think that any long term solution involves a drastic reduction of cars in the canyon. I also like that they are going to expand parking in the gravel pitt, that’s long overdue.
as for the gondola, it seems like they are throwing in the towel on lcc travel taking less than an hour. It’s pretty common for it to take more than an hour anyway, but it’s still a shame that the days of swinging up for some powder leftovers at 2, skiing until last chair, and being in cottonwood heights or Sandy by 5 are coming to an end. I also wonder if 30 years from now people won’t believe you when you tell them that hitchhiking used to be a fast and reliable way of getting up and down canyon.
BigPurpleSkiSuitremember when you could drive up before 5 to get first tracks? I remember....
runforlove2024People are crazy. No first tracks are worth driving up even that early.
BigPurpleSkiSuitthey are when everyone else gets stuck in traffic down below and can't get up.
crimeenthusiastso stoked Utah is branding this as a fix to air quality instead of idk.. using $1.4 billion to generate clean energy for the state, or maybe buying water rights so the GSL can fill up and I dont gotta breathe the toxic dust anymore. Shit it seems to be windy everyday damn day
skiermanOh fuck off, Greta.
crimeenthusiastso stoked Utah is branding this as a fix to air quality instead of idk.. using $1.4 billion to generate clean energy for the state, or maybe buying water rights so the GSL can fill up and I dont gotta breathe the toxic dust anymore. Shit it seems to be windy everyday damn day
Icant_kfedyou want utah to spend their tax dollars to clean the air because the canucks are on fire?
crimeenthusiastdrop a ski edit
skiermanAnother perfect response from an insecure jackass who needs to virtue signal on a ski website to make himself feel better.
skiermanAnother perfect response from an insecure jackass who needs to virtue signal on a ski website to make himself feel better.
little_boy_primeThe SLC mayor said that completion of the gondola is 25 years away. By that point SLC is gonna be so expensive that no skier will be able to afford a car to drive up the canyon anyway.
Don't fret, we will still be able to get our fill of red snake for a long time
CoolChillGuy420Jump ship is all I can say. This place used to be fun, all-inclusive, but not no more.
oldmanskiWasnt there a vote on this or did UDOT just decide the gondola was the best idea?
I cant read any of the articles as I am trying from an EEA(European Economic Area).
skiermanAnother perfect response from an insecure jackass who needs to virtue signal on a ski website to make himself feel better.
Monsieur_PatateNo official vote, unofficial polls show locals overwhelmingly oppose the gondola, and they also received hundreds of thousands of public comments during the commenting period opposing it (the most public comments UDOT has ever received for a proposal), none of that really mattered, as they ultimately still decided it was the best idea disregarding local concerns (mainly environmental impact, cost, and supposed effectiveness of a gondola in fixing the issue).
They have no budget for it though, so it will ultimately be up to the legislature to decide whether the "campaign donation"/kickback they get for their vote will be worth possible voter payback at the polls. It usually is, and they'll just time that vote early in the cycle so that most people forget about it by the next election.
Like others, I'll be long gone by the time this thing defaces LCC, still a shame tho.
AlvaroA chinese - style, one child policy would solve this problems
CoolChillGuy420Can't wait to comeback someday and hot box the shit out of this thing.
Way*MoNah, it has never been worth being at Snowbird before noon, even on powder day. It typically takes patrol a few hours to open any decent terrain on a true powder day. So prior to that you are just standing in line with a bunch of jabronis getting stressed on second hand powder panic waiting to ski Regulator Johnson or Chips.
Roll up a noon. Snipe a parking spot from some tourist who is leaving because their significant other couldn't stop complaining. Unload at the top of hidden peak just as they drop the Baldy ropes with fresh legs and and no stress. Profit.
Ole12works about half the time.
the best skiing happens on a storm day when you’re skiing hot laps right before you get stuck up the canyon in interlodge for the next eight hours. ask me about that anytime
Ole12works about half the time.
the best skiing happens on a storm day when you’re skiing hot laps right before you get stuck up the canyon in interlodge for the next eight hours. ask me about that anytime
little_boy_primeThe SLC mayor said that completion of the gondola is 25 years away
Rparrholy shit lmao that's absoutely preposterous. I thought I heard like 5 years or something a while ago? Figured that was too good to be true
I haven't skied in utah since 2016, seems like it's become a shitshow since then
