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Continued from page 56/Public Affairs■ Cherry Peak Ski Area, UT: Lawsuitfiled by local residents in June 2012 in UTFirst District Court to stop construction,claiming the Cache County Planning Commissionused flawed evidence to support its approvalof the resort's conditional use permit.This new appeal expected to be heard in courtin April 2013. The UT Cache County Boardof Adjustment had denied a previous appealin March 2012 based on water contamination,tax issues and other issues against conditionaluse permit granted by UT Cache County PlanningCommission to the new ski area CherryPeak (Logan Checketts developer), locatednear Richmond, UT. Plans call for a peak of1,000 skiers per day on 203 acres of propertywith four ski lifts, a 10,000-square-foot lodge,a terrain park, zip line, cable tow for a tubinghill, maintenance facilities and a warming hut.incompatible with the adjacent RichmondWild-life Management Area.www.cachecounty.org/devservices/currentprojects/projcherrypeak.php■ Coconino National Forest, AZ: Forestplan revision (recreation use included in revisiontopics) EIS. Notice of Adjustment May2010. Phase 1 public input and feedbackJuly/August 2010. Draft EIS expected November2012 with decision and implementationexpected July and August 2013. Coconino NationalForest Planner - Yewah Lau.ylau@fs.fed.us 928-527-3411www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/planrevision.shtml■ Cooper Spur, OR: Cooper Spur - GovernmentCamp Land Exchange EIS. ForestService would convey 120 acres of property atGovernment Camp and acquire 770 acres ofprivate land at Cooper Spur. Notice of Intentpublished in Federal Register October 2010,estimated DEIS NOA October 2012, with decisionand implementation expected April andJune 2013.Kristy Boscheinen, Forest Plannerkboscheinen@fs.fed.us 503-668-1645www.fs.fed.us/nepa/project_content.php?project=33072The Arizona Snowbowl snowmaking project, started in 2011, is expected toprovide approximately 134 acres of extra snow coverage beginning in the 2012-2013 season. photo courtesy of Arizona Snowbowl■ Echo Mountain, CO: Ski resort on 226acres of 100% private land in Idaho Springs,CO (35 miles west of Denver) with 32,000skier visits last year, to be sold in August 2012via sealed bid auction. Current vertical drop660 feet with possible expansion to more than1,500 feet. The average annual snowfall is 220inches with 16 named trails plus 3 lifts includinga 2,000-foot fixed grip triple chair, a handletow for the events area, and a magic carpetsurface lift for the learning center. Permittedslope lighting for night skiing, snowmakingand helipad are also included.www.echomtnauction.com■ Eclipse Snowboard Park, CO. CE for ashort term special use permit for use of removablesurface rope tows and grooming of 7acres of fragmented NFS parcels for ski racetraining. Scoping started April 2012, decisionimplementationexpected September 2012/April 2013.Deb Ekstrand dekstrand@fs.fed.us303-567-3024■ Eldora Mountain, CO: 2011 MasterPlan Selected Projects EIS. Add 70 acres oftraditional terrain and 70 acres of gladed terrain,new 6 person Placer Express lift, new 4-6 person Jolly Jug lift, replace 4 person Coronalift with 6 person lift, replace Challenger andCannonball lifts with one realigned 6 personlift, new guest facility, new snowmaking for 70acres, and trail improvements. NOI 6/6/12,DEIS June 2013, FEIS April 2014. TravisBeck, Eldora EIS NEPA Contractor info@eldoraeis.com970-668-3398 x103www.eldoraeis.com■ Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit,CA: Forest plan revision (recreation use includedin revision topics) EIS. Draft EIS NOA6/1/12. Decision/implementation expectedJanuary/March 2013.Denise Downie dedownie@fs.fed.us530-543-2683 http://fs.usda.gov/ltbmu■ Loveland Ski Area, CO: Loveland SkiArea Lift 2 Project CE to add an unload mid-way station. Scoping start August 2011, decision9/27/11, and implementation expectedSeptember 2012. Deb Ekstranddekstrand@fs.fed.us 303-567-3024■ Mt Hood Meadows, OR: ButtercupChairlift Replacement & Realignment CE.Scoping start 12/5/11 with decision and implementationexpected March and May 2012.Michelle Lombardo mlombardo@fs.fed.us503-668-1796■ Stevens Pass Mountain Resort, WA: Wassold to CNL Lifestyle Properties for $20.5 millionin cash by New Stevens, LLC (a divisionof Harbor Properties Trust) in November2011. Stevens Pass Mountain Resort LLC,which is an affiliate of Mountain High ResortAssociates, LLC, CA will operate the resortunder a long term triple net lease agreement.Stevens Pass has 1,125 skiable acres; 10 chairliftswith a total uphill capacity of 15,800skiers per hour; 1,800 foot vertical drop; and37 primary runs. Stevens Pass also offersnight skiing, 17 miles of Nordic ski trails anda base village with three day lodges. CNLLifestyle Properties’ ski and mountain lifestyleportfolio now has 23 properties in the U.S. andCanada, including properties in Crested Butte,Sugarloaf, Cypress, Northstar-at-Tahoe andmore.■ Stevens Pass Mountain Resort, WA:Stevens Pass Base Area and Jupiter ChairliftProjects CE. Upgrade Jupiter chairlift fromfixed grip quad to high speed quad. Scopingstart 5/16/12. Decision/implementation expectedJanuary/June 2013.Tom Davis tdavis@fs.fed.us 425-677-2242www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37414 ▲▲31 Far West Skier’s Guide / Digital Edition Insert 2O12 - 2O13