FortMental wrote:You have to wonder who's really going to profit from these new or expanded "ski areas".... The skiing population is getting old fast, and the next generation is unlikely to afford a lift pass, never mind the cost of getting to a resort, from, say, the east coast. Not to mention the fact that few of the next generation want to do anything as energetic as ride a chair to the top of a mountain (in winter, no less) and ski down....

What's the real motive? Where's the real money to be made?

After submitting a request last fall, and resubmitting a request earlier this year, the Forest Service has decided it will not accept a proposal from Solitude Mountain Resort to expand its resort operations into the highly prized Silver Fork Canyon. We have not yet received the official decision notice, however, we have heard watershed was one of the primary factors in the rationale of this decision. A FOIA request has been submitted for the document and will be posted here as soon as our request is fulfilled.