As Palisades gondola readies to turn, some Tahoe locals are asking why.
— and the gondola seems to portend more struggle to a place that is already going through both existential and real crises.
“Not to sound wishy-washy, but I’d say it’s all of these,” Tom Mooers, executive director of Nevada City-based conservation group, told SFGATE. “Our mission is to protect the great outdoors while they still exist. This ride’s going to cut through some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world that many have never seen. But what problem does it solve?”March 26, 2009, was the day everything changed.
Still, the reality that McConkey’s memorial was more than a tribute to an individual and the beginning of a farewell to a lifestyle in Olympic Valley soon set in.Photo Courtesy of Palisades TahoeUnofficial Alpine blog, told SFGATE. “You can say if you get out to the Summit [lift] line early on a pow day,” meaning a day with fresh powder, “it used to be you knew everyone in the front. It’s not that anymore.
“It’s Rowdy Joe from Texas who wants to get out there for first chair,” he continued, referring to a stereotype of a skier who doesn’t necessarily know what he is doing, “but that’s not necessarily the merger, it’s the Ikon [season] pass. It’s how the culture has changed.”
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