Elected officials are now joining with environmental and recreation groups to denounce the gondola option, calling it an unwarranted subsidy to the ski industry that would irreparably mar the canyon’s exquisite views and potentially make crowding worse.
at the canyon’s mouth. The rally attracted around 100 people, many voicing their opposition to the proposed gondola by loudly cheering on speakers denouncing the project.
Snowbird General Manager Dave Fields, who attended the rally, pushed back, saying doing nothing is not an option. Many see UDOT’s draft plan as simply offering a phony choice between two equally unpalatable alternatives, both costing more than $500 million. The bus option entails adding a third lane to State Road 210, cutting large retaining walls into the mountain side and building costly avalanche “sheds,” which are far more akin to hardened bunkers, shielding the highway where it crosses the canyon’s many dangerous slide paths.
and other critics. They point to Alta and Snowbird’s new parking reservation systems and proposed tolling as proven ways to reduce traffic at peak times.“Those who attack Gondola don’t want you in the canyon. As Utahns we can’t lose our access to some of the greatest recreation in the world!” reads one recent post.
“The gondola is a better option,” he said recently on the Utah Real Estate Podcast. “It’s safer, it’s more dependable, it’s reliable, it has the capacity to do less damage to the environment. We can get more people, if we want to get more cars off the road, up the canyon in the gondola by comparison to the bus.”
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