Entries Published On February, 2015
Wasatch Backcountry Alliance Against Mountain Accord in Current Form
The Wasatch Backcountry Alliance is Against the Mountain Accord, as currently proposed. They are specifically concerned with back country access for skiing. If interested, you may want to read more: http://wasatchbackcountryalliance.org/2015/02/12/wasatch-backcountry-alliance-official-response-mountain-accords-cottonwood-task-force-blueprint/
Summit County Council Voting on “Donating” Another $150,000 to Mountain Accord
On Wednesday, The Summit County Council will hear an update on the Mountain Accord. Along with this update will come a request for agreeing to spend another $150,000 on the Mountain Accord. If you recall, a couple of years ago Summit County spent $50,000 to get a “seat at the table” during the Mountain Accord …
When you think about it, putting a transit center behind the Library building doesn’t make a lot of sense
Last week, the Summit County Council voted to build a transit center behind the Sheldon Richins Library building. Initially we were a little ambivalent about the project. We weren’t sure if it was the right place. Yet, after reading the Park Record article on it and associated comments on the article, we are pretty sure …
Ignoring Regional Differences Is the Fundamental Problem With the Mountain Accord
We’ve been looking at the Mountain Accord, the plan for uniting the Wasatch via trains, planes buses, and automobiles. Something didn’t sit quite right but we couldn’t put our finger on it. Then this morning Peter Metcalf, CEO of Black Diamond Equipment, was on KPCW. Leslie Thatcher asked Mr Metcalf, who had served on the Executive Committee of the Mountain Accord …
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