Decision Memo Completed

Alta Ski Area Upper Sugarloaf Snowmaking

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Salt Lake, Utah Salt Lake Ranger District

Alta is proposing to improve their snowmaking system by finishing it as a loop and to add a spur that would allow them to make snow on the Sugarbowl run off the top of Sugarloaf. The total disturbance area would be approximately 2.6 acres.

Location

Alta Ski Lifts, Little Cottonwood Canyon

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
10/24/2008
2
Decision
06/2009 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
06/2009 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (3), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(3)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityDeveloped Site Management; Special Use Authorizations
Collins/Sugarloaf Loop Snowmaking and Cross Tow GradingDecision Signed Date: 06/22/2009
ForestsUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
DistrictsSalt Lake Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionR2E, T2S, Sec. 9
Special use managementRecreation management