[NMCycling] Sandia Ski Area Roller Coaster Publc Comment

[Leslie Buerk]

I can't imagine this could be built in a way that would not have a huge
impact from the noise level, which would be a disaster both ecologically
and for all other users of the mountain.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 11:37 AM powergwa--- via Bike-racers <
bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> Counterpoints: The mountain coaster at Purgatory / DMR is completely
> compatible with skiing and cycling and provides an income stream to the
> area in the off season. This provides pay to employees and funds for
> mountain maintainence and improvements. The winter-serving equipment at
> Sandia Peak, as a designated recreation area, could use significant
> upgrades. Having worked/volunteered at multiple ski areas, I have witnessed
> them to be rational environmental stewards, and compromising entities on
> multi-use issues. Several of the owners of Sandia Peak are excellent
> cyclists and supportive of the sport.
>
> Cliff's Amusement Park in Albuquerque is irrelevant with respect to this
> project. Your statements on destroying the 10k et. al trails are not true;
> this is from the environmental Q&A that you referenced:
>
>
>
>    - 4 to 5 switchbacks of the Golden Eagle mountain bike trail would be
>    rerouted to accommodate the coaster.
>
>
>    - The coaster would not affect the 10K Trail, King of the Mountain
>    Trail or South Crest Trail.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Ubayyed via Bike-racers <bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com>
> To: NM Bike Racers <bike-racers at swcp.com>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 8, 2020 10:20 pm
> Subject: [NMCycling] Sandia Ski Area Roller Coaster Publc Comment
>
> Hey Folks.
>
> I can't believe that we are revisiting this stupid project but the forrest
> service is asking for comments regarding a roller coaster that a private
> interest wants to build in federal/public land up at Sandia skia area. This
> would probably destroy the 10k and Golden Eagle trails and even if not it
> would render them useless due to conflicting seasonal usage. To my way of
> thinking, in a time of climate change and rampant forest fires, we need to
> conserve rather than develop public lands. Besides we already have a roller
> coaster in town. Anyway I hope you will feel similarly and are willing to
> make such a comment at the forest service website, which we are able to do
> through December. Here is the link:
> https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput
> <https://cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public//CommentInput?Project=56985&fbclid=IwAR37g-qsYB1be3Po9qILfMP0w7D1yrkYUm0FANg5iqiqkkNoTPwktRefFEE>
>
> --
> *~Benjamin Ubayyed*
>
>
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