[NMCycling] Sandia Ski Area Roller Coaster Publc Comment

[Nathan Berg]

I wonder how many folks here remember 25+ years ago when the Abruzzo's
invested in the construction of Golden Eagle and KOM, and when the ski area
had a bustling lift serve summer mountain bike program with rentals and a
bike shop on site.  They hosted a very early NORBA series at the resort,
which was probably my first mountain bike race as a junior (raise your hand
if you ever had a NORBA license).  I think the Abruzzo family has
demonstrated a strong investment in New Mexico, and a desire to
accommodate a range of outdoor users (witness that Sandia and Ski SF still
openly accept uphill skiing, which is getting increasingly pushed/bullied
off other resorts like TSV).   A mountain coaster isn't the end of the
world, especially in an area that is already gladed out, developed, and has
multiple man-made structures already.  It gets a user group outdoors that
wouldn't otherwise, and with that exposure (hopefully) comes personal
connection with issues of environment and conservancy.
Nate


On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 12:23 PM Leslie Buerk via Bike-racers <
bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> 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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