﻿HOW 
  INVENTORY 
  OF 
  POTENTIAL 
  NEW 
  SITES 
  WAS 
  CONDUCTED 
  

  

  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  tJie 
  inventory 
  was 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  number, 
  size, 
  location, 
  and 
  pos- 
  

   sible 
  skier 
  capacity 
  of 
  known 
  potential 
  ski 
  sites. 
  Federal 
  and 
  State 
  agencies 
  were 
  asked 
  

   to 
  describe 
  any 
  potential 
  ski 
  sites 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  familiar. 
  Agencies 
  contacted 
  

   were 
  the 
  U.S. 
  Forest 
  Service, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Land 
  Management, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Indian 
  Affairs, 
  

   and 
  county 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Economic 
  Development 
  Administration. 
  Each 
  agency 
  

   was 
  mailed 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  forms, 
  which 
  asked 
  for 
  information 
  about 
  each 
  site 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  1. 
  Name 
  of 
  potential 
  site. 
  This 
  should 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  drainage 
  or 
  range 
  of 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  where 
  the 
  site 
  is 
  located 
  if 
  no 
  name 
  designation 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  the 
  area. 
  

  

  2. 
  Location. 
  

  

  a. 
  Name 
  of 
  nearest 
  city 
  or 
  town. 
  This 
  will 
  provide 
  a 
  reference 
  point 
  in 
  

   locating 
  the 
  area. 
  

  

  b. 
  Mileage 
  to 
  nearest 
  city 
  or 
  town. 
  Estimate 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  town 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  area. 
  

  

  c. 
  Direction 
  from 
  nearest 
  city 
  or 
  town. 
  Compass 
  direction 
  from 
  nearest 
  

   city 
  or 
  town; 
  i.e., 
  N., 
  NE., 
  S., 
  etc. 
  

  

  d. 
  Highway 
  nearest 
  the 
  site. 
  The 
  highway 
  number 
  designation 
  of 
  the 
  high- 
  

   way 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  site. 
  

  

  e. 
  State. 
  State 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  area 
  is 
  located. 
  

  

  3. 
  Skiable 
  acreage. 
  Estimate 
  the 
  acreage 
  of 
  area 
  at 
  the 
  site 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  served 
  

   by 
  lifts 
  and/ 
  or 
  tows 
  and 
  considered 
  skiable. 
  Exclude 
  acreage 
  needed 
  for 
  buildings 
  and 
  

   parking 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  site, 
  extremely 
  rocky 
  areas, 
  areas 
  too 
  steep 
  for 
  skiing, 
  and 
  

   areas 
  with 
  insufficient 
  snow 
  cover. 
  

  

  4. 
  Approximate 
  vertical 
  rise. 
  The 
  vertical 
  distance 
  in 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   skiable 
  area 
  to 
  top 
  of 
  skiable 
  area. 
  

  

  5. 
  Approximate 
  number 
  of 
  days 
  in 
  ski 
  season. 
  Indicate 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  possible 
  

   skiing 
  season 
  in 
  days. 
  Use 
  records 
  or 
  observations 
  if 
  available. 
  

  

  6. 
  Indicate 
  if 
  definite 
  plans 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  for 
  development. 
  If 
  plans 
  have 
  

   been 
  prepared 
  and 
  area 
  will 
  be 
  operating 
  by 
  the 
  1967-68 
  season, 
  describe 
  lifts 
  and/or 
  

   tows 
  scheduled 
  for 
  installation 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  a. 
  Name 
  of 
  potential 
  site. 
  Give 
  same 
  name 
  as 
  shown 
  on 
  inventory 
  form. 
  

  

  b. 
  Type 
  of 
  lift 
  or 
  tow 
  planned. 
  Indicate 
  type 
  as 
  rope 
  tow, 
  double 
  chair 
  lift, 
  

   single 
  chair 
  lift, 
  poma, 
  T-bar, 
  J 
  -bar, 
  etc. 
  

  

  c 
  . 
  Vertical 
  rise 
  of 
  planned 
  lifts 
  or 
  tows. 
  The 
  vertical 
  distance 
  (in 
  feet) 
  that 
  

   the 
  lift 
  will 
  move 
  the 
  skier 
  up 
  the 
  slope 
  . 
  

  

  d. 
  Rated 
  capacity 
  in 
  "skiers 
  per 
  hour" 
  for 
  each 
  planned 
  lift. 
  Indicate 
  the 
  

   approximate 
  number 
  of 
  skiers 
  the 
  lift 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  move 
  up 
  the 
  slope 
  in 
  one 
  hour. 
  

  

  e. 
  Estimated 
  completion 
  date. 
  Give 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  facility 
  will 
  be 
  

   completed. 
  

  

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