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Cody and I are back to talk about summer skiing; the new FIS wildcard rule; some good news & some dumb news re: national parks; art exhibits at ski areas; their top-3 mountain towns; what they’re reading and watching; & more.
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One of the names you mentioned in PowMow’s proposed art installation really caught my attention. I’d think James Turrell could do some truly amazing things with snow, ice, and mountain light. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/james-turrell-visionary-artwork-arizona-desert-180977452/
Hi, maybe you would like to check out what is happening in Austria right now. The Pitztal Glacier ski area is yet again destroying the glacier with excavators for the sake of opening their lifts early. We could really use some worldwide attention.
https://www.tt.com/artikel/30891241/aufregung-am-pitztaler-gletscher-im-ewigen-eis-wird-massiv-gebaggert
BTW the authorities think this is just fine
Hi folks, love the pod.
I am curious what you two think about the idea of more ski areas existing in the US. Specifically, this thought was spurred from Cody’s comment about the level of lift access in Chamonix. I recently traveled to Italy and was also struck by how many lifts and rifugios existed on top of big mountains that would otherwise be very difficult to access. I know you two have talked about the importance of keeping ski areas of all sizes alive before, but what about more new ski areas existing? Apologies if this has been discussed before, but am very curious to here your musings on this.
I’ve heard interviews with some operators (see The Storm’s interview with MCP owner) that make it seem like the permitting process with the USFS is very difficult. I cannot help but wonder if industry woes would be solved by more ski areas existing. Demand/skier visits remain at all time highs, and we see ski areas adjusting to this by investing like crazy in new chairs and new territory. So what if the federal gov did allow more development? Would it spread the love out a bit?
I personally lean towards less development as a good thing, because I feel like the America’s have some of the greatest swathes of wilderness and near-wilderness still existing for a rich/developed nation. But besides the potential eyesore of lifts existing, it feels like ski areas could potentially be lower impact than previous use cases of our public lands which were much more extractive and destructive. For my style of skiing, I think I’d be perfectly content with more really small areas that are back country oriented existing, like Silverton, rather than more mega resorts. Anyways – what do Jonathan and Cody think?